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July 9, 2008
If I keep entering contests, one of these days I'll win, right?
I found Casey's blog through Blog Nosh. I like her writing, but I was totally won over by her entry for the caulk contest. I would have giggled uncontrollably, but my fear of waking the sleeping baby in my lap was just a touch stonger than my mirth. I'll do just about anything to avoid angry cranky boy. She's running a contest of her own now, and I'm just doing like she says. I haven't managed to win myself a Wii yet, but I'll settle for a new hairstyle that makes me look like I've lost 10 pounds. I'm hoping Sarah over at Hair Thursday has some nice options that don't require a lot of skill or time or, seriously, skill to maintain. There's a reason I'd rather give up underwear than my trusty ponytail holders.
Here goes:
This wasn't the picture I was trying to find when I went searching for a picture of me with bad hair. Apparently I had blocked this cut out of my memory, because seriously, how could I have not thought of it first? I can't believe my mother let me do this to myself. Worse, she let me keep getting it cut like this for several years, until the number of people mistaking me for a boy (in junior high!) traumatized me so badly I didn't cut my hair so much as an inch for almost 10 years.
This wasn't my first choice for good hair pick, but I came across it while I was looking for a great shot of my wedding hair, and decided it looked better. I can't believe how much I like it, considering the color is a result of a really mucked up home job, fixed by a moron of a stylist at a TGFesque salon. That fuzz in the picture? That isn't noise from the low light, that's DUST. I was visiting my dad's. He is not known for his housekeeping.
And this is what my hair looks like today. And yesterday. And the day before that. Repeat for the last five years. I know there's no reason a SAHM can't keep herself up, but I just don't get out enough to make it worth spending a lot of cash on hair and make-up and clothes. I'm wearing a free sample of lipstick in this picture, and it's the first time I've had make-up on in at least a year.
Note the unibrow Wee Pea has drawn on herself. Apparently my girls are doomed to inherit my skills.
Posted by me at July 9, 2008 10:27 PM
Comments
I think you're cute as a button. GOOD LUCK!
Posted by: moosh in indy. at July 10, 2008 7:28 AM
Dude you look smokin hot in that middle picture. *rowr*
I think you had some hot hair in college when it was long and and spiral curly, but that seems like really hard work to maintain.
And I totally know what you mean by it just not being worth dealing with on a daily basis.
Posted by: Bec at July 10, 2008 3:57 PM