Chi

One of my favorite birthday gifts this year was given to me by my in-laws. It's the Chi flat-iron for styling hair. I had heard many of my friends and family sing its praises, but just couldn't fathom spending over $100 on a hair appliance. I now know why everyone loves it. This tool heats quickly and makes styling my hair a snap. I can't wait to give it a try on Erin's hair. She has to wear curls when she dances with her competition dance team, and I've been told there are really cool techniques for making ringlet curls with the Chi. In the meantime, she loves the straight look and is ecstatic that she can have my old flat-iron which worked ok, but took longer than the Chi to heat up.

HairCut

I finally was able to make it to get my hair done. It has been since APRIL! My stylist was so shocked that I was able to go that long without it being trimmed or colored. I was fighting to not color... I was going to try to let the gray come on in, but it was hard to resign to that at only 33... SO I got it highlighted instead of just colored. That does a great job of concealing all those wirey white hairs from poking through. I also went with the stylist's suggestion of a few bangs, which I was glad I did. The photos don't really do the color justice; not to mention I slept on the "do" last night. Thanks to my little morning buddy, Dylan, for snapping the photos. At 8, he's starting to get the hang of using a camera. (He purposefully and thoughtfully positioned me so that part of the Christmas tree could be seen.)