After months of being super duper dark, to going lighter and lighter little by little, today I went to the salon and I thought I was kind of just getting a root touch up but WHOA! I came out blonde. My stylist Val was on maternity leave for 3 months. I had a hard time getting an appointment with her because she was on high demand. I finally got an appointment last weekend but I had to cancel it cause for some reason I was "on call" at work. So when I rescheduled, she had an opening on Friday which is today and I jumped on it. I use to work PT and Fridays were my days off. So I use to get my hair done all the time and spend some time with my mom in the process but since those assess brought me back full time, I don't get that luxury of having Friday's off so I have to take leave which I'm fine with. It was a "Jen" day. And I haven't had a "Jen" day in a really long time. Well, I probably do but I'll claim memory loss. :)
So I dropped Cody off at school and headed out. I should have left earlier so I could have done some hard core shopping before my appointment but for some reason I was so tired that I just didn't have the energy. By the time I got there I ate lunch and hit Kohl's. I've been a bad girl at Kohl's lately. They had a big winter clearance sale and I think I bought up the entire store. After freezing during this winter I stocked up on some sweaters and anything long sleeve that I could find. I really wanted to go to Ross but I ran out of time so I headed over to get my hair done.
I showed Val my re-growth and she was impressed with the grow out. Of course the dark roots were terrible and driving me nuts every time I looked in the mirror. I was way overdue for a highlight. I just wish I took a before and after photo but I totally didn't think about it which is so odd for me. I told Val that I wanted to get rid of the nasty roots and to do it like last time. I think she thought I meant pre-chemo but I meant, last time as in December 2013, 3 months ago. So as I sat there processing, I was excited about getting out of the salon and getting back on the road. I gotta squeeze some more shopping in before I get home.
Years ago I loved going to the salon. It was definitely a "Jen's" day but now, I have other priorities and one of those are hanging out with my family and the other is SHOPPING!!! :) And I guess you could say, getting your hair done is "shopping" since I'm buying a service but this service with my dark hair is always short term and "shopping" to me should be long term gratification like an outfit or shoes.
So, Val rinsed my hair and sat me in front of the mirror. She took off the towel and holy smokes I could see blonde highlights all throughout my hair. Uh-oh? I was a bit nervous. I kind of gotten use to the more earthy tones in my hair but now I see a lot of blonde. And it's only March. Is it to early for blonde hair here in Virginia? Everywhere I look I see brunettes. Am I going to stand out to much? She blew dryed my entire hair and yup, it was official, I have a lot of blonde hair on this head of mine. It's going to take me some time to get use to it. I'll post a photo in the next few days.
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