Dear Diary,

Now look...I'm not trying to be a nagging, annoying, bratty girlfriend when I say that Antonio needs to get me something for V-Day. I usually don't really care. I like to be acknowledged with a card or a nice gesture, but I don't need the full-on Valentine's deal like a fancy dinner, roses, and candy. However, this year is different. Not only do we live together, but we also hang out on our days off together. We are with each other a lot, and with that comes complacency. I decided that this year I am going to bring it big for VDay to show him how much I adore him.

I saw an ad on Instagram for a service called Turned Yellow. Basically, you send them a picture and they turn the people in the picture into Simpson's characters. He loves The Simpsons. He has a few still shots from that show on the wall in his room. I sent them a pic of him in his Metallica shirt and signature brown and black beaded necklace that he wears when he goes out. He is going to look awesome as a cartoon with that salt and pepper hair, the t-shirt, and the necklace. I even sent a picture of Elvis (which I had to pay extra for) but how cute will that be? It cost me....drum roll please...$106. I have no business spending that kind of money but you only live once, right? He is going to flip out when he sees it. I am also painting him a sign for his bedroom door. I am gluing little clips to it and then clipping pictures onto the sign. I thought it'd be fun to clip little notes to it every once in a while. I am painting it like Eddie Van Halen's guitar, red, black, and white.

Last night, I told him straight up "I'm just warning you that if you don't get me something for Valentine's Day this year, you are going to feel like a jerk." He replied, "I hate 'love day'." What? So I told him "Then give me something on the 13th." He groaned. hahahahaha. Luckily, we can joke around like that. I am kind of serious, though. The picture also includes me, too. In the picture I sent them I have shoulder-length hair. I had to let the people know that my hair is long now and that I want to be drawn in a short mini skirt and heels. Pretty much a completely different person than in the photo! How did my hair suddenly grow?

All I'm going to say is that I have a Fairy Godmother watching over me and she said I needed a pep in my step, a little sexy in my life, so she bought me extensions! Oh, how I love to have hair. It's the best feeling. This is before.

Laura Cain

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