Hair...Vacation...Atkins...Christmas?!?!

It has been far too long since my last post. So here goes...

I had a hair appointment scheduled the Monday before Garrett and I left to go out of town. Back story on this gal. I was recommended to her by a friend so I went to her once about 6 months ago and she did an AWESOME job on my hair, she was super nice, and really cheap. She charged me $65 for highlight (two colors) and a cut. Well a few months went by and I tried to call and make another appointment, left a message, no return call. I referred my best friend to her, same thing. My friend called her TWICE with no return call. My mom finally called a couple weeks back and the gal's 3 year old daughter answered. (to which my mom said she was thinking "GOTCHA!") Let me pause here and say I'm no expert but if my income depended on repeat and new customers I'm pretty sure I'd return a damn phone call every now and then. Se la vie!

So I went to my appointment Monday night and to keep things clear the first thing I said was, "You still charge $65 for highlight and cut right?" To which her response was, "So what are we doing today?" Oooookay... so I told her what I wanted and asked how much it was and she said $100. What? "How much for one color?" I asked. Her response? "$100." Pretty sure this lady was smoking dope. To shorten this story as much as possible she went back to mix the color before I even had time to respond. She came back and I told her I was so sorry but just could not afford that when I was expecting to pay $65. I even told her I wasn't looking for a handout but it just wasn't what I was expecting. Her response? "Have fun on your vacation!" That was it. So my embarassment for leaving quickly turned to anger and all the "should have saids" quickly came to mind. As a side note I KNOW $65 was cheap for color and cut but that isn't the point. The point is that it's what she charged me the first time. Good luck retaining clients lady!

I ended up going to a random Pro Cuts - that's right, I said it - in Wylie and the manager there did an awesome job on my hair. My mom saw her also and loved her's as well. Here is a pic of my new hair:

Garrett and I took a much needed trip to Arkansas for a little get-a-way. In our 7 years of marriage we have taken one weekend alone trip together about 2 years ago for our anniversary. So I was super excited about this trip. We rode along the infamous Pig Trail to get there and it was a gorgeous drive.

We stayed in a house in Eureka Springs with an awesome view.

We visited the Thorncrown Chapel which was a BEAUTIFUL chapel set out in the woods. So peceful and awesome!

Then we went to Hot Springs for some off roading Jeep fun. I loved it because everywhere we went there was a gorgeous view of mountains.

I was so excited to get home to my bubba (Garrison) and puppies though.

So Garrison has been cracking me up the last few days. I already posted his comment about my bad baseball playing abilities on FB so I won't go into that again. But I will tell you this one:

Last night we were playing around, wrestling and stuff on the couch. And he was messing with Garrett trying to push him off of me and I said, "Get him Garrison, get him!" and...bahahahahah, I'm laughing so hard to myself right now. He SLAPPED him across the face. (Kind of like how Jackson did to Weezer in Steel Magnolias.) You should have SEEN Garrett's face. He was totally shocked! Of course I busted out laughing and could not stop, tears flowing from eyes and all. We told him it's not nice to hit but were both laughing SO hard. Garrison said, "Mommy, I thought you said HIT Daddy!" haha. Good to know he listens at least!

I started Atkins Monday. Call me crazy but it's worked for me before and BY GEORGE it's working for me now. No cravings, not ever really hungry, and in 2 days I've lost 2 lbs. I know it's not the healthiest diet out there but it's the only one I've been able to strictly follow. My plan is to stay on this as long as I can - maybe a month - and then switch over to healthier eating. My workout routine starts back up tomorrow. Only thing I didn't take into consideration is Thanksgiving next week... nice. So I will eat a normal Thanksgiving lunch because I refuse to be one of those women who says, "Oh I'll just have this because I'm on a diet!" Nothing more annoying than those people. And not gonna' lie - kind of looking forward to some green bean casserole and chocolate pie for a day. :)

I CANNOT believe Christmas is right around the corner. Taking Garrison to see A Christmas Carol this weekend - can't wait! And we're going to see Scrooge at the Pocket Sandwich Theater and will probably hit up Santa's Village too. So excited for the Christmas season. Just not looking forward to shopping. Maybe I'll start listening to Christmas music to get into the Christmas (not HOLIDAY, come on people) spirit!

Sorry this was so long but it's what you get when I only post every month. :)

Love,

Jewels*