snip snip chop chop

i wasn't really planning on doing anything drastic this week; 

but then my hair stylist and friend maryann called me back saying 

she had a last minute cancellation and, 

could i come in in an hour?

here's the thing: 

i used to do lots of fun stuff to my hair - 

it was super short, medium short, red, brown, black, stripey, curly, straight...

and then for the last, oh, seven or eight years it has been same old same old. 

so i told maryann she could have her way with my hair: 

"chop it off if you want. but no mom cut." 

(you know, i may be a mom, 

but i don't have to look like a frumpy and short-functional-but-no-cute-haircut mom, right?)

um, she did. it's kind of short. 

but saucy, and fun. 

and who doesn't need a new haircut? 

new year, new me, right?

here are all of the longest layers, saved in a ponytail so that i can mail it in to locks of love.

so, goodbye long hair!