Further financial faux pas and even more disasterous decisions

moo2moo

Thanks Lucielle, but they'd be too small. The demonic daughters have been fed on the same brand of beans that Jack exchanged for his mothers cow. DD1 aged 10 is already in a size 6 and DD2 wears a size 2. Have kept all DD1s old boots so won't ever need to buy DD2 any, its not like they wear them long enough to wear them out at the mo. Did disocver that Tesco stock primary school plimsoles in up to a size 6 whilst Clarks helpfully stop at a 3. Apparently most primary school childrens feet aren't any bigger than that. Try telling that to my childrens feet!

Had to buy DD2 an age 10 coat to get one long enough to reach her bum whilst shes so skinny that shes wearing elasticated leggings as baggy yoga style trousers as its the only way to get things long enough. Will be making my own clothes at this rate. Seem to end up adjusting everything anyway.

Does explain why my clothes keep disappearing in DD1s direction, only the absence of boobs and the fact I'm still almost a foot taller than her stop her wearing some of my stuff. Think shes going to hit the 6 foot mark by 13 at the rate shes going though.

Popped to Tesco yesterday for some onions and a few other bits. OH decided he and the DDs would join me. You can predict the rest. Departed with a heaving trolley, a years supply of chcolate biscuits and a box of hairdye. OH and the DDs spent ages deciding which colour to go for. OH was hankering after bottle blonde (mid-life crisis bimbo), DD2 fancied red and DD1 went with black. Decided if we were going to do this then we'd darm well do it properly and so we left with Cyber Purple, sold more on the glossy appearance of the model on the box and the fact its less mundane than any other colour. Did attempt to convince myself that as a wash in wash out colour it will have faded to something less lurid by the start of term. I get away with murder as it is at school, trying to convince the head that I've dyed my hair in order to colour co-ordinate with the school gates is unlikely to work... but is my one and only back up plan in case of glow-in-the dark spot-it-from-a-mile-away hair. Equally being a fella I could just keep my fingers crossed that hes completely oblivious, but somehow I doubt it. Thankfully my contract doesn't mention anything specific about hair and just requires that I be appropriately attired for the environment and duties required.

Plans for the day involve experimenting with the array of bottles and mixing things supplied in the packaging armed only with an alarm clock and two small yet enthusiastic assistants. Am so glad I haven't bothered cleaning the bathroom yet. I fear the biggest headache will be in preventing whichever of them gets to wear the gloves doing the small child thig of wiping their hands at random on everything from their own hair to the bathroom walls and towels and cat and anything else in the vicinity. OH of course wants to know if I'm going to dye "the spikey hedgehog" to match. Silly man.

Meanwhile hes been dispatched to Microdirect to purchase all the nescessary components of a DIY CCTV set up thanks to the gypsys who were spotted last night very obviously casing the joint in general and OHs chassis in particular. Its not the first time we've had stuff nicked, doubt it will be the last but at least having cameras set up and recording means we stand a small chance of being able to do something about it. Tis one of the down sides of being this remote, theres no one around to hear you scream or to notice the contents of your house, shed, garden etc being loaded into the back of a van and driven off.

OHs friend is due at noon (yep, rolling round the floor at that one) so have until themn to transform the house, work out where hes going to sleep and sort out the boys camping gear. Then I have to wedge the sphag bol. from yesterday into the freezer and commence cooking sweet and sour so that they can take an array of dinners to defrost and reheat as required. Only flaw in the plan is the lack of freezer space.

Vaguely debating making jams and wot not for x-mas gifts inspired by a v. simple recipe for mint jelly which would get rid of some of the mint from the garden in a very productive way. Not entirely sure when I'll get the time though.

moo2moo

Currently sitting here with a rather shocked expression on my face and that of my assistants. Hair is not quite as envisaged. That being somewhat of an understatement. Currently sporting a head of what can only be described as jet black with deep plum highlights despite not leaving it on as long as the packaging said. Mild state of shock is not so much from the hair as from the packaging which I read in the shop as washiing out in 6-8 washes.... underneath this it also states washes out in 24 washes and under that a third line reads permanent. No prizes for guessing that elsewhere on the packaging it goes on to state that this is a level 3 product. Clearly I'm going to be purple for quite some time.

Hair is still damp so the final final colour is unclear. It does appear to be getting brighter and more purple as it dries. May well end up going to work in a beanie hat at this rate. Fortunately I did manage to persuade the DDs that having colour co-ordinated eyebrows was not as cool as it sounded. Still on a v. positive note theres no sign of any grey hairs. Not entirely sure what OH will make of it when he gets in though. He may well regret shoving hair dyes of any sort in the trolley. Don't think he actually thought I'd go through with it because I haven't done anything even vaguely like this since uni and that was a lifetime ago.

Off for another quick look in the mirror to see if I can get used to the person looking back at me.

Did utilise my time in solitary confinement wisely and have cleaned the bath the remaining 25 minutes were spent frequently checking the time least I leave it on too long and my hair should start to drop out or my ears turn purple or any one of another gazillion unforseen complications should arise.

MrsMoo2U

Moo, I am not laughing at you REALLY :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I have always had disasters when trying to do my own hair, but if it helps I was purple once. I had it done at the hairdressers though and it did come out like a very dark, almost black, brown colour, until I walked into the daylight and when the light caught it it was most definitely purple. I loved it. You will get used to it I am sure. As for OH tell him that this is what is known as a mid life crises and he ought to be grateful that you havent done the running off with a younger bloke bit.

whatatwit

Love the sound of the purple hair
When I used to colour mine blue/black, I did find that even though it was permanent, the colour still came off on my towels for ages afterwards. The sink looked like I'd spilt a bottle of ink in it.

If you use a strong shampoo, then the colour will fade a bit quicker. Miss Twit finds Alberto Balsam Tea Tree quite good at stripping colour when she's ready for a change. (she's sporting fuschia at the moment)
The question on everyones lips though is......did you have enough for the hedgehog?

beanielou

Oooopppppppssssssss!!

Tesco_points_addict

Head and shoulders gets out unwanted colour!

Sorry but I too had a little chuckle:rotfl:

TPAx

mooomin

Last year (I think) I decided that I wanted red hair again when I had been sporting deep brown/black for some time.

I bought the colourant I needed and thought I would do it myself. I only managed to dye the roots red (think postbox) and the rest was still resolutely black.

I feel your pain! I'm looking forward to meeting Purple Moo though

chevalier

Good luck with OH reaction to the hair dye. I remember not reading the label which said don't put hair dye on within 2 weeks of perming. My hair was nearly as red as the triangle around on the abuse button above. And it was just after I had bought a bright red skirt, which I couldn't wear then for weeks, cos it clashed!!!

A bit scary about the gypsies/travellers. I take it you can't have a word with the local bobby, to get him to drive past you every now and then LOL.
chev

Tesco_points_addict

Uh oh moo is AWOL, dos this mean the spikey hedgehog also went horribly wrong:rotfl:

TPAx

moo2moo

Noooooooooooooooo I'm still here. Have been racking up frequent flyer points at the vets after OHs friends dog chased the kitten into chicken wire fencing and then attempted to copy the cat in climbing up and over it. Obviously she failed but did manage to twist a nail, partially shearing it as it exits her paw. Left it alone last night once it stopped bleeding in the hopes that it would snap off on its own but bouncing around this morning just made it bleed profusely again. Shes had it removed and cauterised under anaesthetic. I have been washing blood off the floors and the walls and the furniture. Tis amazing how far a teeny bit of blood can travel.

OH appears to have adjusted to an aubergine headed wife suspiciously well or at least hes finally learnt when to keep his mouth shut. Colour is growing on me to the point that I keep forgetting its that outrageous and am rather pleased when I discover the odd fella checking me out. Sadly this is not because I am a hot babe (I can only dream) but because the hair does require a double take.

CCTV is up and running. Drivebys from the police wouldn't help as you can access the house via fields or a private right of way around the rear of the neighbouring properties. At least if anything happens I'll have evidence of whom and what went on. Cameras are motion sensitive so shouldn't have to wade through too much tosh. Also went with the internet viewable option so I can check on the house from elsewhere, equally means that should a dog decide to attack the hens again I will have sufficient evidence for a destruction order.

Discovered I could convert Sainsburys points into Amazon gift vouchers so have requested suficient to order a copy of Hedgerow. Am muchly pleased. Now just have to wait for the codes to turn up so I can order it.