I got my first tattoo!

Me getting my first tattoo! I chose a pretty floral vine.

The thought of getting a tattoo has always scared me a little bit ( I know, I am a wuss)! I guess it is because it is so permanent. I would hate to end up with something that was sapost to look like a butterfly, but ended up looking like some old man part (you know what I mean) or something. The risk is just too great. So I have added "Get a tattoo" to my bucket list thinking that one day, big or small, I would get one.

Big Buddy getting a dragon tattoo on his arm.

Well, ladies...I have successfully gotten a tattoo and I LOVE it! I have found a way around the "permanent" part of it. Over here in Dubai, there are lots of Indian ladies who are skilled in the art of Henna. Henna is a type of tattoo that Indian women get all over their hands and even sometimes arms. It is created from the henna plant which is ground up into a paste and then applied to your skin. The paste then dries and flakes off, staining your skin in the process. Henna has always fascinated me. A tattoo that stains your skin and stays on from 10 days to 4 weeks. Interesting!

Here we are with our tattoos!

One day Mr. Big, Big Buddy and I were walking through a souk (an Arab market) and found this cute Indian girl doing henna. So I decided to mark off the "get a tattoo" from my bucket list and got one. It only takes about 10 to 15 minutes and the gal just free hand draws it on you. I really and truly feel that this is an art (well, I guess like face painting is an art). It makes you feel all exotic when you have a henna tattoo. It definitely catches peoples eye!

Watching me get my henna tattoo, Big Buddy decided that he wanted one also. So he got a dragon. He sat really still and was such a good boy! Mr. Big opted out of a tattoo for himself. He said that he already gets enough attention from the ladies and didn't need to draw anymore his way! ;)