I’ve seen a number of polish fans moan about the lack of real-life friends who understand their obsession. I’ve read of friends who complain, who roll their eyes, who wave off polish love as weird and crazy.
I’m pretty lucky. I don’t just have real-life friends who understand my obsession, I have real-life friends who share it.
Friends like Le who love polish like I do (and makeup too!), who can talk with me about new colors and brands for hours, who know exactly how to rock a polish fanatic’s world.
And that’s exactly what Le did last Friday. She rocked my world.
Jill and I had just finished picking up a few more items at the supermarket for our cookfest. We went to Eastwood to have dinner and to wait for Giff who would be cooking with us. Le joined us – I thought so she could have dinner with us – but she handed us packages.
“Merry Christmas,” she said to Jill.
Then she handed me this pretty gift bag and said, “This is not your Christmas present.”
And, since it wasn’t my Christmas present, she wanted me to open it right there.
But I said no, I’ll open it after the cookfest, as a reward for slaving over the stove.
Now is the time to confess that I wasn’t able to wait that long.
Just a few hours later, before the cookfest even began, I opened my present.
And when I say present, I mean presents. Presentsssss.
Look at how pretty this is.
It’s too pretty to open.
Almost.
I opened the box and gasped.
“Oh my god, she’s crazy!” I said to Jill.
NARS Chinatown. Gorgeous.
I opened the next box.
Schiap!
Look at how crazy pretty that pink is!
Schiap has been on my wish list forever and ever and now she’s mine.
After just two boxes, I was feeling overwhelmed. But Le wasn’t done yet.
I opened the third box.
Dovima!
The bright red I’ve been lusting over.
And the fourth and final box.
Inattendu.
A pretty pretty peachy beige.
Now my Chanel Shade Parade is almost complete.
I lined up the boxes and gawked at how pretty they looked.
It was such an overwhelming surprise, a surprise that came in the middle of a crazy week, a surprise that seriously rocked my world.
Thank you so so so much, Le.
If this wasn’t a Christmas present, then why does it feel like Christmas?
You have such wonderful friends!
Oh how I wish I had real-life friends who understand and support my nail polish obsession… Some friends are starting to ignore my requests for nail polish when I ask them to help me find some nail polish in the countries they visit/live in 
On the bright side, with so many nail polish lovers online (on different message boards and running their blogs), you can make new friends who understand and support your obsession.
In addition to my real-life friends who get me and my polish madness, I’ve also made a lot of new ones and they’ve made blogging and collecting (and life) even more fun
If you’re having a hard time finding polish from other countries and friends aren’t willing to scour their cities, you might want to initiate swaps with polish fans who live in different parts of the world
pam, nocturnalangel palang blog mo, kitangkita naman na ang bongga ng friends mo mag-gift sayo! sana may friends din akong ganyan! hahaha
merry christmas!
hahaha! tagal na nun! grabe no, ibang iba pa buhay blog dati!
merry christmas, zee! <3
Wow, that’s wonderful! And even more wonderful is you have friends who bring joy to your day unexpectedly. Enjoy your suprise
hi honeyjr! thanks so much! i already started – dovima is just perfect! perfect formula, perfect color
ok i’m drooling over the gift boxes!! hahaha! wonder where she got them?
Haha! The gift boxes are from Scribe in Eastwood
I love them too! I love them so much I wish I can keep the polish in them forever but the new babies are begging to meet their sisters in my Helmer 
falling in love with Inattendu… wonder if the peach tones would go with my skin? hmmm…
I think so!
ang special ng gift wraps! <3 hihi!~ but the thought and effort to find those are way way way SUPER SPECIAL <3 Merry Christmas Ms. Pam!
loving your blog and how you tell stories of love, craziness and friendship thru polishes <3
Hi Jera! A very belated Merry Christmas!
I’m super lucky that I’m surrounded by people who understand my obsession and who like joining the fun 