spring break left it's mark on me...

so last week i looked something like the picture directly below this writing that you are no doubt looking at right now...

then over the weekend i looked like the following picture after a trip into my grandmother's attic...

and then randomly, or really not so randomly but quite hastily put into motion (it was a "can i schedule an appointment for sometime this week?" ..." can you be here in 20 minutes?" type thing), i left my house and returned looking like this last picture.
ta da... that's me minus 13 inches of hair which was donated to locks of love... what d'ya think??? so far i've been told i look better with short hair... what does that mean anyway? people say i look older... but in any case, i haven't much choice now, so it's a good thing i'm happy with it...