Ear piercing...

Yay for Maya!! My little next door neighbour has recently had her ears pierced and I got a blow by blow re-enactment of it!! She looks super cute tho!!

I am fairly liberal in terms of tattoos and piercings. I have two tatts and have had belly button, ears, both nipples and two tongue rings in so I guess I have to be. My only concern is with tattoos, getting one to young and picking something without meaning or relevance and then being stuck ten years later to explain that at fifteen you thought road runner on your shoulder was cool, or with piercings, getting a facial piercing and having the scar to show for life! I guess it is all about thinking long term and not making rushed decisions!!

I bet Maya looks so cute Emma and I hope the cleaning continues hassle free!!

i knew a girl with winnie th pooh on her breast.

I have one tattoo - a Celtic Sun in the small of my back. I decided to get it done when I was in London, my boyfriend and I decided to get matching tattoos, he got a smaller version done on his bicep of his left arm but then they ran out of time to do mine. We were going to go back the following Sunday and get mine done, but he was killed in an accident on the following Saturday night and I forgot all about it, until I was home in Wellington just crusing round Cuba St and found the exact sun in a parlour there. So I got it done then and there.

Yeah, a little bit..... But I have a constant reminder of him right there on my back!! And I have the best man in the whole world (who totally understands about everything) so it's ok to be sad, but ok to be happy too

That's so sad Clare - but like you say, a great way to remember! My brother has heaps of tattoos, his whole upper body and arms are covered, but they don't have particular meaning. I would only get a tattoo that does have meaning, even if the meaning becomes obsolete with time, at least it will always symbolise where I was at at that time in my life.

the gypsy fair was in town last weekend - so i got a fake spray on tattoo - across my lower back just to see how i liked it - it was kewl but weird. am contemplating getting one done - have been for ages now... so we'll see.

I have got 3 tattoos, none of which I regret. All designs I loved for years. A nordic compass on my upper back between my shoulder blades. (the singer Bjork has the same one on her upper arm - not a fan of her, just of her tattoo)had that for about 5 years, that one followed 3 small interlinking circles on my ankle, the pagan symbol for faith hope and charity (also one of the Led Zepplin "symbols") and my first, I got about 6 years ago or so is the celtic symbol of the same thing, with a circle joining them all, celtic for the father, the son and the holy ghost, also a "Led Zepplin" symbol, and interstingly enough, the symbol on the tv prog charmed. I hate it when people see it and go oooh charmed! SOOOOO NOT!!! That one is on my lower back. THe compass hurt the most, over the back bones, I had to keep getting him to stop. Looks ace, though. Because I can't see them, I never get sick of or bored of them.