Hopefully I won't need to go back after this

I got the same nurse as last time and while it hurt, it's really working. Hopefully that was the last time! Well, maybe one more for the other areas. Mm. We'll see how it goes in January.

Went to the new pretty Koshigaya Laketown mall. It's only 230 yen for me from Kashiwa! Fuck yeah! And only takes 30 minutes. I have to change twice but that's still not terrible. Closer than Kashiwa no Ha Lalaport even. And it's huuuuuge. I meet Justin and we went shopping for X'mas presents. Andrew and I decided to make name cards for Justin but I got him a little Stitch magnet for his fridge (or desk at work... mine is metal). The only thing I have left to do is get a couple more stocking stuffers and work on the design for Andrew's shirt. I'm really hoping I don't screw it up because the shirt was 30$. If it was cheaper, I wouldn't care. I need some masking tape to make the design then I should be ready to go. The ink bleeds, but not too much. And it's permanent once dried, but I want to wash my test before I go ahead with it. Otherwise... I'm left with a ruined shirt. :/ When I go out today, I'll stop by the art store and see if they have proper fabric paint. Just in case. Tokyu Hands might have some too.

I'm going to Abiko after I get this laundry done to get my hair did. I was going to wait until January but I have a feeling it's going to get crazier once schools are done and stuff with girls getting their hair done for Coming of Age day in January. I'm getting a cut and see if they can colour it. The curls are kind of ... dead. Again. I don't think he put as much chemical in last time but they would look better without the brassy blonde. Not a fan. And my fringe has grown out. In only a month! That's not cool. I need to get this taken care of so I look good in all the holiday pictues. I'll probably get there around 11. The washer is only just doing it's rinse cycle.

The things I do

Went and got my hair did today. I won't be doing anything but a cut for a long time. I went in for a cut and colour today since the blonde had to go. They told me it was an hour wait (I got there just after 11) so I came back at 12:15 but it wasn't til nearly 1pm that I got into a chair. No problem. I've waited that long before. So I told him I wanted a trim - 1-2cm off since I haven't cut it since August; to which he replied, "Why?!" - and colour and he said cool, thought about what to do and then said let's rock. He said that when the colour fades in a few weeks, there would be a difference because half of my hair was bleached and the other was natural. Anyway, after the girl dried my hair... the top was a nice golden brown but the bottom was.. like black. Really dark brown. It would have faded out to the same in about 2 weeks he said but he wanted to dye it again. So they did and this time I had 2 people working on me and then in the end it came out nice. A polished up tone of my natural colour. By the time I got out of there, it was 5pm. Holy fuck.

The upside of getting coloured at the salon: if it looks shitty, they'll do it again on the spot for free.

I'm 75$ poorer, but I look like new hotness. :D  Now with picture:


Now all I want to do is sleep. Or play Nintendo. I have to wrap this gift for tomorrow but couldn't find fucking wine wrapping anywhere. Found proper fabric paint so I can start on Andrew's shirt; I now need a ruler and tape to put the design on. Then paint, iron, wash. Luckily I have 2 days left.

Wrapping is done.  Man, wrapping bottles is a pain in the fucking ass.  I feel like a bit of a cheap ass for just buying a bottle of Canadian Club but it was supposed to be 1000 yen present and dude, I would fucking love to get this present.  I was going to go for shochu but I don't know about sake.  But I do know that CC&G is awesome.  Also wrapped it in my new furoshiki for transport!