Gray Hairs

On the way to story time the other day, I made the mistake of looking into the car mirror to apply some lip gloss. Little did I know that I would be discovering something I did not expect to discover for YEARS...several gray hairs. And I do mean several. Let me put it this way, there were too many to just "pluck" away with a pair of tweezers. I will admit that about a month or two ago I found a few gray hairs hanging out around my hair line, and truth be told I convinced myself that they were "really blonde hairs" (even though I am a brunette) and it was probably caused by hormones during my pregnancy. Well, now I am not pregnant anymore AND these hairs were a lovely shade of gray, not blonde. I freaked out and bought some hair dye. Okay, I know this sounds very superficial, but I was just not prepared to be dealing with this at an early age. I am not yet 30, and here comes the "old age" hair. My husband politely told me that I will look beautiful with gray hair...ummmm maybe when I am much older I can do the au naturel look and go all gray but at this age hair dye is a must. This whole experience got me thinking....

Now I have to color my "grays" every other month or so. Just add one more thing to my to-do list, and one more thing to my "upkeep" list. I feel like the older I get the more upkeeping I have to do to maintain my look. Not that I particulary have a "look" but it seems that I am having to do more and more just to stay decent. Anyone else feel this way? I truly do not like high maintenance fashion, hair, make up, etc. but I am also not able to go with the naked face look either. Yet, the older I get the more time it seems to take to look the same. And, ironically, I have less time now. I wonder if there is a solution to this...

I am assuming that with these new gray hairs, I will also be receiving new wisdom...right??? I sure could use some.