Wig Waffle!

I'm delighted to announce that I have a name for my long wig. As you may know I found the name through a competition I set up.

I had a total of 104 names suggested and the competition raised an incredible £456 for Look Good Feel Better (LGFB)…There were a couple of generous last minute donations from Kenny and Chloe that boosted this significantly. Thank you everyone for taking part in all my fundraising adventures.
(BTW: My total raised for LGFB is £561 and for NGH is £979.72)

I set my fundraising 'Boobettes' a challenge to collect name suggestions and donations and it is to their credit that the competition raised so much for LGFB and they were rewarded with prizes. I covered the cost of the prizes from my 'buzzed hair fund' , so all the money donated has gone straight to LGFB. My thinking is that I could have just donated the cost of a hair cut to LGFB, but by doing it this way I have multiplied the amount donated! 'simples'

I have officially banned Jo Jo , one of my lovely boobette's from donating to my next hair dare! It seems she got carried away, agreeing to put money in for people for the wig naming competition and then forgetting who owed her the money so has inadvertently donated EVEN more than she has already!!!

Franco, her partner thinks she should just set up a regular direct debit into my Just giving account…. lol!  Well , I won't  ask her to do that but she will probably ignore the ban once she has had a glass of wine and feels the pressure from Jan on their girls night! he he he! I love you Jo x

Anyway; my favourite 5 wig names were;

1.WIG. I. AM, chosen by Reena Gohil
2.Winnie, chosen by Paula Cohen
3.Rapunzel, chosen by Carol Mair and Jenna
4.Beau, chosen by Kiara age 4.
5.Stella, chosen by Rebecca May.

It was Kiara that won, and I'm really excited that although she chose the name Beau, that she has allowed me to name my wig after her ' Kiara Beau'.

Kiara hasn't been well herself and lost her hair too…She told her mummy that my wig was beautiful and wanted one ….. so the name just fits for me!

It seems Kiara was named after Simba and Nala's cub….I'm a big fan of the Lion King , so another sign that it was just meant to be!

Kiara, was given £42 in Toy's R Us vouchers and my mother in Law Sue, kindly made her a child's version of this hat, modelled by Becky (right). I hope to have a photo of Kiara wearing the hat soon xx

Jan, Jo, Bex

My 'bobettes' all had a prize and the 2 overall prize's went to Gill, who raised the most money (£123) and Debbie, who collected the most votes (23).

Boobette Prizes

'Kiara Beau' made her official debut at my 'girls night in- Half way there party' on 22nd March 2014.

I have to admit though, 'Kiara Beau', before being given a name, made an emergency appearance  the week before, because 'Vivian' misbehaved!….. Vivian dipped herself in chocolate whilst I was making chocolate coated strawberries so she needed a wash!

Washing Vivian was quite an interesting experience… quite novel to leave ones hair washing whilst making the sunday lunch. The hair wash involved a swish and a soak with baby shampoo and get this…... 'comfort' fabric softener as a conditioner!!  Vivian was then left overnight to dry and with a shake and a brush… POW … I was ready to rock the Vivian look again!  I could get used to this!

I'm looking forward to having as much fun with Kiara Beau as Ive been having withVivian.  Whilst I have no hair of my own , It's great having 'Lego Hair'…!  Having been to see the Lego movie recently , I have bizarrely come to relate to the characters and appreciate the convenience of the iconic pop on/off hair do's!

Kiara Lego head!

Vivian Lego head!

I'm signing off now , feeling  rather proud of my new wig and smug about the amount of money that has been  raised so far . Thank You