I'm Finally a Member of the Family

Last week I got my hair colored. It's a little more blond than I like; I'm missing my brown. But, since I've been graying, that color blends in better with blond, so that's the color highlights I'm getting. My daughter has always told me that I should get my hair totally blond so that I look like everyone else in the family--my hubby and kiddos are all blond. I've always responded with how I wish at least one of my kids had been born a brunette. They do have red highlights in their hair that I love and you can really see in the summer, AND they get that from me! Anyways, as soon as I got home from the salon, the first comment from my daughter was, "Now you're part of the family!" LOL!

Mini-Me

I never thought my daughter resembled me at all. Then about a month ago my sister posted some pictures of us as little girls on her facebook page and whoa! Roger and I couldn't believe how much Lauren looked like me when I was her age. I guess it was her golden hair vs. my brown hair that always threw me off. I just couldn't see the resemblance. Here are a few pics where I really see me in Lauren. (I am the brunette and my sister is the blonde). Don't know if you see what Roger and I see, but I'm just finally so ecstatic that I can say my daughter looks like me!

Hair Color

After 11 weeks without a haircut, I went to the Eric Fisher Academy on Saturday. Several friends had recommended it and spoke highly of it, so I decided to try it out. When I had made the appointment I had thought of coloring my hair, but decided on just a cut. Once I got there, I decided I wanted color, so they were able to work that in. There were plenty of supervisors on the floor constantly walking around helping the students when they needed it, so I never felt nervous at all until it came time to pick the hair color. Eric Fisher himself was there and recommended red, so I picked a deep red color. They only colored sections of my hair more towards the top, but next time I color, I want the red highlights all over. At first, Roger thought the color looked like a magenta like the character in the movie Sky High, but now he says it looks red. I like it. I always said I would wait until I was 40 to color, but I just couldn't resist (I'm close enough to 40 now anyways). Everything cost me $35. It would cost $45 but I had a $10 off coupon from their website. If I had done this at my salon I've been going to for years, it would have cost me about $90. Besides the color, the cut was very well done, also--it's my same style, but the student did a good job. I think I want to go back.