How to get your man to have a girly afternoon with you (aka - a pedicure)

Saturday I tweeted the following:

I managed to trick Dan into a girly afternoon of pedis, pastries and tea. I love him. #yayforcoldmeds

Who knew people would go as far as e-mailing for my secrets.
So here you are.

First things first - my disclaimer. On Saturday, poor Daniel was still a little under the weather with his cold. And had been cooped up for a few days. So what was the first step?

Step 1: Administer cold medication.
Step 2: Walking back from brunch (or any food-related activity), casually mention how nice it would be to sit in air conditioning and get a good foot rub.
Step 3: Stop into a corner store and offer to pick up man's favorite magazine for him to read during said 'foot rub'. {Avoid the word pedicure until the very last moment}
Step 4: Make a bee-line for the nearest salon. (and say a little prayer that they are open. And have two chairs available.)
Step 5: Half-way there, begin going ON and ON about the MASSAGE chairs.
Step 6: Just about there, mention the word pedicure, quickly followed by foot rub, the favorite magazine, the MASSAGE chairs.
Step 7: Get him in the chair.
Step 8: Enjoy.