I Have Brown Hair and Am Not Entirely Thrilled About It

It's been a week since I went to the hairdresser intending to get a cute cut and a highlight, but coming out with brown hair. I'm over it, but have decided that I don't think that I make a good brunette.

Here's what happened. I went to my hairdresser, who is very good and trustworthy. He suggested that I put an all over color in to even the color out from the damage that has been inflicted on my hair by highlighting. Before Bruce (my current hairdresser), I went to a woman who turned out to be awful. She damaged my hair by #1 cutting it at the wrong angle that resulted in "shaggy hair" and #2 would highlight all of my hair instead of just the top that needed done. This resulted in a large band of bright blonde hair at the bottom. The top and middle of my hair is okay, but instead of highlighting it again, Bruce suggested that I go all brown.

I'm not sure if he was in a creative mood or not, but I still can't figure out why I just didn't turn him down flat. Or at least insist on a lighter color.

Bruce promised that the color he put on me would fade, as it is a semi-permanent color, but it's still pretty dark and I can't wait until it lightens up so I can gradually move back to my blonde hair again.

The first night after I had this all done, I laid awake in bed feeling so anxious. I didn't necessarily care that everyone would notice a new do on me, I just didn't particularly like it myself and I felt like someone had stolen the hair that I've known all my life (real or fake) and replaced it with a foreign color.

It didn't help that when I walked in the door Nate said, "What did you go and do that for?" And Jenna said, "I want blonde Mommy back. I don't like brown Mommy."

Nate eventually figured out that lying would be a good alternative and started to tell me that he liked it and even went so far as to say he liked it better. I really am grateful to him for lying to me, otherwise, I would have been back at Bruce's demanding more chemicals to ruin my already too chemically treated hair.

So I have brown hair and I am still trying to get used to it:)

And no, I will not post a picture!