Yesterday, All My Sorrows Seemed so Far Away

Yesterday was the perfect day.  We had friends around for a magnificent brunch that stretched on for about 4 hours.  And then we went in the afternoon to a fundraiser for a girl going to an Ethiopian orphanage.  It was called Mucky's Euroknaller cause McDonald's here has a menu that you buy stuff for 1 or 2 euros, and that was the idea here (mostly).  She had gathered a bunch of friends and friends of friends and held the event in a funky church that is just around the corner from us.  It went from 3-10pm, and we were there from about 4-6.  You paid 1 euro to get in, and once in there was live music going on all the time with big, comfy couches to sit around on.  All the music was singer/songwriters, most of them on guitars with a bongo and piano accordian thrown in for good measure.  Around the edge of the room were some stalls set up of people selling their crafty wares, a percentage of the profits went to Mucky and the people got the rest.  There was one stall where you could choose a felt cut-out and it was ironed onto a plain tote bag, and you could also choose a fabric pendant thing to hang on a string of beads, a cool DIY stall but really easy to pull off.  In the middle there was a rack of clothes, shoes and bags.  Everything was 2 euros, 1 euro went to the owner and 1 to Mucky.  There was coffee and cake, and a little cafe set up out the back selling delicious smelling food.  And in the corner, best of all, a hairdresser was set up!  I was her first customer of the day, then Rebecca had a fringe-trim, and after a quick phone call Andrew brought Nafta down, Nafta got some gel and Andrew had a haircut.  Haircuts were only 10 euros, seriously cheap for Amsterdam, and 1/2 went to Mucky.  It was such a great fundraiser, lots of different ways to spend money and also ways to spend money like you normally would but the profits were going to a good cause.  And also, the artsy types (jewellry makers, painters, t-shirt designers, cooks) could make a little cash too.  I loved it.  And I especially love my bed-head hair do.  I'll try and post another picture when it's done and not the result of going to bed with wet hair, although personally I think I rock this look!