It' only been what, three months since I posted... I've been busy. But I actually have a story to tell today, so I figured I'd write it down before the details loose their clarity.

Last night, as you might have guessed from the title of this post, I accidentally spilled a pool of hot pink nail polish on my parent's off white carpet in the master bedroom, in possibly the most conspicuous place in the entire room. I wasn't even painting my nails in their bedroom, I only ever paint my nails in the bathroom, precicely so I can avoid incidents like this - which made this entire thing all the more painful. I had opened the nail polish, because it looked kind of crusty and I wasn't sure it was usable, and I set it down on the nightstand, and walked away to do something. I came back, and not remembering that I had neglected to close the nail polish bottle, picked it up by the lid and spilled nail polish all over the carpet, my jeans, the bed and my parent's hundred dollar sheets. (Which is another ordeal entirely that I have to deal with when I get home from work.) It looked like I had brutally murdered some small defenseless animal. when I showed my brother the stain, he said that he doesn't think he has ever done anything to the house that has had as much potential to cause a murder as that stain.

( I hope that none of you ever have to use this information, but I figured I might as well share what I have learned about removing dark nail polish stains from light carpets. )

Mood: accomplished