Surprise! I'm blonde!

I've been going to the same hairdresser for over half of my life and I consider myself very lucky since I can always trust her to do a great cut without much instruction/direction from me. Most of the time, in fact, I just give her free rein to do whatever.

My mom had scheduled for our whole family to get our hair cut today (our hairdresser is a family friend) and I didn't decide to go with my parents until last night. And then I didn't think about what I wanted until she was washing my hair, during which I said, "Can I go really short without it looking like I have such a round face?"

So we went shorter than I think I have ever, which still isn't as short as I am willing to go.

Then, after she finished a gorgeous asymmetric cut, she said it would look really good with highlights a few shades lighter.

So I now have blonde highlights again for the first time in ten years.

When I first saw it in the mirror I started to panic. It was much lighter than the "few shades" I had imagined. Then all I could remember was all the people who told me after my previous blonde phase that it didn't look very good at all. And I also started thinking about how I now had Canadian anchorwoman hair.

I asked if I could come back in a few weeks if by then I still thought it was too light. I already started thinking about what colour(s) I'd like instead--these included chocolate brown, red, or fuchsia. I complained to my mom for the whole drive home (poor her!) and then to my dad when he saw me. They both thought it looked nice, I was overreacting, and that it was just a big change. We'll see.

Some easy-going hair person I am...