This blonde didn't have any fun. It looked awful, and I knew it. My Mum's a natural red head and my helpful hairdresser told me - years later - that because there's red in my hair (except currently) he had to put a lot of dye on to avoid the orange look. Didn't avoid the yellow one though, when it was growing out. I used to mess around with the colour a lot in my twenties, but thought I was settling for the natural brown in my thirties. Then I got bored...

So perhaps I won't automatically be given the Hermione's Homework award for the most overlong and overdone assignment? Just finished mine and it came in at just under 5,000 words. *sigh* Now I can go back through and see if I can fix or cut the dull parts. That'd trim it to 1,000, most likely...

I've done 3500 words and haven't got to the middle yet, so don't worry. We'll share the award between us, if ladybracknell doesn't beat us both.