Some nail color stories I hear are so good you'd think they were made up, like this one from my friend Carolyn. But, as the day is long and my favorite nail color is red, I swear the following story is completely true:

"The day before my wedding, my matron of honor, Dena, and I got French manicures for the big day.

Dena is a busy mother of two preschoolers and was working for a large technology and information company. I was working for a large financial services company. Dena is also my best friend since first grade. We've kept our friendship going through different colleges, living states apart, men, children, and stressful professions.

We were really enjoying this time together with just the two of us to catch up on each other's lives. As our fingernails dried, we noticed that we each chose a slightly different shade of white for our nail tips. When we turned over our nail polish bottles to read each name, we couldn't believe how perfectly they matched our lives in that moment.

Dena's color was Bubble Bath. She and her husband had left the kids in North Carolina with Grandma for a sorely needed get-away for the wedding weekend. My color? Ball N Chain! We were indeed living like our nail colors."