The transformation

Here's the mane just minutes before it got chopped:

I didn't think it was this long


The braid for Locks of Love


The new me - don't I look happy?

I was so pleased with myself I went home and made this for Project Scrubbie:

Celebratory scrubbie

Many thanks to my dear friends Anne for moral support and photodocumentation, and Stella for watching Evan so that I could relax during the event.