I've added two pictures.  The one on the left is me, with my folks, with my red hair.  The one on the right is the only digital photo I have of me with shorter, spikier hair.  Aparently I was short and spikey before getting a digital camera!  :-)   Enjoy.

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Throughout high school, I always looked the same, long, bleach blond hair down to the middle of my back... no frills.  By my sophomore year of college I began experimenting with different hairstyles and makeup.  (I was always more of a tom-boy).  My first cut was shoulder length, I was going for the Jennifer Aniston hair-do like so many other girls my age.  My hair was much darker at this point and I often was told I looked like Ashley Judd.  From there, I got more brave, I cut my hair so it was about 2" long and spiky.  That time I even experimented with color.  When I got to my waitressing job later that afternoon, I was told I looked like Meg Ryan and/or Natalie Maines.  (Lead singer of the Dixie Chicks).  After a few months, I got tired of wearing a hat and feeling like a boy, so I grew it back it out and stuck with one color, honey blond. 

It wasn't until I got into TV that I realized I had to keep my hair looking nearly the same.  Still, I've gone through some changes since.  When I moved to Oregon, my boss there made me dye my hair red.  Ew! I hated it and it was my least favorite color.  But, the two year contract I signed said I pretty much had to do whatever he asked.  So, as you can imagine, when I got the job here at NBC 15, they liked my blond hair and I've got to keep it for 3 years.  It's been shorter and longer, but I am happiest now with the cut.  (Although I still struggle with wanting to make drastic changes now and then).

So, I told you all that to tell you the other day I was told I look like Mary Chapin Carpenter.  The nice lady came up to me and said, "I bet you hear this all the time, but you look just like Mary Chapin Carpenter."  I looked stunned, as I do not hear that often, nor could I quickly pull up a mental image of Mary, so she followed up with, "And that is a compliment, I think she's just beautiful."  I thanked her and nonetheless it got me thinking... who do I look like?  When my hair was longer, with a little more brown in it, I was told a few times I looked like Sara Evans.  (She's a country music singer).  I guess these days I don't feel like I look like anyone in particular.

So, who do people tell you, you look like?  Do you agree with the Mary Chapin Carpenter assessment?

P.S. - Dan always gets told he looks like Ed Helms , the guy from NBC's The Office.  However, I don't see it.