i love style needs to get their hair did

getting a dog totally pushed me off the fence about having kids

OK for a few seconds I thought you'd had some terrible accident that was stopping you from having kids idk

I don't know how you USAians stand it!! It all makes me so angry and simultaneously thankful for some sense in the UK :(

I figure the 18 weeks of unpaid maternity leave starts to seem like a pretty good deal when you get into 4-5 years of daycare costs. We pay about $140 a week here in the USA whereas that figure is closer to per day in Australia. I'm fact every friend of mine in Australian put their careers on hold for 4 years because daycare was costing near or as much as they were earning.

That seems really cheap to me? I think it's a ton more expensive here. I know several women who had to quit because what they were paying in daycare meant that it just wasn't worth it for them to continue working.

oh "At the top of the scale, parents around Boston can shell out as much as $2,500 a month on one infant’s care – more than a month’s worth of food, sometimes even more than rent or a mortgage payment. Over 12 months, they’ll spend more than the cost of a school year at a state college."

DAMMIT WHY IS EVERYTHING IN THIS STUPID STATE SO EXPENSIVE?

There were some places in Chicago that I called that charged that much. The cheapest place I found was about $820/month.

To be fair to Boston, my BU tuition is less than my U of MD would have been by about 20k. This is what happens when you live less than three miles from an actual state, and when your own non-state does not offer your program at their barely-accredited non-state school.

So thanking BU, sorry for expensive :(

You're doing a distance learning thing through BU? Neat! I didn't know that.

Yes! All my classes are online (with weekly simultaneous sessions with my section) and then I do my field internships in DC. I've been really pleased with the program so far, definitely rigorous. I'll come up to visit campus one of these days, and what the hell maybe I should actually go to graduation, unlike with grad degree #1.

But anyway back to hair; I am starting to think I should stay long for as long as possible. As long as possible I think means that at some point--but maybe not for a couple of years--I'll have to deal with the going gray transition. Or maybe the ombre look will be a thing again by that time? I'm pretty committed to not dyeing.

i am wearing my hair down (not clipped up) for the first time at work since i can remember and it feels really weird. my secret is out and everyone knows i have stringy 70s man hair.

^^^this is me, too! It has been so so so hot (still is) and I cannot BEAR to have it touching my neck and shoulders and back, ick. On the rare occasion it is down, it kinda freaks both me and spouse out!

I just got mine all chopped off! It's tiny at the back and there's a little bit of graduated bob at the front.

Mine's nearly the same way now. It's 'growing out', but I really like it the way it is at the moment! Maybe I'll hit the pause button. If I do, then I need to get the stylist to neaten up the front a bit next time - that bit is a bit too growy-outy.

I want to ask you for a pic, kinder, but can't remember the last time I saw a pic of yours and so am not sure whether you are a pic person....

not really! I tried to take a pic and it was hard to get a good idea of what it actually looks like :|
I think I asked for something similar to what you went for i.e. what it looks like tied back but with some front bits..

I've been delaying and delaying a haircut to save $$ but enough is enough--I've hit my personal wall and can go no further. Calling tomorrow.

Yes! 'What it looks like tied back but with some front bits' is still my goal. I almost have it right now.

in orbit, you are too damn stylish not to have nice hair. I was just thinking about you today and wishing you would take me shopping, not that I need to be spending $ on clothes.

lol I am so not stylish in my daily life tho. Esp in summer when it's too hot for clothes because I'm not a "less is more" person when it comes to body coverage, I just desperately wear whatever covers me and isn't stifling. I need my hair to do a lot of heavy lifting, style-wise, because I'm not doing it any other way. Okay, hair and nails. But that's it.

Ah, choosing not to style for practical reasons is one thing, but having it going on whenever you wanna is another. I seen your pics, lady. Anyway, you deserve a haircut!

dying my hair black for halloween tomorrow night - kind of excited, haven't had black hair since college :D

Yes! All my classes are online (with weekly simultaneous sessions with my section) and then I do my field internships in DC. I've been really pleased with the program so far, definitely rigorous. I'll come up to visit campus one of these days, and what the hell maybe I should actually go to graduation, unlike with grad degree #1.

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That's awesome and yes definitely visit. :) I didn't go to graduation for my MA and and sometimes I wish I did considering I was so hungover that I fell asleep during commencement for my undergrad degree.

My hair is really dark and long right now. Well, for me. I want to get it cut and colored before I start new job but I also want to get a new tattoo and now I'm trying to figure out which I want more because I don't think I can afford all three.

Ooooooh, Veg, I dyed my hair black once! It looked surprisingly good but IT DID NOT WASH OUT so. Uh. Beware.

cf http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e66/LimitedLiabilityGirl/ModestMakeout.jpg

Wait new job, ENBB?

Yeah :). It all happened really quickly (interview and offer in the same day) but I got a new and, hopefully better in many many ways, position in one of the hospitals here and I start in a couple weeks!

(I said a little more about it on the dad fotos thread)

Aw yay I'm really happy for you!

Thanks so much! I'm think it's going to be a really good opportunity and it had gotten to the point where I was so unhappy I was thinking about resigning without another job (which I really couldn't do) so it couldn't have happened at a better time. :)

Oh super yay, ENBB! Would love to hear more but I guess I should head to dads thread.

and for god's sake OMG OMG OMG in orbit that pic is next level, who the heck is DOOD and how was he so lucky?

Also, what is going on with his hand and the cig box roll, I am so confused.

I love that pic of you io :) it makes me want to revisit black!

I don't mind it not washing out, I'm planning on it being a permanent change so Halloween is just a good excuse for a hair coloring :)

and that pic is RAD

Oh that was my then boyfriend, either 2003 or -4. We're at a Halloween party, standing in a big photo-op coffin. He was the one who didn't like maple syrup because "it tastes like trees."

He was "a greaser" that year and I was Veronica from Archie, hence the black hair.

awesome kissing posture, io. very impressed over here.

Man, I wish I was still as cool as I was in 2004! Of course I didn't think I was at the time....

black hair rules

http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp201/sharonjoy666/F7F85271-63BF-4683-B29A-2ED55707B20A-4793-000006421DE8F82D_zpsa6db9cc9.jpg

it looks lovely on you!

Truly.

feel kinda like snow white, i dig it

kinda looks like it has a reddish undertone, but might be the light? i love black w/ reddish.

it does have a red tone to it, you are correct!

$67 + tip lighter, thank u thank u thank u thank u Steph.

https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/p480x480/1391688_10151804523167599_970112970_n.jpg

Love it!

aw YEAH!

YES