There are many things that I dislike about the winter. But three things are really coming to a head at the moment. In the winter everything seems so drab and dull and dark and so on. To counter this trend I'd like to color my hair; something I used to do on a very frequent basis. But suddenly, since my hair has grown out into all it's natural glory, I'm having a hard time taking the plunge into blond highlights. It just seems like so much of commitment. It's official, I have too much time on my hands.
In the winter I live in the same pair of jeans every single weekend, which leaves me with literally nothing to wear when I "go out." And by "go out" I mean the one time a month when I can tear myself away from my puppy, facebook and the couch and go out to a bar for two hours. No matter, it still calls for a good outfit which brings me to the trials and tribulations of buying a pair of jeans. I look online at expensive jeans and become disgusted at the prospect of spending $200+ on a pre-distressed piece of denim. Then I look at look at inexpensive jeans and scrutinize the poor cut, the crappy wash... By the time I get to the store I'm already in a foul mood (since I'm away from my puppy) and if I make it to the dressing room, I'm sweating, hungry and ready to leave. Needless to say, these trips are always unsuccessful; and I sit now, blogging, in my one pair of decent jeans, which I can't even wear to work on Fridays anymore because my puppy ripped a hole in the leg.
This brings me, finally, to list-making, one of my favorite pastimes. On my lists are, of course, are "buy jeans," and "get hair cut and dyed????" I have always made lists and usually it's a useful exercise bu in the winter it gets COMPLETELY out of control. I start making lists of: holiday events, people I will send holiday cards to, what I want for christmas, what I'm getting others for christmas, holiday menus, what I need to clean before holiday guest arrive, what I need to clean after they leave, what time to ask for off from work, how much I will spend on all of the above. It's a problem. I make lists of lists that I need to make. I usually don't make new year's resolutions, but I think this year I might have to.
