80. Dark Brown Costs Extra....

so i mentioned last night that i ordered our cake topper.


while it was a bit more than i originally thought i was pleased. it's more customized than most and will make a nice keepsake.


i looked at the webiste again this morning just becuase i wanted to see the topper again. admire it. then i noticed that it said 'strapless gown variation not available on this model' - that's fine. i'll take the version wtih strapes but they let me click on the strapless option and then charged me for it. they also charged me to change the color of chris's helmet when i noticed this morning that that should be free. hmph. so i sent an e-mail to them explaining that i would like those extra charges removed. hopefully they get back to me soon!


i also thought it was a bit odd that my hair color (dark brown) cost extra. if i had blonde, light brown, red or black it was free. but for the groom to have dark hair was free. what?


ah well. hopefully this all gets resolved. i really like this topper despite the hassle.

UPDATE: the company e-mailed me back this afternoon and got everything straightened out. if i hadn't been so blind i would have seen the mistakes i made when ordering - oops! but the topper should be here by the end of march. yay!

40. why? Why? WHY?

why is it so freaking impossible for me to find someone who is able to cut my bangs? why?


last time i got them done i went to trade secret and i loved them. beautiful. i went tonight and was happily suprised to see that it was the same lady! yay! everything was looking a-okay but then it started to go a little long. i think i chatted her up a bit too much and she just kept merrily cutting away - despite the fact that when done i looked like amelie's ugly cousin. i like my bangs at my eyebrows....not an inch above them! whimper......


hopefully my appointment at JUUT in a few weeks goes better. if so i'll just continue to go there - they give free inbetween cut bang trims :)


and perhaps the next time i get a really good bang trim i'll remember to take a picture so that i can bring it with from then on....

36. To Cut!

i'm going to do it!


i just made an appointment at the JUUT (i think that's how you spell it) salon for september 13th - the day i will try on my wedding dress again! the salon itself is pretty expensive but since i'm rather nervous about chopping it off i want it to be good. not that places like cost cutters and trade secret are not good but i haven't had the best of luck there - very hit or miss - (anyone remember the time when they decided to layer my bangs! ack!). so i'm shelling out a few more bucks and crossing my fingers.


i'm also going to be getting it styled like i would for the wedding so i get the full effect. so - be on the lookout for a cut angled (or not) bob cut with some volume in the back (ala early 60's). if you find something let me know - i've been looking but haven't seen exactly what i'm looking for.


alright - now i'm off to the gym. must go to gym before i can play with all the cute stuff i just bought at the yarn store :) (someone really should ban me from it - i went in to buy one small thing and ended up leaving with about ten more....)

30. to Cut or not to Cut.....

...that is the question.....


so my original plan was to grow my hair out long enough to donate it and then chop it off for the wedding. my thinking behind this was a) donating your hair is a good thing to do, b) that angled bob haircut was one of the cutest i've ever had and c) my hair does not hold an up-do. at all. and having it down would more than likely annoy the shit out of me half way through the night....


but then i realized that chopping off my hair right before the wedding might not be the best idea. what if i hate how it looks with the dress!? it's not like i can grow it back overnight! so then i decided that i should chop it off now and try on the dress to see it that style looks good with the dress. if it doesn't - no problem - i've got over eight months to grow it back out. so i made an appointment for this past thursday to cut my hair and an appointment for this morning to try on my dress.

i chickened out. i cancelled my appointment for thursday. i still went to my dress appointment this morning. i decided perhaps it was best to take some pictures of me in the dress with my long locks and see what i think. then i held up my hair to make it look short. i really like the short look - but it's hard to tell when you're just holding it up - you don't really get a good idea, ya know?

so after leaving it i decided to go ahead and cut it at the end of august (i made an appointment to try on the dress again the 2nd weekend in september). but i don't know. i started growing out my hair becuase chris wanted to see me with long hair and so did i. and i like it...when i actually wear it down. problem is - that's rare. it takes so freakin' long to dry i rarely ever wear it down during the week - it's usually in a bun. so why have it? but it's grown (no pun intended) on me. even though i know i really like the short bob i'm still nervous to go and get it hacked......

which leaves me with the problem of to cut or not to cut. so...give your opinions. i'm torn. and it doesn't help that chris makes that sad face every time i bring it up (even though he does say he fell in love with me with short hair....)

sigh......