I have not had my hair cut in months. The last time I went it was September. The salon messed up my bangs.... which was a problem when I specifically said no bangs... just long layers. The time before that my hair had split ends almost immediately after the cut. I have very long hair as compared to my peers. As of the 2nd my hair was waist long. I need a trim badly. So I decided to go to the local Marinello beauty school to have my layers re trimmed and add some side swept bangs. I deiced to go here because the students are there for a grade and to prove themselves. Some salons are so pretentious, especially when the patron has long hair. I was scared about having a student cut my hair, but I thought, what the hell, I'm just going to do it. The patrons were very random. The stylist themselves were very random. I almost walked out... but I went for it. Andres was my stylist. I was in that chair for almost 3 hours, but it was worth it! My hair came out great. He kept my long hair. He washed, cut, blow dried and styled my hair. His instructor came, inspected and signed of on it. The cost... the cost... a grand total of $11.00. I was so happy with my cut.

A dear friend of mine called to set up a lunch for the girls. One of the girls was going to bring a friend that is somewhat not part of our immediate group, but never the less a friend. Well low and behold Rissa and Threecia were on their way and as the door to the little sushi place opened in walked Neffi and two other friends that we are not close to. Sigh. Oh well. All six of us had a pleasant lunch. We all picked up our chopsticks and began to dig in.... I did not realize Threecia did not know how to use them. She is so cute! I adore her. I gave her a crash course. She said that her family ate all the tamales she helped us make. She said she had a lot of fun making tamales with my family. To give a sample of the conversations, which to be honest were "different"...Never mind, I don't have the energy nor the want to re tell them. Let me say one of the friends received a globe and "sexy little things" body shimmer from Victoria's Secret she said it was edible, I don't think it is, anyways it was from her in laws. The other conversation was about a husband that goes and gets treated to manicures and pedicures with his male boss. I mostly sat and listened. I was amazed. We got our little ranch together for the storm that is coming in. Covered the hay, made sure the goat's house was ready, the garden shed was prepped, the bunny moved in, the dogs bed was placed in the shed and now we are ready for the StORm.

A quick Christmas post

(maybe I'll add more to it later)

23-I made these brownies and melted round peppermint candies and cut them out to placed them on top. It was sooooo good. They tasted like mint chocolate chip ice cream.23- I also made oatmeal and toffee cookies with fresh ground cinnamon and vanilla that we infused ourselves (vodka and Vanilla beans).

1. Retail Therapy. If I'm really feeling blue I need to get out and buy something. Even its $1.00 scrap booking stickers from Big Lots.