nancia

i'm a platinum blonde, comes out of a calendar, not clairol or loreal, altho' i'm worth it. lol. for a long time i did blonde figuring if nature was making me blonde at least i could choose the shade! but now i'm a combo of steely gray and white. haven't counted, but i'm pretty sure it's not 50 shades of gray. i'm thinking of having some faux pieces added in dark/bright purple or pink. just for fun and to tease my dh. tonight we went to the symphony- the rites of spring- and then out to eat with a friend in philly. lovely fun evening! i am almost ready to start my secret swap project! i'm very excited! but first i need to finish my wall hanging. nearly done, i think!

dabbler312

I haven't seen my natural hair color since I was about 13/14 years old - I was what was classified as tow-head when I was little - my hair would turn very light in the summer sun and darken back up in the winter months - I liked it better when it was lighter so I started coloring it - I had some OMG moments throughout the years doing it myself. I have super fine hair and it's straight as sticks - I refer to it as the seal-head look; it's very fly-away so it requires a lot of work to get it to style. I used to perm and because my hair is so fine it started to do some serious damage and I was advised to choose one, color or perm; the color won out. It will soon be white all on it's own with out any help from a bottle but until that time it's fun to play. nancia I think it would be great fun to do some faux pieces - I love the lavender and light blue colors - my daughter-in-law's sister wears them all the time. One of my girlfriends - she's 68 - stays very current and trendy with style - she likes wearing feathers and beads in her hair.

Hope you had a fun evening out at the symphony nancia - what a fun way to spend an evening.

DustysMomma

Well, here it goes. First off, we had a good time. We did have some.....challenges. I got a run in my pantyhose putting them on. My dress has these loops at the waist. The halter straps you see in the picture are in a braid down my back, then separate, go through the loops at the waist, then tie in the back. Well, when I had the dress altered, they didn't do a good job of tacking down the loop on the left side, so when I went to put the dress on, one side of the loop came loose. It took time to find a safety pin, more time to get it not too terribly obviously put into place, and then my boyfriend was freaking out a bit about not being able to get his cummerbund to sit right because of his shape. After 15 minutes, I finally convinced him to just leave it off. We got to the 1 hour pre-dinner reception 45 minutes late, but it was a small space and crowded, so 15 minutes was plenty. Dinner was fabulous, the speeches were long with a few giggles thrown in, and we were done about 10pm. We mingled a bit, took a few couples pictures, then went for a couple drinks at the hotel bar with my boyfriend's boss (who is also his best friend) and his wife, which we never get to do. The sad part is, my favorite part of my outfit was my shoes, and I don't have a picture on here to share! I was sitting there during the speeches, when they got boring, looking at my pretty shoes, lol. I may have to share a picture of them too!

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nancia

thanks, dabbler. it was fun for sure. had some bbq, supposedly texan, but unlike any i had in texas. still very tasty. love brisket and ribs. lol. i am a huge fan of tex-mex!

geez, dusty'smom, you snuck in while i was still typing! you look great! now get a picture of your shoes. i LOVE shoes. passed that on to my daughter-- little did i know how expensive that was going to be!! her dad still doesn't understand the phenomenon of females and shoes! years ago i used to say i bought shoes because i couldn't make them. still don't know how to make them, and i still love buying them! time to figure out dinner and walk the dogs.

have a good night everyone!

SandyinZ4

Dustysmomma, you look fabulous and I too want to see a pic of your shoes. Glad your evening went well. And I love your hair color. I heard on the radio today that a woman spends a year out of her life putting on makeup. I am glad I have had that year for quilting because I have enever worn makeup. Gave up wearing lipstick because it was nicer to have DH kiss me and not have to worry about lipstick in the way. Still feel that way to this day. :-) So I just grow older and grayer with each passing year. Would rather spend money for something I want than on coloring my hair. I do splurge on perms, though. I too, have hair straight as a string. I need to get my SHDS item quilted and then will be ready to send off to swapmate. Hope to get it finished by next weekend or for sure the 8th of March...which by the way is our 45th anniversary! :-) Lucky me!

dabbler312

Just returned home from my daughter's - she had me out for a bbq'd hamburger dinner; I took my camera along so she could snap a photo of my new hair cut/color (I'm not photogenic). Here goes - this is me - I'll be celebrating my 51st birthday in a few weeks.

nancia

happy anniversary, sandy! i know i'm early but i'll have forgotten by the 8th. i made chili for supper. it will be better tomorrow, but it hit the spot tonight. it must be cold outside 'cause the dogs are doing a quick turn around. saves me from having to take 'em for a walk, and stoop to scoop. i have a bad habit of losing my balance when i lean way over and it's hard to get up-- too much gravity holding me down. it seems to be particularly strong here== the gravity. we must be close to the sun here.

nancia

hey, dabbler, cute cut and great color! you look great!

dabbler312

Dusty - I love the color of your hair - I just heard on TV last week that red hair is becoming more and more rare all the time - I think it was Dr. Oz - I was home sick for a few days with the nasty flu and was able to watch some of the afternoon programs. You look beautiful - the green really compliments your coloring.

DustysMomma

Thank you ladies! That's not my natural red. I wish! I wanted something different this time though. I emailed myself a pic of the shoes from my phone this morning, but yahoo mail isn't behaving this morning, so I can't even check to see if it made it. Have to wait until this evening.

I don't know where the redhead shortage is, but it's not in Auburn, AL! At my last job, I worked with 3 redheads, and I work with 2 where I work now. There seems to be a concentration of us lefties here too!