So I took the plunge…

My best friend, (no names mentioned) has been a “bad” influence on me. Before we started hangin’ out, I had never dyed my hair or had my nails done. Three months ago she convinced me to dye it. My hair dresser gave me highlights and sent me on my way and I was perfectly pleased with that.

Then for Mother’s day she convinced me to have my nails done. They used to be long and strong on their own, but not since I’ve had kids. We all benefit from long nails!!

So last night I took the plunge … my hairdresser moved so I found a new one, had her cut it and dye it “apple cider” brown. When everyone saw the box with the color I had chosen, they told me, “Why bother, it’s the same color as your hair!” But I’m just plain chicken. Those boxes of dye sat on my bathroom sink for a month before I finally made the appointment.

My hairdresser was rinsing my hair and I saw purple running down the sink. I was thinking, “What have I done?”

Now the background before all this is that my mother has red hair. When she started dying her hair to hide the gray, she dyed it red and it went carrot orange. So she has to die her hair brown and it goes a nice auburn red. This is why I bought the brown die, instead of trying even an auburn color. But purple? I was getting nervous.

Once she rinsed out the dye and washed my hair, she cut it as I asked. I told her if she cut it too short, I’d have to hang her by her toe nails. I also told her she’d better do a good job to hide my gray or I’d come back to haunt her!

When all is said and done, I looked in the mirror and my “apple cider” brown hair dye gave me beautiful auburn red hair. So now Matt will feel like he’s got a new wife, and I finally took the plunge! We’ll have to take a picture sometime and have Matt change my avatar.

EDIT by matthew: Fixed a couple of tpyos.