Well, that was stupid.

Some words of advice when it comes to getting your hair done: DON'T even think about coloring it yourself days after you paid someone to do it. I have been so good about leaving my hair to the professionals after I decided to grow it out and go blonde which has been for the past three and a half years but for some reason I thought I should try my hand at it again. See the thing is I'm really funny about my hair color, I'm never really happy with the the shade of blonde and I've had a hard time finding a stylist who understands my look. I tried out a new girl at a beautiful salon downtown Portland and she did such a knock out job to my hair but in an urge of impulse I stopped by Sally's Beauty Supply for a bottle of platinum toner to throw over my freshly colored locks. Dummy! My hair turned taupe. TAUPE! I freaked out bad. I mean, I had worked so hard over the past few years to get it to a really light color and to an actual healthy state and there I go and mess it all up. Damn! So last weekend with instructions from my patient stylist I washed the hell out of my hair with dish soap and by Tuesday I made a dash stop to the salon to have her fix it. You guys, in a matter of an hour she was able to get my hair practically back to it's pretty blonde state. It's definitely a little darker then what it was before but I frankly I don't even mind because it seriously beats having dirt colored hair. So don't be so impulsive with your hair color because it might just bite you in the ass!

That's it, just a post about my silly hair :)

The Truth

Today was one of those extra difficult, highly sensitive days. Damn! Thankfully taking a shower and listening to good records finally helped subdued my negative sassy pants. I have five DAYS until my due date and am having an exceptionally hard time dealing with even one more day of pregnancy. Very very soon I will be receiving the most spectacular gift I could ever ask for and my heart is literally swollen with excitement and love at just the mere thought of my son BUT In my last efforts of selfishness I want to get a couple not so fun truths off my chest.

• Today I woke up and noticed a few (small) stretchmarks on my stomach and just about died! I have been blessed to stay absolutely stretch mark free for 9 months until this very moment. Ok Ok, Really no biggie but why right now? No!
• My hair is killing me! Since I have years of color damage, I try to take the best care of my hair and its behavior. However since becoming pregnant my poor locks have become unpleasantly oily and temperamental. Its driving me crazy! And now I'm starting to get a small area of dandruff on my crown. Awesome!
• I feel useless. My stomach is so large, I can barely move without causing discomfort. Getting in and out of the car is difficult, sitting on the floor is impossible, walking (waddling) is exhausting and most of the time impossible due to back labor... God, the list goes on! Oh and picking things off the ground is overrated. Steve comes home to pens, bobby pins, makeup and whatever else my slippery mitts cant hold on to sprawled through out the house for him to pick up. Even when shopping Ive learned to just quietly walk away from any fallen items. Useless! 
• I CANT WAIT to wear normal clothes again. I am so excited!! I only fit comfortably in one pair of black leggings, a few black tops and a black slip dress. I cant wait to introduce blouses, jeans and amazing shoes back into my life!

 The list goes on but I better stop here. 

I'm just having a difficult last stretch of pregnancy and lord knows I am not alone. I just need to remind myself daily that Miles is so so close to being here and that I am extremely thankful to have such a sweet man on my side with bountiful amounts of love and encouragement for the days when I'm lacking my own.

Halloween time

For Halloween this year I wanted to be something kind of spooky so I chose a skeleton. Not very scary but just a really easy no brainer costume when your as gigantic as me right now. Steve painted the skeleton body on a black shirt I already owned that turned out super rad! I did a trial run on my hair and makeup last night. Teased the heck out of it and added gorgeous orchids for some oomph! I then practiced the skeleton face which was a hell of a lot harder then I thought it would be. But I'm glad I got to play around with it before Halloween.