Daily Archives: September 26, 2008

Alright, I know you’re waiting, so here it is.

BEFORE:

And AFTER:

I’m not settled on what I think just yet.

Here’s why I’m happy:

• My head feels so much lighter!!
• I love change.
• I look more my age.
• I no longer have to put my hair up (in a knot or braid) before going to bed.
• My son likes it. He even thanked God last night for Mommy’s haircut! How precious is that? I’m now getting hugs without hesitation! I’m no longer greeted with a “Mommy, your hair. Yuck.” That’s kinda nice.
• My husband likes it. I think he likes change more than he’ll ever admit. Or maybe Worst Case Scenario Man expected me to come home with a shaved head and maybe a disfiguring scar across my face. One may never know …
• A full 11 1/2″ of my hair will help a cancer survivor, thanks to Pantene’s Beautiful Lengths campaign.

And here’s why I’m not thrilled:

• It’s not what I expected. Yes, it’s a layered cut, but this feels more like #1 than #5.
• It feels “inbetween.” I’d prefer it shorter or longer.
• My highlights are gone. The color feels drab. I almost grabbed some Kool-Aid last night to do some nifty bright red stripes. But then I remembered I’m 31. Oh, and we don’t have any Kool-Aid in this house. I may definitely resort to color soon — in spite of the firm warnings my stylist gave me. She said highlights are fine, but that I should avoid high-maintenance color until my kids are older. I may just be too impulsive to listen.
• My son keeps calling me a boy. I know three-year-old sons are not the most reliable sources of style and fashion, but still I don’t like being called a boy. He likes it; he just keeps proclaiming (with his charming smile) that I have “boy hair.”

For all you super observant people, yes, I am wearing the same shirt I wore for the makeover pictures. Think of it like Trading Spaces. They wear the same shirts two days in a row and they’re probably sweaty. Meanwhile, I wore this shirt three weeks apart. Doesn’t that make you happy?

And now I can’t deny the urge to quote: “My brains, his sword and your stength against sixty men and you think a little head jiggle is supposed to make me happy? Hmmm?” And there is another positive point about this hair! I can jiggle my head all day and my new ‘do never looks messed up. How cool is that?