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I know a term exists to describe a post wedding chop (when a newly married woman cuts her hair short), but what about an anniversary chop?

Hubs has been bugging me for months to cut my hair like Victoria Beckham. He’s the only guy I know that prefers short hair over long. Well, one year into our marriage, I finally took the plunge. I didn’t go Posh Spice short, but this is the shortest haircut I’ve ever had. I think I like it!

This picture doesn’t show the new ‘do that well. It’s actually an angled bob that’s quite a bit shorter in the back and it angles down to shoulder length locks in the front.

My stylist is a godsend. I’ve been going to her for six years and she can always translate my crappy instructions (” Ummm, can you cut my hair short? And make it kind of cute-like? And make the ends do that cool tousled looking thing?”) and turn them into a stylish haircut.

I love wearing headbands in my hair, and I think they look even better with short hair.

What do you think? Should I keep it short for a while? Or grow it back out again? Hubs wants me to cut it even shorter. He likes the short hairstyles on Catherine Bell and Shannon Sossamon. Mmmm. I don’t know about that. Shoulder length is already a drastic change for me.

On Sunday, I got to wear my new ‘do out for the first time. Hubs and I celebrated our anniversary with dinner at Manresa. We each ordered the tasting menu, consisting of 12-14 tasting portions. Oh WOW, was it an experience! Hubs and I don’t dine out expensively very often. In fact, this was the first time I’ve ever ordered a tasting menu. Typically, I pick an entree a la carte. But yesterday, we splurged. I tried so many things I never would have ordered: raw oysters, raw sea urchin, raw egg yolk, raw beef (a.k.a beef tartar), horseradish ice cream, and more! It was an amusement park for my taste buds and I enjoyed every ride.

Our first tasting course consisted of raw oyster and sea urchin.

Course number three was artfully displayed in a half shell. I don’t remember what kind of egg this was, but there was a raw yolk with some cream thing and some crunchy stuff on the bottom. Sorry, my food vocabulary obviously needs some fine tuning. I’m not doing the poor restaurant justice. In any case, it was very rich and delicious.

We were served three yummy dessert tastings. Our third dessert course was a chocolate and banana cream cake/ganache/mousse with coconut ice cream. Mmmm.

No card for today, folks! Tomorrow, we’ll be back to our regularly scheduled posting of paper goodness.