Riot and Frolic

This week is another installment of Sock Hair, or heat-free styling.  Whatever.  Many of you know about my love affair with the sock bun (not the difficult, rolling kind, but the lazy, made-for-the uncoordinated kind) and now I'm going to start cheating on my bun with this hairstyle…

Yes, this girl is adorable and her tutorial is simple.  And it works.  I might have to send her a thank-you basket.  

After cooking and prepping for hosting my first family Thanksgiving (more about that next week), I made my way up my creaky stairs, feeling half-drunk with sleep deprivation and smelling strongly of garlic, and I still remembered to take pictures of this process.  

BTW, the wave in my hair is from the top knot I had in all day.  

Why I chose to use knee-high socks, I'm not sure.  I would suggest something shorter.  Duh.

My shirt is from Calhoun Bike Rental and is hilarious.  One of my "suggestive shirts."  I have a small collection.  Click on the link to see their slogan.  

Six hours later, I woke up to prepare for the Turkey Day 5k and unrolled my new 'do.  You can't tell by the photo, but it was sweet.

I do recommend making sure your ends are rolled under or they'll get all sticky outy.  On one side, I wasn't so careful.  On the other side, I was.  

I kind of ruined my sweet curls by doing this…

Which made me look like this…

But it was fun.  We were 8 minutes under our goal!  

No, I will not tell you what our goal was. 

And finally, today, let's give thanks for things like…

– the last 6 seconds of this clip:

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And to all a good night.