My Original Hair Colour?

I have been thinking about this for a while now and I have decided to give my hair a break from all the bleaching it entails and go back to my own natural hair colour.  I haven't seen it for about ten years, so I think it's the same as Ava's which is a dark blonde.

It currently looks a lot darker, but I'm hoping it's just because it's up against my current colour - white.

I would show you a current, today photo of my hair, but three weeks ago, I had a small incident with a few boxes of bleach and my hair came out a little worse for wear.  (It all snapped off) 

So, as I learn my lessons and slowly recover from the above said incident, I will use the below photo of Tennessee Thomas as my inspiration.  

This is actually how my hair was quite a few years ago, before I started dying and cutting it.  

The challenge in this goal will all be in the styling and especially, the careful placement of the Alice Band.