Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Bad Hair Day?

I built up the nerve to make a hair appointment for myself today.  I haven't had my haircut since August, which of course is before we moved across the country.  (I have given myself a trim.)

Getting my haircut is a MAJOR subject of anxiety for me.  I have had more than my fair share of haircuts gone horribly wrong.  Seriously!  Once I walked out of a place with an up-do. I found out when I got home that the hairstylist probably only used me for practice because she was covering up the horrible job she did on my hair.  I then took 6 1/2 months to grow it out before my wedding ... scared of trusting anyone else before the most important hair day of my life.  Moving to a new city means a long cycle of trying someone new, growing out my cut and then figuring out who to go to next.  Not much stresses me out, but haircuts are the exception.

I think its because hairstylists have a hard time figuring out my hair.  Naturally its got a frizzy curly wave and is SUPER thick.  When I leave it to dry naturally its HUGE and takes all day to air dry.  Alternatively I blow dry and straighten the heck out of it every day (or at least when I'll be seen in public) with a straightening iron.  So it takes a special person to "get" my hair.  They need to give me a style that is straight, but cut it like it behaves like curly hair.  Confusing I know ... so I totally understand why I have such problems.

Now I realize that  I've bored you all with my hair vanity, but I really needed to release some of that stress before I exploded.  Of course if I did explode then I would have no need for a haircut ... No, I think I'll just suck it up.  Wish me luck!

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