Hair Color and other Fiascos

So I haven't written in a while. I have had a birthday which I refuse to accept other than the presents, and the nice well-wishers. I must tell you about my hair color fiasco. I have been coloring my roots for a while now because being blonde is really expensive. Especially when your natural color is who knows what, but it is not blonde. Also, the older I get the darker my roots get with these little grey streaks and I start freaking out! I mean, I am not even forty, and only Grandmotherly type people are supposed to get grey hairs!! So anyhow, I started buying all these really light blondes "High lift" they call them. And, generally I have had okay results. The other night, I used a color that I "thought" i had purchased before. It was called light ash blonde. So, I am thinking okay, this is going to look just like this model on the front of the box and I will be transformed into middle-aged Barbie once more. (or Heather Locklear) Seriously, I get the towel off and my hair is shocking shades of color that I have never even seen on people. (maybe a calico cat) It had a lot of orange and then this purple/silver/grey color! I was about to die. It was 8:00 pm on a week night and I had to go to work tomorrow. Imagine calling in sick because well sir, I just didn't get the right hair color??? Also, it is dead of summer, and a hat was totally out of the question. I ran to the internet and googled "hair color disasters". All kinds of stuff came up, the most interesting note was "do not use anything permanent, or with 'ash' in the title". Well, I had made two mistakes. Oh and it also said, try not to color your own hair at home. Strike 3- I was out! It said that sometimes lemon juice or olive oil will take the color out. It also said "Sun-IN" so I call Jeff to go to Walgreens and get Sun-IN> That would be like sending me to The Great Outdoor Store to buy a turkey call or something! (he couldn't find it!) So, I got lemon juice and more lemon juice, I finally got it down to something okay. Mind you, it was not the best blonde I've ever had. It is still a work in progress. So, my advice to you is, unless you are a hairdresser, or as brave as me, don't color your own hair. I am sure you are asking "will you do it again"? Of course I will, it is just hair, and there is always more hair color to cover it up, ooohhh and I had the cutest black headband that I used to camoflauge the purple/silver/grey! And there are always wigs, scarves or extensions...