Getting My Hair Did

I have a theory about growing hair out. Since I'm still growing mine from that disastrous short cut of three years ago, I find that if I go a really long time between hair cuts and just wear it up in a wad, that it grows much quicker. I take it down for special occasions or when I meet new people, but most people only see me in my messy gym hair.

So today was my annual hair cut. By a professional anyway. My last hair cut was by me, and I'm smart enough now to only fuck with the front of it. Last November my style icon Kim Kardashian cut bangs into her hair, so I ran in the bathroom and hacked about eleven inches off the front of mine, because if she has bangs then I want bangs.

Miraculously hers are already grown out thanks to the magic of extensions and I look like Peg Bundy.

One of my friends recommended Anthony & Company here in Valdosta. She goes to Jan, who is at the Remerton location.

My hair is great and I'm happy. I've been toying with the idea of going a little lighter because my hair is now totally white and I'm not having any of that. I've kept it a dark auburn brown for years and now, I have to color it every two weeks so that I don't have hideous roots. Jan put in some really subtle hightlights for me, and that is not easy with my hair. Over the last few years I've had it highlighted at various locations in the Southeast and left the salon with stripes referred to as "caramel".

It looked orange to me. Not JLo hair, not Beyonce hair, ORANGE hair.

Anyway Jan made them a perfect light golden brown. And neatly re-layered my hair, then dried it in a really pretty way that looked very natural and wavy. Sort of like the hair I would like to wake up with , but never do.

The salon is great, I've also been to the main salon off of Murray Road for facials and other spa services. The facilities are nice, the staff is all super friendly, and the prices are dirt cheap.

I also got to stop by Natural Health, which is our newest store offering supplements and organic foods. It's nice, they offer some different things than I normally buy in Tallahassee. However they are a bit pricier than New Leaf Co-op, and don't have anywhere near the volume. I would go there again though if I absolutely had to have something and couldn't wait until the weekend when I go out of town. I hate our GNC at the mall because of their totally obnoxious sales person, every time I go in he tries to steer me to the most expensive supplements they have. Usually I've done my homework way before I got to the store and make my own decision, but I watched him sell a customer some ridiculously expensive detox kit. I started telling her about Gwyneth Paltrow's site, Goop, as there are much better and less expensive options on it, and he got really pissy with me.

Asshole. Keep your Gold card, I can do better ordering online anyway.

I may have another vent tomorrow. I've been trying to get my lawn mowed by one of the many companies we have in Valdosta. I've been calling various companies for TWO weeks now and finally got one that returned my call tonight. Then he asked me if I was actually planning to get my lawn mowed or just getting prices, as he didn't want to drive all the way here just to do an estimate. After I chewed his ass out and told him to forget it, he did apologize and is supposed to come tomorrow.

I've mellowed considerably since my Atlanta years obviously. I never told him to go fuck himself once, I deserve a congeniality award over that one.

The Teenager is very proud of me.