I'm nervous

I am currently waiting for my hair to process the color I put in it--from a box-- two minutes ago. I have eight minutes to go, so what do I do? 1. text Selena so that she knows I'm nervous (prompt response, thanks... "a crucial mistake made by first time box dyers, especially blondes, is they do not leave it on long enough." Noted.) 2. Blog, because I have nothing else to do for the now... 15 minutes (since I am now leaving it in longer thanks to Selena's pearls of wisdom)

I have my tried and true hair lady, Mindy, whom I absolutely love. I feel like I am cheating on her right now, that's how great she is. But let's be honest, my roots are dark and need constant touch ups which get a little pricey. So when I saw a box dye on the end-shelf at Target I thought, why not? In retrospect, I probably should have bought the full priced box.

A few things to note when reading this, as to why I am nervous; I have been dying my hair since I was 13, so I don't even know what color my natural hair is anymore, but it seems pretty dark. Also, I stick to the same thing every time, with the only variations being "really blonde" (for summer) and "more honey blonde" (for winter... Mindy knows the difference) The one time I did branch out and try to do low-lights for my hair to transition to brown, which I later re-thought, the guy dyed my hair PURPLE. That's right, purple... the week before *gasp* prom.

So wish me luck, I'm about it rinse it out with my packaged hair-dye gloves and conditioning creme.