headed to the chop shop.

Monday, February 01, 2010

tomorrow I have an appointment to get my hair done. i have to admit, i am nervous. i have been growing out my hair since forever. I think the last time i had to above my shoulders was when I got it cut in Dec 2006. wow, three years. i didnt think it had been that long. anyways, here is the deal: my hair is loooooong. and so freaking annoying. for the past 3 months i have been dealing with the stupid post partum shedding. it is ridiculous. it honestly takes me at least 15 minutes every day just to try to brush and untangle my hair. i end up with a huge pile of hair that has come out after each brushing. oh and trying to dry it? yeah another 25 minutes. and then it is all frizzy so i have to flat iron it, and thats another 2o minutes.

sorry to say but i am not one to enjoy spending that much time doing my hair, ever. especially not on a daily basis. suffice it to say, since the shedding hell began i have been looking a little rough in the hair department. it is just so much stinkin work.

i have been contemplating doing a major hair cut for awhile, but hadnt broached the subject with my dear hubs until last week. he is a guy and well, he likes my hair long. and i like my hair long also, when it is easy to do and looks good in not alot of time. that so is not the case right now. add to that being pregnant again and having a little baby as well, styling my hair is just not happening due to the amount of time it takes.

so when i brought up the possibility of a hair cut to hubs last week he was all for it, "sure hon, go for it, just keep it below your shoulders." ummmm. yeah, about that.
i was thinking more something along the lines of one of my favorite haircuts that i had circa 2004. a short layered flippy shaggy bob like cut. hard to explain. may have to post pictures. it was like mid neck. not past the shoulders. took me 3 seconds to brush out and less than 15 minutes to dry and style. thats what i'm talkin bout!

i ended up showing him pictures from back when i had above mentioned 'do and after some condideration he agreed. which was awesome. i told him how if its easier to do and i know if i just spend 15 minutes its going to look awesome, then i am going to be WAY more likely to do it and look good, and feel better. not to mention the bonus that he will be coming home (or on night shift waking up in the afternoon) to a wife that isnt wearing one of his old tshirts and yoga pants and looks like a tornado hit her hair. i MAY even venture back into wearing makeup on a regular basis (seriously today was the first day i put on makeup in like 6 weeks. and even then it was super minimal to go with my lovely ponytails. it took me 20 minutes to get a gigantic tangle out of my hair and by the time i was done there was no way i was breakin out the hair dryer just for the grocery store. )

so tuesday afternoon is the big cut. i could be losing about 10 inches of hair. i am nervous that the hair cut wont turn out right (even though i will be bringing multiple pics of my hair cut on my own hair so she can see how it SHOULD look). nervous it will be too short and make me look well, lets be honest, fat. i mean hello, i just had a baby, and now i am having another. my body image self esteem level isnt exactly at an all time high. the last thing i want is a hair cut that emphasizes the fact that i am all squishy and could stand to lose some poundage. i am not yet far enough along to be able to claim the 'shut up im not fat im pregnant' factor. but i am already in maternity jeans. but whatever.

so here is the hair i am talking about:


i know the two middle pics look the same, but they are slightly different. i tried to delete one when making the collage but it did not work. sometimes i am picasa collage challenged.
now in some of these pics i weighed about 15 pounds less than now, and also not pregnant. but i do remember alot of compliments while i had this hairstyle and i remember liking it alot, on me. i am also getting my hair highlighted because i cannot stand the all brown any longer. another one of those things hubs talked me into. i am so ready for some blondyness again.

(all these pics were taken while my hubs was in Iraq in 2004, i took ALOT of self portraits to print out and send to him. )

anyways. so i'll let you know how it goes. here's hoping!