Hair Dye- Part II

I got my hair cut and colored this afternoon. Yeah, I know after the previous post, the timing isn't exactly great. I have a lot of gray ( it was shocking today! before the hair dye), so its a process- with an all over color, weaving of another color to offset the gray and give variety, and then a toner on top - not sure what that does, but in the end I think it looks pretty good. Anyway, I picked up Grace afterward from school- and she knew I was going to get my hair cut-
G: "Mom, your hair does not really look any shorter or trimmed".

Me: "Well, I did get my hair trimmed, and I think it looks shorter" (At this point I'm thinking, why do I have to justify this to you?)

G: "Mom, why is your hair so dark?"

Ok, seems innocent right? And by the way, my hair is really not dark- its a light brown color as usual with some blond streaks weaved in. Not a whole lot different that the previous couple of months.

Well, later tonight, my neighbor Holly comes to the door and tells Ryan " The girls just told me that Ashley's hair is black with white streaks, I had to come see for myself". ( this makes me sound like a skunk!) Ryan said at this point he was worried he had not paid attention to a major style change on my part- from the description it sounded terrible.

So, evidently, my hair became a neighborhood spectacle. ** by the way Holly said my hair was NOT black, and that it didn't look much different from a week ago. I can't wait until next color appointment when I change to chestnut. That will be a freak show for sure in Grace's eyes.