What Happens When I "Flirt" With a "Hairy" Idea

I just cannot believe I use to have pink hair!  I gotta say, as much as I miss it, the one thing I do not miss is the price tag involved with it.  In my dream world, there would be no problem with getting jobs while having pink hair....but....I don't live in a dream world, so I've had to change hair color to fit according to what ever environment I was put in.  If I was lucky enough to have the chance to have pink hair...I ran straight to "Sally's" and picked up some pink dye. Sadly after school ended for the semester last May, it was time to find a summer job....thus meaning the pink had to go :(

 

Last picture of my pink hair 5/2/12

In order to hide the pink, I had to go with a super dark brown color.

 .....And some how 5 months after that dye job, I ended up with this random light colored hair and an obscene amount of split ends due to the damaging process that occurs with excessive hair dying :/

 

 

It may not seem to bad in the picture, but my poor hair was basically in a state that I could no longer cheaply tame it on my own.  Hair brushing became a nightmare! Not only did I have hair shedding every where, it also freaking hurt when I tried to brush it! The longer I avoided getting my hair fixed, the worse I knew it was getting.

 

So enough was enough, I found this girl at my church named Shelly,who is a hair stylist, and asked her if there was any hope for the mess on the top of my head...and her answered resulted in me making an appointment with her last Saturday to a place called "Flirt"!

 

 "Flirt" Salon in Carytown!

 Cute sign!

Here is a list of things they offer!

 

Now you know you all who read these little posts of mine know I am a very honest chick, right? Well I got to say I was super super nervous about going through with this hair over-haul.  She Even though I felt confident my stylists hands, and I really did need this fixed...I liked that I finally had long hair after 7 long years of moving out of my scene[ior] hair of high school, and the idea of having it cut concerned me as to how short that would be...

 

The infamous "scene" hair I sported during my senior year of high school back in 2007.

 

 

Though I was super nervous, I shared with her this feeling, and she talked me through EVERYTHING she felt would work best for me, BEFORE she started doing anything!  Readers, hear this, NEVER go in to a hair salon unless you know what you want!  In case you didn't know, hair stylists are not psychic...they will have no clue what you want unless you tell them.  If you don't know what you want...do some research.

 

After a couple of minuets discussing the battle plans, she went straight to work.

 

Mentally preparing myself for change.

Waiting for my hair to dry so I can get my second color done.

 I've been foiled again!

Shelly adding some last finishing touches.

 

Before                                                                 After

 

 

 

If you are feeling like it's time to change your hairstyle, I would seriously encourage you to try Flirt.  Sure I may have already known Shelly before hand; however, I overheard other clients enjoy their experience with their stylists as well! That place certainly has great talent within its walls!

 

"Flirt"

Address: 3407 W. CARY STREET, Richmond, Virginia

Telephone Number: (804) 353-5103

 

hope you all give it a try!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The First Adventure of UhOh & Pumpkin Head

Of all the people in my family, there is one who I have to most fun with no matter what, and that is my 3 year old nephew Eli.   We have special names for one another, I am his UhOh and he is my Pumpkin Head.  He couldn't say Aunt Lo when he was learning to talk and thus where I got my name from.  I gave him the name "Pumpkin Head" not because of his head shape (not really sure what a pumpkin head would look like) but because for some odd reason I use it as a term of endearment...he doesn't seem to mind. :)

So...without any further ado....here is the first official post of "The Adventures of UhOh and Pumpkin Head"!

"Peek-A-Boo"................"tehehehe"................"PEEK-A-BOO!"........."tehehee" "UhOh WAKE UP!!", shouted Eli.  "Yes Pumpkin Head", I  said. "Come on Uhoh, come on!", he politely pleaded.  Well how was I suppose to say no to such a sweet request...even if it was only 11am on a Sunday morning that I planned on sleeping in on....but let's face it, when you have an adorable 3 year old staring you in the eyes...it's kind of hard to be selfish..   So, after I get up, Eli asked repeatedly to go to the playground. Now typically my dad (his grandfather) takes him to McDonald's to run around on the playground...but for some reason he was not around.  Well I could not have this little kid's dreams crushed so I volunteered to take him.

the little pumpkin head gets his energy from Sprite.

This guy has no problem with making friends no matter where he is!

This is his favorite slide!

 

I was really impressed with not only how well behaved he was on the playground, but the fact that he came when I called him!  I remember being a complete nightmare for my parents because it was always a fight to get me to leave any playground! So since he was so good, I decided to treat him and take him to the grand opening of "Toys 'R' Us".

 

 When we arrived to "Toys 'R' Us" we were...well I more of less felt greeted by "Brobee" from this pretty awesome kids show "Yo Gaba Gaba". (They invite legit artists on this show!)

 Once inside, pumpkin head found a "Thomas the Tank Engine" section.  I remember watching this show when I was his age...that was over 20 years ago!

 Turns out a lot of kids liked playing with Thomas the Tank Engine so we found some other things to play with! (sorry Bunny, just focus on his face and not what is in his hand)

 I love how that crayon is the same size as he is!

 

I found the apple ride rather ironic seeing how just that Saturday I had gone apple picking...He found the apple ride to be fun!

 

 

After the apple ride, we headed home with 3 brand new toys: Harold the Helicopter from "Thomas the Tank Engine", a little cement truck, and a hot wheels police car.

 

He fell asleep while playing with his cement truck...dawwww :)

 

 

I hope you enjoyed reading about our first adventure post, and I can not wait to update ya'll with another one!  .....I wonder what we will do next???

 



A Well Picked Plan for Spending a Saturday Afternoon

Last weekend I was given a chance to hangout with some very lovely ladies from church at Carter Mountain to go apple picking! I had never been apple picking before so I didn't really know what I was in for... 

 

The road leading to to top of Carter Mountain was really steep and winding...not gonna lie, I was kinda scared at times.

 How awesome would it be to live in a house surrounded by apple trees!

 As close as this shot looks, I actually had to use my telescope lens to get it...

 

This girl Rebecca was a saint to go after the good apples 

Melissa and Rebecca trying to come up with a better game plan

After all that climbing, turns out Fuji apples can also be found lower to the ground :P

I was very excited when I found Melissa was coming because not only had it been a long time since I had seen her, but I also wanted to give her a belated birthday present that I made. Catching her wearing it made me so happy! :)

 

 Remember this lovely lady, turns out she likes apples too!

 (from left to right: Hannah B., Julie, Rebecca) Being well amused by watching others pick their apples

  *whispers* shh look it's Leney getting ready to go on the prowl to locate her prey...well perfect shot.

 

 Not really sure why people were taking pictures of Katie

I figured I join the band wagon, and found the camera does in fact love her. :P

(left to right: Katie and Kelly) Aw sweet sibling love :)

 Time to go already?!?

I love capturing random candid moments, I prefer those over staged shots any day!

Who knew that picking your own apples could bring such joy!

 

I do have a confession to make...I did end up getting some pre-picked apples...still equally delicious though!

How awesome would it be to have this as your back porch view!?!

 Such a beautiful sunset!

I enjoyed myself a lot this weekend, and I am glad I got to share it with these lovely ladies!

 

 

 

A Weekend Full of Fair[ly] Good Moments

A couple of weeks ago I sent out requests on facebook and twitter asking if there was anyone out there interested in taking me to the Virginia state fair since I had never been before.Thankfully  my request was answered and I was blessed with being taken not once, but TWICE when the fair finally rolled around! First by my dad and then also by my friends Zach and Julie!

I cannot even begin to express how happy I was to get to go twice!  There was so much to see, so  doing it all in one night would basically be kind of impossible, not to mention also trying to document it with a camera. (still trying to figure out how to use this crazy thing)   I had a blast seeing cute animals, looking at impressive prize winning plants, eating heavenly super bad for you foods, riding a roller coaster,  driving around in a bumper car, and hanging out with family and friends!

 

 First site of the fair

 

 I got to see some cute bunnies.

This guy had no problem standing still for me :P

 Aw, look at the baby chick!

 This bird scared me a little, I made sure to keep some distance...

 OOh it's an alpaca!

Can't look at a pig without first thinking of calling them "Babe".

 My friends Zach and Julie who I went with for the second time at the fair.

Shh the kids are sleeping!

 Bear cubs just wrestling with each other

After I saw the bears, I ran into tigers!

 

 Prize winning potato diorama...yup it's a real thing!

 This Pumpkin won First Prize for being the biggest.

 I can see why, dang that's big!

 I had no clue hay could have a contest of it's own...

 This is my dad looking at a tractor that is similar to his.

 Anxiously awaiting on the arrival of dinner!

 That was such a great bloomin onion!

 

I have no clue what was in that sauce, but it was good!

 I tried to eat a whole jumbo turkey leg, but lost that challenge.

 I did however manage to find some room in me afterwards to try a fried Ho-Ho...uh sooo good!

 

 The lines were too long for the Farris wheel so I didn't get to ride it, but took several shots of it!

 I did get to ride this roller coaster "Crazy Mouse", it totally stood up to it's name!

 Me and the little sister preparing to take off!

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 Made some attempts at taking motion pics without much sunlight.

 One of my favorite Ferris wheel pics!

 I kind of like how the only thing you see are the little light outlines of the rides and kiosks.

 Getting ready to go on the bumper cars!

 That would be me in the pink car slamming into my little sister. Mwahaha!

I think my dad did a pretty good job capturing the amount of fun I was having :)

 It is insane how much of a difference a 200mm lens makes!



She had to have been more than 100ft off the ground doing this!

 

 

 

I really hope the fair comes back next year, and if so...I am totally heading to catch a ride on the Ferris wheel first!