I love

wrapping presents. There is little on earth that makes me more pleased than finding the perfect paper, the perfect ribbon, and pulling it all together into something beautiful, all on it's own, regardless of what's inside. Good wrapping can make even the smallest gift more special. I get to bring just such a beautiful package to the shower tomorrow***. *happy sigh*

Oh god, my Martha Stewart is showing, isn't it? AAAAIIIIIEEEEE!

***Many thanks go to Mr. Wiley, for his 11th hour run to the convenience store for Scotch tape, since I belatedly discovered all I had was masking and packing tape.

Hair hair, long beautiful hair!

So, my hair is now much less funkified than it was, although it's still interesting.

We made the whole of it allover red and even, but it is still darker in the back than in the front. I let the stylist talk me into some small amount of strawberry highlights that I think I like, but I don't know that I'll keep. I've always preferred to look more natural, and I'm feeling a little too processed looking at the moment. But it is definitely cute, and all the gray is gone, which pleases me greatly.

I'll post pictures in a couple days once I'm not all professionally blown out, so y'all can see the "true" haircut, too.