the difference between dark blonde and light brown . . .

I decided to adapt the name for  my blog from the movie Legally Blonde, starring Reese Witherspoon. I really like this movie because, despite the fact many components of it are quite ridiculous (I mean no one starts at a 139 LSAT score and moves up to a 168, or goes to law school for the sole purpose of winning back an ex boyfriend for that matter), every law student has those "fish out of water" moments that Elle Woods experienced as a 1L. The movie also shows that you can be a law student, and be good at it, while staying true to yourself. 

In that regard, I have tried to channel Elle Woods. For the past three years, with the help of my husband, I have tried to lead a balanced, and dare I say FUN, life while maintaining an excellent GPA and making the most out of externships and other opportunities at school. Now that I am about to start my career at a large firm, I am hoping to continue to lead a balanced life while also become successful as a young attorney. My goal is to use this blog as a creative outlet so that I can share amazing recipes, a good bottle of wine I discovered, an interesting photo I took, or other random musings. 

Now -- to explain the title. 

All throughout my childhood I was blessed with natural golden blonde hair. Sadly, as I get older it has slowly gotten darker and darker. However, I REFUSE to color it lighter. Part of the reason is that my Mom has made be feel guilty about ever considering coloring it. But more pragmatic considerations have also kept me from coloring it-- I am very low maintenance when it comes to my hair. As much as I LOVE my hair stylist (seriously...LOVE) I hate going to get my hair cut. The thought of making appointments every 6 weeks to get my color retouched sounds awful. Also, if you look closely at my hair, there are colors ranging from platinum to gold to brown, and occasionally I notice black, which I usually promptly rip it from head. EVERYONE compliments me on the natural highlights in my hair. I am just not ready to color it and lose all of that. So for now, I will continue to characterize it as DARK blonde, but still blonde nonetheless!

Thanks for reading!