Shut The Front Door - I'm so excited about my new buns!

Ha! Caught your attention with that one, eh? NO house stuff today! It's a hair post!
So here is the deal. I have great hair! I'm not being a jerk here. I just have really thick, wavy hair that at age 46
(yeah - I said it!) is just barely starting to turn grey. I used to dye it but I don't even do that anymore!
I just got lucky. Or something.

So the thing is - WHY can't I get a great updo out of it? I see all these gals running around with thinner hair and
these uber-cute messy buns and such. I would try to do that messy ponytail pull-through thing. It just would not work.
I felt like my hair wasn't "floppy" or fine enough to lay over well.

Once again, I thank God for Pinterest. Or whoever came up with it! I found this gals YouTube tutorial for
a Sock Bun through THIS link from www.DomesticMessMom.blogspot.com.

Holy smokes. I literally watched the video once, went upstairs and skeptically grabbed a old sock out of my sock
drawer (who the heck needs a whole drawer of socks? Clearly a project for another day!) and cut off the end
and made my "donut". I must live in a hole. I have never heard of this before!
So this is first try. It was awkward and I felt like it was gonna turn out a mess.
Anyway, here are some horrible iPhone pics I took!

 Next I will be searching for "Turkey Neck Reduction"! Ew. Bad pic but I'm keepin' it real!

So. I am in love! I used one hair tie, my sock donut and that is ALL! No bobby pins or hairspray or nuthin! A+

Added later that night: Another huge plus! When I took my hair down that evening my hair had some great curl and body to it! Joy!