Let's talk about tattoos...

I have always wanted a tattoo
I've probably asked FB a billion times what artist I should go to BUT every time I'd chicken out..
I knew what I wanted

I had wanted it since I was 15 years old..
 

 

A horseshoe!

we grew up with horses and ponies at my grandparents house so I knew someday I would have a permanent shoe on me.

(one time our miniature pony walked on my foot and I had a temporary horseshoe shaped bruise...)

See Leona Lewis' tattoo above and that was the closest horseshoe to what I was picturing.

I always wanted it on my foot but as I got older I said YOLO lets get it on a more visible area.

 

The problem..

NEEDLES

I hate them!

my body HATES them

I pass out always

belly button pierced = passed out

flat on the floor

colonoscopy = passed out

BTW a colonoscopy is the worst

I had one about 4 years ago, family health issues, so its nice to be proactive

but seriously..

 

^ they put that needle IV thing in my arm and sent me to the waiting room to well, wait. hahah

imagine being weak with hunger and deadly afraid of needles

I passed out 4 times that day...

I hit my head on the wall and I fell on the ground 4 TIMES..

awkward....

 

So for me to get the nerve to finally do the tattoo was huge!

and really that's it!

my sister and I went together

see below for photos! :)

pre tattoo, naked skin!^

I look like garb, I couldn't sleep, I couldn't eat, I was about to puke...

^ I went first because I was SO scared

I had my vomit bag, I said I would def pass out..

turns out I was CRAZY

It barely felt like anything

I feel so silly for waiting 15 years lol

maybe its because I gave birth and after that scary insane birth story anything feels like a walk in a park.. I really cant say for sure.

but if you are hesitant and its something you really want I say GO FOR IT.

 

 

then it was my sisters turn^

I don't know if its her youthful skin or the fact that I went first so hers was perfected but my sisters looks SO much better than mine! hahahah

its actually hilarious

however, its the meaning behind it that matters to me

so I cherish that little distorted ink!

Holly and Poppy, barn living <3