If this post helps one person avoid a bad haircut, I’ll have done my job

Hair

Last Wednesday didn't start out well; I hadn't slept much the night before and woke up looking decidedly haggard. I had errands to run and wanted to get them done before lunch, so I left the house with unwashed, bed-headed hair. That was my first mistake. After our first errand, I caught a glimpse of myself in the rearview mirror and made a snap decision. I would go get a haircut. I didn't call Rachael, my regular stylist who has been cutting my hair for almost four years. Oh no, I quickly scanned the available strip-mall options and decided to pull into BoRics.  And let someone NEW cut my hair. That was my second mistake. Shelly was very nice, chatted with Kaitlyn while getting me shampooed and ready in the chair. "So", she said, "what are you looking to have done today?" "Well", I said, heaving a big sigh at my reflection, "reshape the layers and trim the ends".  (hello, mistake number four) Now, I'm not questioning Shelly's skills. She was efficient and thorough in … [Read more...]

Why do Mondays have to be such…Mondays?

I vote that we change it so the new week starts on a different day. Wednesday, maybe.  Would the start of a new week feel so difficult if it started on Wednesday? So far today I have done a load of dishes, wiped a whole piece of toast's worth of crumbs from the kitchen counter,  photographed a product review item only to have my camera battery die with the battery charger nowhere in site, and called AT&T to cancel my home phone service. On the bright side, I did convince the boys to take both their sister AND the dog on a walk around the neighborhood.  The reduction in the noise level around here is doing wonders for my state of mind. Emails are furiously flying as I help the BlogHer conference organizers finalize the bookstore and book signings for the conference which is in TEN DAYS. I bought what I'm pretty sure Elle Woods would call a "truly heinous" orange beaded top at Avenue that has to go back.  I don't know what I was thinking. I'm just not a fancy … [Read more...]

Not really Wordless Wednesday

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I'm just thrilled out how many people have already entered my Reddi-wip and Ben&Jerry's giveaway! It's so interesting to read all the different flavors of ice cream that people love. Oddly, plain vanilla doesn't seem to be that popular. I like my ice cream to have lots of stuff in it :) Kaitlyn came up to me this morning and said to me "I wanna get my ears pierced and get some earrings!" Um, okay? It's not that I don't want to pierce her ears, it's that I don't want to hear her cry when it happens! Maybe I'll make my husband take her instead lol We went to Kohl's to return the so adorable but way too big Ked's Mary Janes I bought, and I used the money to buy her a pair of are pretty much the girliest sandals ever-Disney Princess sandals with butterflies that LIGHT UP. Here they are next to my Target plaid slip-ons, which I love to the point of silliness. Notice how my shoes are barely twice the size of hers. I have Elf Feet: One last photo-I realized I hadn't shown all … [Read more...]