If the kids are in daycare one day, i'd just drive down and make a day of it. Once i've gotten new tyres on my car and paid them off... My sister did my hair when i went over in Sept, she did cherry red, a really dark choc brown and plat blonde chunks all over my head (this was when i was singing in a band, needed a funky image!!) and it looked so awesome. It even gre out pretty well, everything just faded out, and i have strawberry, brown and blonde chuncks over my head (plus regrowth )