Weekend Highlights

This weekend I:

+Officially started my first day of work as co-director of summer camp on Friday. Although we've already started planning on our own time, this time I found out that my raise was approved and I got to clock in :) 

+Cody and I went out to dinner at a bar & grill near his house that is owned by his old sixth grade teacher and where he has performed in the past. Neat.

+After dinner we went back to his house and watched Paranormal Activity 2. I have no idea why. I enjoy the occasional scary movie, but I probably won't be able to sleep again. Ever.

+Saturday, I went shopping with best friend and bought the coolest hair dryer EVER! Lindsay recently bought it and when I saw her results and heard how easy it was I decided to give it a go! I bought it on our shopping trip and tried it out as soon as I got home; I am utterly obsessed! It is the Remington 3 in 1 styler hair dryer, $25 at Target. It comes with diffuser, smooth concentrator, and  beach waver attachments. The beach waver is the reason I bought this product. The attachment looks like this:
 

 You pretty much just feed sections of your damp hair through the top part and it simultaneously dries and styles your hair, creating perfectly imperfect beachy waves. I will take some pics for ya soon! Go check out best friend's blog because she is doing hair month over there and I'm sure she will do a much better post about it soon!

+Boyfriend and I got together after that (he loved the beachy waves too) and ordered pizza and had some beers :)
 

+Today the weather in Cleveland is GORGEOUS! I did some reading outside and watched as PeeWee played in the backyard; he LOVES playing outside. Naturally, this called for a photo shoot

 How's that bush tasting Pee? Dummy

We are about to grill some burgers and eat dinner on the back porch and I'm loving that we can finally do this!

Nothing too special, but still a relaxing and enjoyable weekend! 

I hope you had a great weekend too!

Brunette again!

Yes, I went back to being a brunette again, only it's much darker than my natural color. It wasn't as scary this time because the color I chose is about the same color as my sisters hair and we look pretty similar so I figured,  if she can pull it off so can I! I think I miss being a red head, tho! I'll probably go red again in the future! And although my hairdresser pretty much told me how ugly she thought boxed dyes are as I was sitting in her chair with boxed red on my head (umm rude!) I think the one I chose looks great! My hair is soft & shiny, the color is even, and it really does look natural. I used Clairol Natural Instincts, clinically proven to do less damage to hair, with antioxidants :) It was about $8...a HELL of a lot cheaper than getting it professionally done! It is also a non-permanent dye and is supposed to only last 28 washes. I used this same dye when I went red and it surprising lasted much longer than that. It's a great way to try out different colors before committing to a permanent color. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to play around with their hair color or wants a really good boxed hair dye that fits your budget!

If I had the guts...

I love the way bangs look on these fine ladies, but don't know if I'll ever have the guts to try them out on myself. I'm somewhat traumatized from hideous bangs that I had in 6th grade. I know that hair grows back.... but it's my hair! Anything involving hair and scissors scares me. I recently overcame my fear of trying new colors and dyed my hair for the first time ever in the spring (red). I really like it and am even thinking about trying out other colors now that I'm so adventurous :) Baby steps, though. Maybe someday I'll be ready to try out bangs!