I cut all my hair off. No, actually, I paid someone else to cut it all off. Just thought I’d share.

Here are two random pictures for the December Photo Challenge. The first is part bragging that I already have things cleaned up from Lucy’s party and half showing off my Christmas table setting. The second is another shot of my birthday headband in action. See the tiny bit of purple left in my hair? Yeah, it’s faded almost completely. *sigh* I’m done trying to dye my hair. Come back tomorrow for another picture, and to see if I’m either a: trying not to be a sore loser or b: trying not to pee my pants in excitement.

Adam got me this headband from my Etsy wish list as part of my birthday present {he also got me some pretty slippers}. I think it’s fantastic. I can’t wait to wear it out and about.
Come back tomorrow for another Christmas photo for the December Photo Challenge.

Remember last Saturday’s hair fiasco? After talking to some people and thinking about it all week I decided I wasn’t going to try to go purple again. It didn’t work the first time, why should it magically work the second time? I figured my best bet would be to buy a box of drugstore stuff in a dark brown or black and just do my best to cover the mess.

And then the stylist talked me into letting her try again.

So I sat in her chair and thought “I can’t believe I let her talk me into this. Why didn’t I just say ‘no?’ I’m such a pushover.”

Well thank goodness for being a pushover!

Don’t I look fabulous {minus the fact that I haven’t brushed my hair and that I’m wearing zero makeup and I’m making a goofy face}!?

Check one more thing off my list! :D

UPDATE: Here are some more pictures ya’ll!

Dye my hair purple.

It’s on my list of things to do. It’s something I’ve wanted for a long time. So I made the appointment {and by “I” I mean “Adam”}. I pushed past the nervousness and sat in the chair. I pretended that I wasn’t surrounded by three dozen little old ladies getting their greys covered and certainly thinking I was crazy {and by “three dozen” I mean “maybe three to five”}. I managed to not panic when the peroxide started doing things to my scalp I hadn’t expected. I waited patiently. I didn’t complain when the stylist was less than gentle with my hair {and by “less then gentle” I mean “pulling my hair like one might weed a garden”}. And what to I have to show for it?

My AWESOME purple hair! ---------------->

And by “awesome” I mean “not at all awesome.” And by “purple” I mean “ugly part purple, part weird blue-ish brown-ish grey.”

Apparently my hair just wouldn’t take the color. {Thanks a lot, Hair}. But the stylist said that if we kept trying we’d really damage my hair {Yeah, well, you deserve it, Hair}! So she sent me home with a bottle of fancy conditioner and instructions to deep condition my hair four times this week. Then we get to do the whole. thing. over. again next Saturday. Yippee.

We are however happy with Adam’s new look.

Have you ever had a dye job go horribly, terribly wrong? Oh boy, do I want to hear about it! So tell me in the comments!

For Part 2 click here!

Time for another belly picture (and here's your chance to see my haircut). These are at 33w5d. We got maternity photos done tonight as well (THANK YOU MOM)! Adam and I cannot wait to see how they turn out! It was a blast to have them done. We did some nice traditional maternity poses, and some fun, quirky ones. And we both really liked our photographer (Rachel from Madchen Studios). She's very friendly, and makes you feel very comfortable. Incidentally she's due a week or two before me. As part of our photo package we'll also be getting newborn photos, and either 6 month or 1 year photos (our choice).


My hair is still nice and long, but the layers make it seem shorter from the front. I haven't had a haircut in 2 years, so I was pretty nervous when I got it done, especially since I only had a vague idea of what I wanted and no experience at this salon (Master Cuts at the mall). But I'm very happy with it!