A facial and a concert...

Yesterday I had a long awaited facial appointment at the Brown Aveda Institute. I wanted to get the facial in June and they only had a Saturday opening yesterday so I just booked it. A little background on the Brown Aveda Institute - they are a beauty school that strictly teaches their students the Aveda products and philosophy. All services are performed by students supervised by their teachers, the prices and stupidly cheap and there's a no tipping policy! I went for the essencial facial ($27!) and the girl worked on me for an hour. She put two masks on my face and while the first mask was setting she massaged my feet, the second mask she massaged my arms and hands. Definately very relaxing and worth it! I rebooked for October.

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My next event of the day was to go to the Rod Stewart/Bryan Adams concert at Blossom Music Center. My aunt had gotten free tickets on the lawn and invited a ton of people. Blossom has a pavillion with assigned seating and then lawn seats which are general seating and far away. When you sit on the lawn you bring your own blankets to sit on. Beach chairs are permitted but they have to be 9 inches from the ground, those low ones. After the facial, I went crazy trying to find a beach chair because I didn't want to sit hours on the ground. ( I had only sat in the pavillion before). I found one at CVS for $11 after 25% off which was great. Bryan Adams opened and sang all of his hit songs. Then the raindrops started. Luckily before the concert, I filled out this survey and "won" a concert emergency kit which included a poncho. Well, I ended up using the poncho along with putting the blanket over my head and was drenched!!!!!!! We had to leave after Rod Stewart sang his 3rd song and lightening boomed in the air. I'm glad I went, I'll probably never see Rod Stewart again. But that soaked, drenched feeling took a little while to go away after I got home in my warm, cuddly bed.