From this,

to this,

to today…

It’s darker than I would like (my mom will hate it), but I’m happy that it’s all one color, and I LOVE the cut. The bangs were a good idea.  She also took several inches off the length, so it feels a lot shorter to me, though I realize that no one would classify this as anything other than long hair. It will be loooooong again soon enough!

You may have noticed, I took all of these hair pictures with the camera pointing down at me a little bit. It’s a great way to slim yourself down in photos!

I can’t get the dang camera to focus on my eyes when I’m shooting wide (although this was f3.2) so I almost threw this out but I wanted you to see the bangs. Very subtle but I’m already tucking like a crazy person. It’s been a awhile since I had bangs and I forget how frequently you reach up to tuck your hair behind your ears when you have side-swept bangs like this.

My plan is to dye it myself next time (with help of course), but for Europe I wanted to make sure it didn’t turn into a mess.

Oh, and a reminder to sign up for Ebates (tomorrow is the deadline!) if you haven’t already! I didn’t realize that I get a $5 credit for each person who signs up and buys something, so I’ll be holding a giveaway no matter what to say thank you. The catch? Only people who sign up for Ebates and earn me a credit by buying something worth $20+ using Ebates as the referring site will be eligible for the prize! That $1000 prize is a serious possibility for me and I”m having a lot of fun brainstorming what I’ll give away if I get 100 people.

Should I give away one really big prize or a few smaller ones?

P.S.-I’m hoping to get the post on debt up later this afternoon/evening. Check back, I think it’s going to be a good discussion.

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