New hair color...new perspective???

So, I did it. I changed my hair color. I know there are gasps and shrieks filling the air as none of you can believe that I have done this. But seriously folks, I have done something I thought I would never do...I have colored my hair......BROWN. Now, this may not be a big deal to you, but to me this is a MAJOR if not LIFE CHANGING event. I wasn't brave enough to go for the full out black walnut, dark as mud, brown. I chose a lighter less pronounced shade, Iced Mocha. Sounds delicious doesn't it. I mean really the box even said light and iridescent in describing the color. So, you may ask, how has the color changed? Well, the latest color that I had applied on my hair was a copper red with blond highlights. This is brown. I can see a hint of red, but for the first time I did not pick a shade that was either blond or red.

I have always wanted to see what it is like to have brown hair. My sister has brown hair and I always thought she was SO lucky. I mean how often do you hear a joke start: What do you call a brunette....? or How many brunettes does it take...? Thus, the experiment begins. I want to know if people will treat me differently now that I am no longer blond. And, how has life changed in the past hour? Nothing has been any different. I keep waiting for something to change, but maybe something has to happen during my sleep.

This is what I expect to happen tomorrow. I feel like people are going to take me more seriously the moment I walk out of the house. I am pretty sure that everyone will stop and stare and say, "Look at that brunette woman. I think she must have some enlightened words for me today." Isn't that what we blonds have heard all of our lives?

Well, probably, they will be saying; "Look at that brunette woman. I think she must have forgotten something. She seems to be looking for something (probably her keys and phone) and rushing around. And listen to her talk; she forgets half her words and says the craziest things. You know she acts like this blond woman I have met once before."

So, I guess my hair color is not going to change the fact that I am often scatterbrained and unorganized. However, it does make me feel nice and so I say, "Thank you, Loreal." You have helped me experience something I have wanted to experience my whole life. I now have brown hair. And, Thank you, God for making me just the way you want me scatter-brained, blond (the roots are still there)and all. We will see what the rest of the world's reaction is tomorrow.

Until next time...
Remember who you are and whose you are.