Now that I am 48 and approaching the half century mark, I have decided to stop highlighting my hair and to let myself go gray. I am tired of the expense and the time it takes to sit in a chair for two hours and have someone glue foil onto my head. Besides,  I have several friends with beautiful white hair and I figured I would probably look the same since I am very fair and was a blonde when I was little.  I’m about three inches into the root growth and have made the grim discovery that I AM NOT GRAY AFTER ALL, JUST MOUSY BROWN.  So I am hightailing it to the hair salon today for a long overdue touch up because gray is one thing… but mousy brown… never.