Happy Thanksgiving

I just had a lovely Thanksgiving at Charlotte's house with Muffy, Steph, Vader and a friend of Charlotte's. The Erogenous Vulcan even stopped by for a bit.

I love Thanksgiving with my family. I love my folks and we have all sorts of fun traditions. And we always take in an orphan or two who has nowhere else to go for the holiday. So the conversation is often fun and interesting. But since I couldn't be with my family, this was just as good. We all brought different family recipes (stuffing, corn casserole, green bean casserole), Charlotte handled the bird and Steph brought all sorts of good wine. We chatted and laughed and cooked and drank and had a great time for about 12 hours.

And so, I'm very, very Thankful to have all these wonderful friends in my life. People who are almost as much a part of my family as my parents. It's good to have people you love and are comfortable with and can just have an easy happiness with.

My Trendy Hair

A few years ago Sheena told me about the Bumble & Bumble Model Project where they'll cut your hair for free. It's not a beauty school thing like my Mom originally thought. Bumble & Bumble has signature hairstyles and cuts and teaches them to their satellite salons who sell their products; while teaching them ways to use and push their products. So everyone in the class has at least two years of hair experience, and lots of instructors are wandering around, um, instructing. It's not a huge hair risk to do the model project. So, I figured I'd been rocking the straight all one-length hair for about two decades now and I could stand something new. So I went ahead and did it and have been sporting sassy layers every since.

B&B also offers styling sessions too for the hair models. I'd never gone for those as all the appointments are 2-3 hours long and during the work day. But a few days after getting laid off I got an email with the April styling session schedule and figured what the hell. You get credit towards their products and a free shampoo and style so why not. And it's been fun. I've got a ton of shampoo stored up now as well as other products floating around the house. Maggie is VERY amused that I now actually do things to my hair beyond washing and brushing. Not that I do much more than that, but still, it's a little more. Since I have products to use and all.

Anyway, yesterday I was there for a round brush blow dry and they announced that Reader's Digest was there doing an article on the Model Project and a photographer would be wandering around taking photos. Heh. I know no one who gets Reader's Digest (y'all don't anymore, do you, Mom?), but it amuses me that a magazine considered to be for the older and more bland reader is doing an article on a place that considers itself rather fancy and shi shi. But, there you go.

Oh, and no one took my picture, but the chick next to me had a ton taken of her so maybe I'll be in the background somewhere. If anyone gets RD, keep an eye out for me. I was wearing red.