Locks of Beautiful Lengths

Cut my hair, finally. Back in March (yes, March), I had planned to do my normal trim, but my hair appointment was canceled because of a work thing. Same thing happened in May, and by the time July rolled around and I had to cancel my appointment for the THIRD time, I decided that it was a sign that I should take advantage of "pregnancy hair" and grow it out to donate.

Before

After

I ended up cutting off a 12" braid and plan to donate it either to Locks of Love or Pantene Beautiful Lengths. I knew that if I didn't make time to do this now, I would probably end up not doing it for awhile. I was actually quite impressed by how much was cut off as well as how healthy my hair was. Seriously, ladies, pregnancy hair is awesome.

Funny thing is, my hair now is probably closer to the "old" me -- pre-pregnancies? -- before I started skipping hair appointments to hang out with my baby girl. James seems to like it; probably reminds him of the days when we were young and carefree. :)

Now I'm trying to decide whether to donate the thing to Locks of Love or to Pantene Beautiful Lengths. Both are very honorable organizations that help deserving recipients. Either way, I need to get this thing out of my house soon or else I fear it'll be laying around forever!

UPDATE 11/24 - Decided to go with Locks of Love. My reasoning is because Locks of Love requires a minimum of 10", and with my 12" braid, I have more than enough. Pantene Beautiful Lengths only requires 8", so I figure I can easily donate to them in the future. And, I mailed it off, so that thing is out of my hair (pun intended!)