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Dress: Bohme | Jacket: Charlotte Russe | Necklace: Wet Seal | Hat: Wet Seal

The best part of having my hair this long is that I literally don't have to style it some days. When I get out of the shower and don't have time to blow dry it I just put a bit of mousse in it, pop a hat on and I'm good to go! It dries into nice natural waves. Hopefully it keeps my hair a little bit healthier too, since there's no type of heat on it. My hair could use all the health treatment it can get.
Being a grown up now means I don't have much spare money to splurge on a haircut. It's been almost a year since I've had even a trim.
Here's hoping now it'll be easier for me to save up to get it maintained.

Thursday Things

Just a small post today. I spent most of the day laying in bed with wonderful cramps and this exhausted feeling. Mainly I just ate pizza, watched Glee and lay around. It happens.

• On my way to the salon this morning, this song only felt fitting
• Under the dryer...forever. The color wouldn't sink in to my hair good enough so it took awhile to get it there.
• The result. It's purply/burgundy and I absolutely love it! My hair stylist is so dear, she gets my hair and is the only person I trust with it.
• The first bloom from mom's rose bush. It makes me feel ready for summer and being outside.

I hope everyone had a lovely Thursday! I get to see my fiance tomorrow and Saturday is 80s day at work!
:)

Awkward & Awesome Thursday

Hi everyone! Remember me?
I used to blog here a lot, but then I got lazy and boring.

But here I am! And I'm doing an Awkward and Awesome post, because it's been a long time :)

AWKWARD:

• Waking up late and not having time to shave my legs or put any makeup on. Wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't so broke out right now :( I hate being 22 and having acne.
• Getting my hair trimmed and leaving with little hairs all over my face making me look like I need to shave or something. That went really well with the unshaven legs and no makeup.
• Waving at someone you hadn't seen in awhile, and having them not even recognize you. Yikes. I guess it had been awhile...
• Shopping around Rue 21 and getting a little to involved, resulting in forgetting to check the time on my phone. Luckily I finally did because I had to leave to go pick my brothers up from school. That's a true shopaholic there....
• Falling asleep with my phone in my hand, with the light on and randomly snapping out of it not realized what happened. Ever done that? I feel like such a dork when I'm suddenly jerked awake because it's kind of a dramatic act.

AWESOME:

• Getting my hair done! The purple in my hair was so weird...the strands that were dyed had about 1/2 an inch of grow-out, then the middle was a blonde color, and the tips were still dark purple! Crazy! So I decided to just do an all over chocolatey brown color for the fall, and got full bangs. Love it! 
• Seeing my hair girl, who gave birth to her adorable son the week after my last appointment. She told me all about being a mother and I loved seeing her so happy. She's adorable. 
• Free coffee drinks! Thanks Crystal ;)
• Walking out of Rue 21 {after putting my stuff on hold to run and get my brothers} with 4 shirts, a purse, 5 pairs of underwear and a t-shirt for Taran and only spending $30.
• Season premier of The Vampire Diaries was tonight! Man, I missed those dreamy vamps on my tv every Thursday. I have a feeling this season is going to be goooood.
• I GO TO DISNEYLAND ON SATURDAY.

*Happy dance*

The Boy Who Lived & Purple Hair

Taran, me, Crystal, Katie, Becca and Jerrica. Missing Muzzy because he was stuck in the giant concession line D:

Taran drew the Dark Mark on me :) he did a good job!

Many mixed emotions....also we are the golden trio :)

My very first post on this blog was about the midnight premier of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I. I can't believe it's been 7 months since seeing that movie.
And Thursday night we all went back to the theater to see the end. The final installment. The ending of our childhood. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II.
I've never felt such conflicting emotions before. I was incred
ibly excited, but terribly heartbroken at the very same time. I never knew I could feel that way together.
Taran was able to come with us, so that was a big plus! {Even though the poor guy had to be at work at 7AM!}

The movie was excellent.
I laughed, I sobbed cried, I cheered...and I can't believe it's actually over. Ten years of movies, even more years of books.
I grew up with Harry.

"We defended the Stone, we found the Chamber, we freed the Prisoner, we were chosen by the Goblet, we fought alongside the Order, we learnt from the Prince, and we mastered the Hallows. We are the Harry Potter generation" - Unknown

I'm sad, but grateful to have been apart of this journey with Harry and the entire gang of characters. And I know I'll get to share these incredible stories with my own children someday.

In other news: I got my hair done the other day and I'm completely in love with it! I felt like doing something crazy funky and I decided on purple. Loooove it! :)

 

Awkward & Awesome Thursday

Don't you love the weird lighting in my living room? And the fact that my dog feels the need to be apart of everything I do. I love that little stinker, but she can be a pain!

Awkward!

• Getting hair dye all over my neck at the salon and having it result in looking like huge hickeys. Gross. {If you didn't know red hair dye looks purplish when applied}
• Walking into Starbucks still covered in hair from the hair cut. Especially those little hairs that were all over my face, not cute.
• Taking a nap before work and dreaming that your ex suddenly becomes super religious....also a separate dream where you get lost looking for the park and Raspberry Beret is playing. My subconscious is weird...
• Swapping my schedule around and setting one of my managers up to work a busy morning with one of the worst associates! {I know that sounds rude, but seriously....some people should not work in retail.} I felt so bad! Next time I'm requesting time off way in advance before my hair appointment.
• Recognizing someone that I'm ringing up but debating whether to actually say something, or just keep quiet to avoid coming off as a creeper.

Awesome!

• Finally getting my hair done! It's been way too long and it's desperately needed work done. I'm pretty pleased with the result! Reddish color with some chunky blonde pieces. Fun for summer? Yes.
• Seeing my hair girl's cute preggo belly. She's adorable and I'm excited for her little one! I want one. No I don't. I really don't. Promise. {Not yet.}
• Sneaking a nap in before work, despite the weirdo dreams. Naps rock.
• Dexter. Seriously, I am addicted to it! Taran bought season 1 on Saturday and I finished it Monday night. Then I started season 2 that same night! It's intense and awesome. I recommend it if you like crime shows, or serial killer shows. {That sounds weird, but some people are intrigued by serial killer type shows....}
• Hanging out with old friends that I haven't seen in awhile. I used to be super close to those guys and things happened and we all kind of drifted apart. It was nice to get to catch up and see them again! Hopefully we don't go another year without hanging out!

For more awkward and awesome stories check out Sydney at The Daybook!

Snip snip!

Hello!

Tomorrow morning I have a hair appointment, and I'm kind of on the fence about what to do.

I'm unsure if I should keep attempting to grow it and just get a trim and some color, or if I should chop it and do something funky with it again!

What do you all think?

These were all from this past year. I kept it mostly short all through 2010. I like that style a lot and I think it fits my personality, I'm just unsure if I should stay with that or not. I haven't grown my hair out in a long time and the last time it was semi-long was when I was in-between cuts.

The last time it was actually long was my senior year of high school, 4 years ago.

Here's some pictures of some longer styles.

Senior:

Early 2008:

Late 2008:

Wow! That took forever, but I won't lie...I got sidetracked looking at old pictures. Good memories in all those folders :)

What do you guys think!?