Two things Jessica Simpson thinks she can't live without: her hairstylist and a little, prissy dog. On this week's episode of Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, she had to make do without either.

It all started after a stomach-turning Nick-eating-moldy-bread incident, when the couple took off for New Orleans so Jessica could sing the national anthem at the Sugar Bowl.

In their cockroach-infested limo (OK, there was only one), Jessica burst into tears when she found out via cellphone that her stylist was stuck in Las Vegas and couldn't make it to the game.

Fortunately, after scouring every beauty supply store in the Big Easy, the singer and an array of assistants were able to find blond extensions that met Jessica's poufy-hair needs.

Back home in California, Jessica burned a series of pancakes while she and Nick waited for a breeder to bring a couple of white husky puppies for them to meet.

Nick explained he had a husky-collie mix growing up in Cincinnati, but Jessica, in a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black, worried a husky would be too high-maintenance.

"I just can't see myself picking up a big (vulgarism for piece of poop)," she said, as she and Nick later drove to check out a couple of $2,000 Malteses.

"I can't really see you picking up anything," Nick shot back.

But they didn't end up getting a Maltese either, after Nick said he didn't want one. Later, at a pet store, Jessica decided she didn't want a dog after witnessing one pup licking another's leavings.

Lauren Bishop