flashback friday

I was trying to clean up my computer last night because it runs like a dinosaur (and I should start seriously thinking about buying a new one) when I came across my old photos from b.c. (before Charlie). I've been known to be an emotional cutter and dyer. Except my teenage years. My hair was my rebellion. It was every color and streaked every color under the sun. Moving on.. When I was going through a rough time (relationship wise) I'd be notorious for chopping at my hair or dyeing it. Kinda silly but hey whatever works for ya.  Once I became pregnant I stopped this habit and just let my hair go natural. I'm glad I came across these photos when I did because I've just been.. yeah, I'm not going there.. BUT I was about to grab the scissors and hair dye again. No joke. I almost went to Target last night and was almost willing to put up that chaos just to get hair dye.  

So for this Flashback Friday I will share those photos of my chopped off locks and those times I went blonde. I know you've been on the edge of your seats. So here you go... 

January 2004? Hi, I'm about to turn 20 and I just chopped off
my hair into this hairdo. Like those martini glasses I painted
around my door? (martini glasses? blame a Sinatra/Elvis phase)  

February 2004 - Most likely toying with the idea of just packing up and
leaving PA. It's also probably the last time I drank a sunkist (pictured
in the background).  

Winter 2004 - Helllllo Los Angeles. Like my sassy platinum "bed head"?
Remember web cams? Those last three photos were taken with one.
major nerd alert!

I somehow managed to go a bit without dyeing or cutting it and then it happened all over again...

Summer 2004 - I'm all like "kinda sad" so lets chop off my hair again
and dye it "honey". Like my nose piercing? I lost it 3 months later.
(don't worry I'd get it redone 3x over the next 6 years.)

Winter 2005 - This picture is all "I probably am going through something gnarly (again)
so I decided to cut my own hair and dye it this bad shade of blonde."
I wonder what ever happened to those pearls... 

A few years went by and I actually let my hair grow out and I didn't do anything major to it. Need proof? 
Here you go:

Sometime in late 2007 - Completely normal with my two roommates
no cable? no internet? not a problem... just take stupid pictures! 

January 2008 (shortly after New Years?) - chopped off my locks and went out on Main St.
with some of my best girls. 

Spring 2009 - Got a sweet angled cut while having bangs? No bueno.
Oh, and the bra peeping out.. classy. That's right. You work it, girl. pfft!
Kinda sad that MJ necklace broke.   

September 2009 - I was growing out my hair but I decided to go blonde? Haven't you learned your
lesson? Good heavens, girl!
Tina & I should be awarded a prize for "best sunglasses" at that party

annnnnd I decided to dye my clip in extensions the same color (don't miss those suckers). I went brunette
shortly after this. Maybe to celebrate the Giants beating the Cowboys in the Cowboys new stadium? :)   

June 2010 - This was the last time I lightened my hair. I sprained my wrist (i think?) & everyone took full advantage to poke and nudge it. This would explain my face in this photo.
Noted: never go out to a crowded bar (like the waterfront) when injured. 

Aren't you happy you took that trip down memory lane with me? I'm off to "train" so I can *hopefully* be ready to *maybe* run a marathon in the spring (no joke - more on that later). Happy Black Friday y'all! 

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in honor of Charlie's first birthday on monday, this flashback friday is dedicated to him.
(this was taken shortly after he was born)

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This is what I looked like around this time last year. My back aches and I
have a phantom contraction just looking at it!
  

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1997 - at a photo shoot that she was doing make up for

Flashback Fridays is back! This post is dedicated to my bff of 20 years. We've been through it all together (hair colors, hair styles, death of a parent, pregnancy, break ups, make ups, etc.) and even though we may have our moments, she gets me and I get her. We've never once judged one another because what's the point, everyone makes mistakes! That's real friendship right there! Three years after I moved to California she followed in my footsteps and did the same. I'm sure it had nothing to do with wanting to go to make up school and it was all about being closer to me. All kidding aside, she's always been a 20 minute drive away and now she's moving an hour away. An hour too far if you ask me but I'm supportive of her newest adventure in her life. 

2006 - Lauren visits and we go to Disneyland

2008 w/our "other" half Jessi

2008 - First day of Warped in Pomona
(So hot. So gross. Thank god buses have ac!)

2008 - after party on top of the music box w/Lauren's new friend Curtis 

2008 - end of warped tour drinks w/Mike 

2009 - before we saw Snoop Dogg w/Jorie and Jessi

2009 - typical 

2010 - having a little too much fun 

2011 - fun aunt Lauren holds Charlie for the first time
(this picture makes me melt every time)

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(Avalon, NJ circa 2002. Someone spent too much time out in the sun!) 

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September 2007 w/Jessi & Sara
(when we thought jumping in photos was cool)

I had the opportunity to do a guest post one of my friend's blogs. This was my first guest posting experiencing. I'm very excited about it! Please hop on over to bybun to check it out! :)

xo

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June 2011
(Lauren's birthday)

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Bustin' moves in my new apartment
(Fall 2007)

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Last day of Warped 2008

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2002 - AIDS rally in D.C.
(I was in the phase of getting the ends of my hair dipped. They were dipped red in this picture.
They blended in with my sweater.)

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August 2009
(kayaking in Montana) 

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September 2007
(classy doesn't even begin to describe it)

November 2007
Say Anything Tour in Agoura Hills
(haha @ Jessi's dance moves)

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My roommate Sara made me a Jack Daniels cake for my 25th birthday. 

a bright eyed twenty-four year old and her whiskey beverage

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2009 - Sara & I fell backwards into the door. awesome. 

2009 - Disneyland. I NEED THAT CHEWBACCA BACKPACK!!
(i'd be the coolest mom if I had this haha) 

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2008 - thug life
(No internet? No cable? Set up your macbook and put on your thug best.
Lauren, my grill was way better than yours. Jussss saayin')

2009 - Jessi's 22nd bday @ the Velvet Margarita in Hollywood
(poor Anna didn't know I had cutoffs under my dress/top)

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Kids bet to bowl with their favorite bands that were playing Warped Tour that year.
While the boys bowled, Jessi and I were fixtures at the bar (typical).
(San Diego - 2008)