Woo! 
Yeah, the escort missions are...are a bit of a pain. But I don't recall there being many of them.
One of us! One of us! One of us!
The barmaid in Chapter 1 had me hitting my head against the keyboard in frustration. Because I
knew the only reward was banging her, which I didn't want to do, so I was very tempted to just let her be eaten by barghests if she was so keen on helping me fight them
But mods have definitely helped to reduce the frustration factor. And Geralt is definitely not as much of an ass as I remember. If anything, he's kinda bland so far? But he's had a few moments that made me laugh, and I like the world's lore.
I'd love to go purple, and have an N7 hoodie but between super dark hair and the high postage I'm unlikely to have either.
I didn't go completely purple; that would have taken most of a day. I have incredibly thick Asian hair, so I did purple streaks. But with dark hair, you have to bleach first, and I went into the salon to get that done the first time around. Not cheap
The only thing I care about really if I'd change my hair color is health of my hair (they're in relatively good condition now, but while I have a lot of them, they're incredibly thin), so my experiments not turn out with me ending up with a nasty mop on my head ;P
My hair's been fine since I dyed it, but I've also been very careful to be nice to it. Gentle shampoo with no sulfates, and some really intense conditioner once a week. I've also never dyed it before, and from my hair stylist, I gather that constantly dying, re-dying, stripping, and bleaching hair is the source of a lot of damage.