Some of you may know that I am going on vacation with my SO in March. We're going on a weekend getaway and he planned the entire thing - I don't even know where we're going! I do know that one of the nights (not sure if Friday or Saturday) will include a very fancy dinner. I had to buy a cocktail dress and he has to wear a jacket. I'm so excited it's not even funny!

I got my dress, clutch, and shoes already...


And I figured out basically what my makeup is going to look like....
http://aminamichele.com/wp-content/u...ize-theron.jpg < Something similar to this look (Isn't Charlize Theron gorgeous?) but with coloring that more matches the dress, if you know what I mean.

I figure that to go with that dress I have to do something very special to my hair. But I SUCK at doing hair. Seriously. I wear it down every single day. My hair is longish and (fake) blonde. It is also very straight and has absolutely no body. So what should I do with it? That is the question!
< Weird picture but that is my hair! I know the lighting is weird - it makes me look like a 2 year old! haha.

I don't want to do anything involving curls which severely limits the hairstyles I can do. My hair takes foreverrrr to curl and I am incredibly bad at doing my hair in general. Not a good combo.

So here are some things my friend and I have thought of. I wish I could bring her along with me - she's much better at this hair stuff than I am!

First: Very simple pompadour (I think that's what they call it). I don't have any pictures of my hair because we forgot but it would look basically like this: http://www.instablogsimages.com/1/2012/02/10/1328860338.jpg but toned down. It looks surprisingly good - I promise.

Second: We put my hair in a low ponytail and then into a messy bun. We then tucked the bun into my hair. I forgot to take a picture when she did (seriously, I suck) but I just recreated it really quickly. I don't have any bobby pins - I have to buy them - so it looks a little weird but this is the general idea.


Last: We decided to try something a little cooler. We saw this online and I really wanted to try it. It's a knotted hair bun. I think it is reallyyy pretty but will take a lot of practice and I only have 2.5 weeks!
< Our first attempt so it's a little effed up on one side.
< I just recreated without bobby pins - I think it came out pretty good.

Do you guys like any of these?

I know I'm being a little obsessive about this.... but I'm just so excited! And my friend accidentally let it slip that SO has my engagement ring in his possession. So it may turn out to be a very special occasion!