I'm 48!

Tomorrow's my 48th birthday ~ woo hoo!

I seem to have a few more lines on my face, my back's been giving me fits this last year, and gravity is beginning to take its toll, but overall, I feel good.

If I had a higher threshold for pain and if my bank account were bulging, would I have plastic surgery?

Nope!

I hate seeing people who are chronilogically of a certain age but who look decades younger ~ it's weird!

And creepy, right?!

Mark Twain said, "Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been."  I agree.  I smile a lot!

I suppose I am a hypocrite because I'm creeped-out by plastic surgery yet I am way to vain to (intentionally) allow my gray to show.  I am not brave enough to rock it like Emmylou Harris.

I've been dying my gray hair for years ~ so many that honestly, I've lost count.

For many years I had it dyed at the salon but this last year I've been doing it myself (trying to economize).  Fortunately, my homemade dye jobs last just as long as the salon variety, which for my fast-growing hair is never long enough.  Instead of dying it every five weeks or so, I usually put it off for at least seven weeks ~ yes, I'm super lazy when it comes to my hair!

As I was getting dressed this morning I noticed just one too many gray hairs glistening back at my reflection!

Eeek!

Clearly, it's time to dye my hair.  But I don't wanna!  So instead, I reached for this little "miracle:"

When I bought it, I had reservations.  I had visions of Ron Popeil; remember the men's hair in a spray paint can?!

But this really works!  You just hold it under the tap to wet it and then:

It's a super quick way to cover the grays, doesn't rub off or melt in the Florida heat and lasts until I wash it out in the shower:

(See how well it covered my grays at the side of my hair line?  Took the pix before moving to the top, obviously.)

The older I get, especially over these past two years or so, I've found a whole new sense of contentment and serenity.  Although life's not perfect, I am having the time of my life and doing what I love every day ~ running Retro Revival.

I don't fear getting older.  I'm living life.  I'm loving my life.  I'm smiling.

But my gray hair?  It's gotta go!  Where's that Clairol?!

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