Spa Day, New Me

At our Buddy Walk last October, I won the mama of raffle gift baskets. It included tons of great prizes like an hour of Merry Maids services, pizza, ice cream cakes, scrapbooking stuff, ect. The best one has to be the gift certificate to a spa. I've been saving it and yesterday I cashed it in. Mark took the kids all afternoon (including taking them both to Sophie's PT). He also threw in an hour massage (THANK YOU HUBS)!

(As always, click on the pics to enlarge)

BEFORE

CHANGING ROOM FOR MASSAGE (yes, that's a robe)

12 INCHES CUT OFF AND DONATED TO LOCKS OF LOVE

I've wanted to do this for a long time

After my hair appointment, I got a makeup lesson and application. They used Bare Minerals, (which I didn't know ahead of time). Since this is what I've been using for a while, that was an extra treat. I went for the more dramatic smokey eyes for a dramatic change.

NEXT, PEDICURE (My 1st ever)

It was a whole treatment; soaking, exfoliating, foot and leg massage while in a massage chair, and making my preggo feet look good.

OPI color Boris and Natasha

AFTER

Mark and the kids picked me up and we drove through campus to witness the spectacle that is Unofficial and to pick up some Thai food for dinner. I thought I'd try something new and asked for a recommendation. It wasn't anything exotic, but it was tasty. However, within 30 minutes I had my first allergic reaction to food. I broke out into bright red splotches and very itchy bumps from my face, all down my back and chest. Benadryl, hydrocortisone, Tylenol, going to bed early and a phone call to the night OB nurse helped. Things are much better today.

I wasn't able to recreate the hair style exactly (I'm much more poofy today, but then I don't have the patience for spending much time on hair. Still it's a dramatic change and oh so cute. When I got picked up yesterday, Alexander said excitedly, "Oh Mom. Your hair is beautiful!" That's all I needed to hear.