Giving Thanks.. Or Just Giving

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This time of year is so fun, festive, and bountiful for so many of us, that I think many of us forget the people out there who dread this time of year. For some people, there is not enough money to put a decent dinner on the table for Thanksgiving, or Christmas for that matter. I think this is a great time for us Vintage Lovers to unite, and give anything we can to people who need it more than us.

If you are in the Portland, OR area the Driven Dead Car Club is holding a drive for Thanksgiving foodie bits! I am sure as heck going to be there with a grocery bag in arms, and hope that many more local hot rodders, vintagettes, and average joe's will be there too!

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If your Fella is in a car club, why not try and help organize a drive? Organize your local vintage friends, and pin-ups to go around collecting food for the Food Bank. Even if its only you sending one can of green beans to a charity collection, its helping someone in need, giving them a special holiday they might not have had if you didn't give a little.

Caught the Fever

Wow, I have disappeared here in blog land. It was a busy weekend, that turned into a sick week. So here I am finally able to update.
Friday night were through our Fashion Show event to raise money for charity, it went off seamlessly and we raised nearly $1000 for children's cancer fund! Not to bad for Vancouver, WA that is for sure!
What an awful picture of me! I hosted the night and was running around like a lunatic to make sure everything went to plan..by the time the pictures were taken at the end of the night, I looked like total rubbish.
Here is a shot of me before we left for the event, looking a bit more put together:
After waking up the next morning and hanging with my kids, I headed to Salon 77 in Portland, OR to have my hair colored for an AMAZING photoshoot with Vorpal Images. (you will have to wait to see this shoot!) Salon 77 is an adorable salon in the basement of an old bulding in the pearl district. So neat!
Not to scare you, but here is a blurry sneak peak at my new color:
Brown. I am a brunette. I am not sure how much I love it yet, its growing on me, but its so... brunette. Anyway, the color job itself is beautiful. I will keep it for a while and see where it takes me.

Sunday was the EPIC shoot with Vorpal, and I woke up sick. I wore a corset for most of the day, whilst hacking and coughing. I am sure the pictures will look amazing, but the day kicked my butt. Monday morning I woke up worse than the day before and slept nearly the whole day away.

I am just now slowly starting to feel better.. a nice soak in the tub may be all that I need today...