Yesterday, I had a wish sandwich

Early morning errands run, with mixed success. Came home to lunch with Steve. After lunch we took Mozart to visit his good friend Dr. Slack, who confirmed that, yes, that is an abscess, we'll give him a shot of antibiotics right now and bring him back to me on Monday morning, Sharon, that tooth is going to have to come out.

Sigh.

On the bright side, I am now a Silver Elite Marriott Rewards member. I feel so. . .elite.

Haven't made it to sofa or The Leewit yet, what with the unexpected ride back in to see the vet. I'm going to repot the violet while the side porch (actually the front porch, but it's Maine, where the kitchen door is properly the front door and thus the deck is the front porch) is still in shade.

Hope everyone is having a relaxing long slide into the weekend.

And another thing!

As I was running the aforesaid errands, I happened to wander, by misdirection rather than accident, into the Hair Coloring aisle. And there almost immediately before my was a box of purple hair dye.

And I said to myself, "Self, I will dye my hair purple." I meant it, too. It's been 'way too many years since the last time I dyed my hair purple. In fact, the last time I did, my boss told me to leave work, go home and wash my hair until all the purple was gone. Only then would I be allowed back at my desk. At that time, I will note, my hair was considerably darker than it is today and you could only see the purple when I sat in direct sunlight, but! The Chancellor's office had its pride.

So! Purple, shampoo-in hair dye was just the thing, as far as I was concerned, to counteract the last couple weeks of wish sandwiches. Except --

The box in question contained real, (semi) permanent hair dye, with gloves, and peroxide and the whole messy mess.

Those who watched this space last summer as I detailed the construction of my office chest of drawers will know intuitively, and will know why I do not dye my own hair.

However, the seed of purple hair had been planted, so to speak, so I scoured the shelves, looking for shampoo-in hair dye in fun colors.

There were none.

As a matter of fact, I can't remember the last time I saw shampoo-in hair dye in even boring colors.

Is this just a Maine thing or is there no shampoo-in! washes out in six to eight washings! hair dye anymore?