Upgrading to Leopard changed my user icon!!

I have three accounts on my computer. An administrator account, an account for my roommate, and and account for me. I just upgraded to Leopard and it changed my icon from the fortune cookie to the lipstick one!
Anyone else experienced this? How weird!!
Other than that the upgrade went smoothly, even with my Logitech mouse!

Hi TheScotty;
If you go this site in the lower left hand corner is a link to a tutorial on installing memory in a MacBook.
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