I love tricking my kiddos on April Fool's day. I always pull a prank with food, this year it was their after school snack. I totally fooled them. They thought the joke was breakfast for snack. From a distance, Grant even asked if I had a chef come in to make the egg's, since they looked perfect. They also look huge like an ostrich egg or something, but the kids did not seem to notice.
I randomly got 4 inches cut off my hair today. It has been a tangley, split-end mess and I have a horrible time finding the time to get my hair cut. It pains me to pay high dollar for a haircut. I have already stopped highlighting my hair, because it made me sick to go in and pay $120 for a haircut and color. I bring home $0 dollars and If I am going to spend $120 dollars on myself, I can think of 20 other things I would rather buy. Besides, I don't care how much I spend on a haircut, I am never happier with the cut, because it cost more. I think my hair looks fine, no matter if I spend $20 or $120, I honestly can't tell. So, today Brooke and I were in Walmart, yes Walmart and I saw a cute girl in the salon there (does anyone else stereotype hair stylists and think if a girl looks cute and trendy, she must be able to cut hair well??) So I sat down and told her to chop it. Mid-way through I started to panic about what I had done. I wanted to run out of the salon and grab Brooke and head for the nearest Aveda salon....but then I remembered I needed a few things at Walmart and despite the interesting peeps I have seen at Walmart, I have never seen a toddler and a mom with half a haircut walking around. So I stayed and prayed it would turn out ok. I never like how stylists fix my hair, so I hurried through the store hoping I would not run into anyone I knew before I could survey my hair. As soon as I got home, I ran upstairs and "fixed" my hair and was very happy with the results. It looks so healthy and fresh and at $15, I feel I could freely spend $100 at TJ Maxx without the guilt!
Then, I unloaded the groceries ( a job I absolutely loath by the way) and made this cake. It is AMAZING! I decided I needed to blog so I could procrastinate about he large pile of my hubby's shirts that need ironing (another item I hate paying for...$5 bucks a shirt, come on! What happened to the $1.99 cleaners I used to take my black "going out" pants to in college?). I am seriously sounding like a cheapskate at this point, I do realize this! I will easily pay 3-4 times as much for something organic, but not for my hair or to have a shirt ironed. I warned you, this was random.
I desperately need to paint my front door. I painted it black last year and added a glass storm door, apparently that was not a good mix and the metal door would heat up like an oven and caused the paint to peel off. The guys at Sherwin Williams, said it was just because I painted the door black and it retains so much heat. The door looks awful now, so what color do you think I should paint it?? I would love your ideas?
Well, have a wonderful weekend! We had our first 50 degree day this week and it was LOVELY!! The snow is still on the ground, but not for long. Happy weekend!
I love, love, your haircut! It looks chic and sassy! And I'm glad you liked the cake. It's one of our favorites. :) as for your door, what about a fun aqua color or yellow? It seems like your house colors will go with anything so you could definitely have fun with color.
ReplyDeleteHere are links to the doors I thought of right away:
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http://www.hollymathisinteriors.com/2011/04/yellow-door/
I wish I could do a fun color, but our exterior colors are pretty limiting.
My door is high gloss black with a storm door and no issue...we face west?? Maybe you need to prime or whatever first? I no zero about painting btw.
ReplyDeleteI am so quilty of waiting for the cute trendy person when it came to cutting my hair, however now that I became the thrifty one.. I cut my own. Ha! Ha! I am not sure it's "stylist" approved but it will do for me! I love love love your hair... of course I follow you on instagram and saw it there first. ;-) One day when I get brave again, I want my hair to be exactly like yours!
ReplyDeleteAs for the front door.... First let me say your home is gorge! I think your front door would be amazing, classy and go well with your color scheme you already have going on in RED!
Have a fab weekend!
Christy
monkeysandtwinklestars.blogspot.com
That April Fools snack is too cute!!!
ReplyDeleteI love your hair cute. It looks great. I always go to the cheaper places too. I usually just go to JCPenney in the mall. I always get the same exact hair cut and I figure pretty much anyone can do it. I love the money I save.
Your house exterior looks gorgeous. I bet it will look nice whatever color you paint it. I have a white house with black shutters and a red door.
I love your new hair!! It looks awesome and well worth the $15 ;) I am like you, I cannot justify huge prices for things when I can use that money for other things for the kids or the house. I actually have taken scissors to my own hair a couple of times, when you layer you don't even notice if you stuff up lol
ReplyDeleteI think a blue door, some shade of blue would look pretty :)
I loved this random post, I chuckled at your hypochondria and your two week condensed doctors visits to prove you don't actually have cancer!! I love your sense of humour, we are so much alike in a lot of ways!
Enjoy your weekend friend! xo
Your hair looks fantastic! Definitely fresh and perfect for spring. I wait months and months between haircuts, but in my defense I'm growing it out. When I had a structured bob, I'd get my hair cut every 6 weeks.
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