crazy about nails

I'm really addicted to doing my nails, both hand and feet, at the moment. But it's hard to decide if i should just paint my own nails, or get acrylics done in the salon. When I see nail polish in the shops, I'm so tempted to buy them, but I usually only paint my toes myself, and so I end up using very little of the nail polishes. damn wasteful. And we all know that using polish on top of acrylic or gel extensions makes them last longer with very minimal colour chipping, so I usually end up doing acrylics on my hands in the salon. sighs. It's so expensive so I can't change the designs on my hands as often as I'd like to :(
Anyway my current nails are damn long already and it's really time for a refil...guess I'll get one done after my exam...and I'll have to get another one done before I go back to singapore...or I could just stick with doing a simple manicure without the gel/acrylic...we'll see how depending on my financial status :S