I'm Dying

Don't panic.  Just my hair.  I know that most of you are thinking "big whoop."  But aside from a messy middle school experiment with Kool Aid, I have never (I mean EVER) dyed my hair.  So to me, it is a big whoop.

So here's how it all went down.  I have been secretly (and not so secretely) wishing for my grandma's hair.  She had black hair with just a tiny gray patch until the day she died.  But unfortunatley, the hair God's had other plans for me.  The first time my hair dresser yanked a wiry gray hair from my head, I cried in her chair.  Too bad for her, she doesn't know me as well as some and she was not prepared for that.  And since that time (which may or may not have been more than four years ago) I have been thinking that it might be time to dye my hair.  There was only one problem.  You see, I'm not what you would call a high maintence girl.  You've probably noticed.  The truth is that I have no idea where to start with hair and make up so I just don't.  Where was YouTube in 1994?  I could have used some tutorials!  My biggest problem was that I liked my hair color and as you know I am terrified of change.  And I had no idea how to pick out a color. So I didn't.  Until last week.  With a rare few extra minutes while our running errands alone (that NEVER happens!) I snuck into Rite Aid and spent 15 minutes with my hair in front of my eyes while I tried to find the box that matched perfectly.  To be honest, they all kind of look the same to me.  And not a one seemed to match my hair.  But I finally settled on this:

 And then at dinner my friend said, "Did you get the foam?  As long as you got the foam you'll be fine because you can do it yourself."  What?!?!!!?  I can't do this myself!??!??  I wasn't taking any chances.  So back to the store I went.  And this time, you bet I got the foam:

Now this is kind of my deep dark secrect because if my husband had his way, I would not color my hair.  Something about how he likes the "salt and pepper".  He's crazy.  Now I don't make it a habit to lie to my husband but he is color blind and unobservant so in this case what he doesn't know won't hurt him.

I waited unitl the kids were spending the night at Grandma's and Robbie was fast asleep before I locked myself in the bathroom.  I figured if it worked out like half of the other beauty things I have tried I didn't need any witnesses.

But what do you know?  It worked!!!!  And better yet, no one noticed!  And I didn't even need a YouTube video!