JANUARY 2 - DE-BEARDED!

Just after midnight, at the dawning of the New Year, a little pair of nail scissors was produced, and my beard was ceremonially snipped off.
The battery for my clippers hadn't charged up enough in time, so I had to keep snipping and snipping until the chin was cleared away. But I decided to keep some hair, for a 19th Century style mutton-chop look. (At least, until I can cut it all off).
I'm actually very sad to say goodbye to the beard, as I had started to really enjoy it. I miss not having a big ol' beard on my chin to fiddle with, and also my chin gets very cold when I go out.
When I had a beard, it wasn't itchy at all, at any point, but with my current 'pink Lemmy' look, it is rather itchy where the hairy bit meets the shaved bit.
The end of my beard is in a little jar in my room.
I'll collect up the last of the donations in the next few days, put it into the Primhe account, and then present the charity with a giant over-sized cheque. I've no idea of the final total, but I'm fairly sure that we've broken the £1,000 mark.
Thanks to all of you!

A piece of ribbon appeared as if from nowhere, and I was humiliatingly 'decorated' for the occasion.

Snip, snip, snip!

My beard!

My new "Pink Lemmy" look!