For what it's worth, I didn't buy them. One month.

You've been smoke free for a month, Lilty? Go you!!! You've gotten this far, you'll do it, girl!

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Teppy, I really love how the bangs stayed kind of the same but everything else is so different. Excellent haircut.

My bangs are doing what I knew they would (standing straight up) and yet, I had to have them anyway.

(Meanwhile, my cats are having some sort of argument with a kitty in the courtyard.)

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It does the most amazing fucked-up Oz bedhead in the morning. It's very defiant.

My hair scares little children first thing in the morning.

Love the hair cut, Tep. It's got a wonderful line, your stylist did a good job. And it's perfect for your face, your eyes look so much bigger and smokier with the shorter do. Plus, it shows off the fact you've lost weight, it slims your face. I'm all for never letting you grow it longer, but then I'm being quite contrary about that myself, just now, so I'm not a good one to talk.

Cindy, good for you! The fact you're making a sincere effort is huge! It took my father three tries to quit smoking and he's been quit over 30 years, now. You definitely won't regret it. Especially if you like food, Dad actually started enjoying foods he hadn't liked before because he could taste them better after he quit.

Note to self: vanilla makes Aimee very, very happy. Buy stock in a vanilla company.

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I'm so glad we're not still in Indiana, who stubbornly refuse to recognize the value of an extra hour of daylight. I refuse to believe that it's the cows that have the trouble with the change.

Yeah. Cows don't give one whit when they are milked, as long as it's done with regularity. Since they have been bred to produce milk, having a full udder makes them fidgety. An hour wouldn't make much difference, especially after the first day.

signed, Minnesotan with farm relatives.

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Teppy, I think that cut looks great.

A doctor recommended the method to me a long time ago.

Sounds like it's working so far. Fingers crossed for you.

We actually stopped smoking *in* the house in the old house, and that makes a huge difference. When it's 20 degrees out, it's not as enticing to step outside for a butt. Here, we're on the second floor, and it's not feasible to go outside due to the baby, etc., so we only smoke in our master bathroom, out the window. It's cut off from the rest of the apartment, and even that has resulted in less cigarettes smoked a day. Even just nestled on the couch watching a movie, it's become harder to get up during a commercial break to go smoke. I'm hopeful. One day I'll quit, too. (Fingers crossed for me.)

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Timelies. If anything this time I get worse bed hair than ever, I think I may have started out a little shorter. Nervous...have copies of A Model Citizen out and people have said they are reading them today. And it has taken me this long to realize how much of it is me. There will be people here who'll know everything about me. More than they already do. (And it's only interesting with the murder in it.)

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Cindy, good for you! The fact you're making a sincere effort is huge! It took my father three tries to quit smoking and he's been quit over 30 years, now. You definitely won't regret it. Especially if you like food, Dad actually started enjoying foods he hadn't liked before because he could taste them better after he quit.

Thank you so much, Sail. I don't need to like food any more than I do, though. It's probably a bad time to quit, because I'm fat for me right now, but whatever. I figure now that the weather has started to turn, I'll take walks to avoid smoking, too. Hey--maybe I'll get depressed enough I won't eat. *g* I'm trying to stave off cigarette cravings by drinking water, which I haven't been drinking enough of, anyhow.

We actually stopped smoking *in* the house in the old house, and that makes a huge difference. When it's 20 degrees out, it's not as enticing to step outside for a butt. Here, we're on the second floor, and it's not feasible to go outside due to the baby, etc., so we only smoke in our master bathroom, out the window. It's cut off from the rest of the apartment, and even that has resulted in less cigarettes smoked a day. Even just nestled on the couch watching a movie, it's become harder to get up during a commercial break to go smoke. I'm hopeful. One day I'll quit, too. (Fingers crossed for me.)

Oooh! Thanks for the tip, AmyLiz. I did that, or smoking in the basement with the window open, at the old house. It does help. I let myself smoke in this house while we were unpacking from the move, and then never stopped. Eventually, I'm going to have to go cold turkey, but right now, I'm just trying to reduce how much I'm used to. I might change to a yucky brand, too.

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For those that are trying to quit, it's worth it to try Zyban. Smoking is such a difficult addiction to break, harder even than heroin, and a short run of Zyban can make all the difference.

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I have quite a bit of vanilla in my giveaway pile, Aimee, if you need more.

(yep, that's a hint)

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Where'd everybody go?

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