I’m all dressed and ready to go out tonight, and since my hair and body seem to be looking better than usual, I thought a vanity photo was in order. When I feel cute, I feel the need to show off. Vanity is my name!

Get a good look at the long hair. I think it may be going soon. While Lin hasn’t commanded me to never cut my hair, I know he really likes the long hair, but it makes me crazy. A few nights ago he said I should go get it cut anyway I want to, and now I am starting to think about how I would like it cut. I’ll probably start out with some sort of longer style, but you know secretly I want to go back to my chin-length bob. It looks good on me and it’s so easy to take care of too. And bangs. I know older women aren’t “supposed” to wear bangs, but screw that. I like bangs. I have a long and narrow face, and the bangs make my face look more round and full. Besides, they are excellent camouflage for those forehead wrinkles I have had since birth (not kidding, really … creases in my forehead my whole life).

I wasn’t so excited about going out to a concert tonight until I found out that Shady Grove is a patio restaurant downtown and not where I thought it was (a patio nightclub called The Backyard). That means we get to eat out tonight! In a real restaurant! Woo hoo! That just doesn’t happen all that often since Buffet Palace burnt down. So now I can’t wait to go. Hopefully Lin won’t be too late getting home from work and we will quickly find a parking space and there won’t be a huge crowd of people. All of these things will go wrong, because they always do, but I don’t care. I already have a mushroom burger on my mind … or maybe a veggie sandwich … or something else I haven’t considered yet, like a big huge salad.

And today I discovered that while the cats have no fear of feet wearing tennis shoes, flip flops or no shoes at all, they do have what I would call an extreme case of Kitten Terror over feet wearing heeled sandals. Yes, I have actually put girly shoes on my feet, and at the sound of the very first “clop” of heel on hardwood flooring, there were kittens fleeing in all directions. In fact, they utterly refuse to be in the same room as my now be-heeled feet. I think they are currently hiding under the bed. I’m sure it’s quite odd for them, the clopping and loud walking sounds, because I haven’t worn heels in a long time … certainly since before they arrived in this household.

Well, they better get used to it. I’ve been working on making my feet pretty (persons who go barefoot all the time like I do have healthy feet but not so pretty), and I have decided I want to start being a little more girly again on a daily basis. Though my feet may not agree with that. Currently my feet are demanding I come to my senses and put on my black tennies. I will refuse. I own hundreds of pairs of very nice shoes, and almost all of them are of the girly variety. It’s time to start wearing them again. In fact, I have been feeling the urge to get some new sandals for this summer. I am hoping to find some more just like the ones in the above photo in some different colors. I love those sandals. I had forgotten how much I love those sandals. My feet will also just have to get used to it.

Lin should be here any minute, so I better go get my purse things together (yeah, carrying a purse tonight too — high levels of girly activity going on tonight). We’ll need to run out the door as soon as he changes clothes and washes his face. Can’t wait! The music is going to be great and I am STARVING, so the eating out is going to be great too!

And as you can see, the obnoxiously bright hair color has faded to … you guessed it … almost my natural color minus the grey. I think I’ll go even brighter red next time.