The New Me

Isn’t it amazing how just getting your hair cut can make all the difference in the world?

I was never brave with my haircuts growing up.

Now, I always had funky colors after I started experiencing with hair color AFTER high school.

I had dark black, dark brown, redish, platinum, light brown, streaked, chunked – and one time it was even a light blue.  On accident, of course.

But, it usually was all long or shoulder length – nothing fun.

Although in middle school Aqua Net was my best friend and I had the high bangs.  You know, the COBRA look.  Not cool.

So, back in 2003 I did my first daring cut.

A pixie cut.

My amazing grandma had been diagnosed with lymphoma cancer and I told her that if she started losing her hair while taking chemo treatments, that I would cut my hair off (it was about mid-back at the time).

The day before Thanksgiving 2003, I got my first pixie haircut.

Since then I haven’t been shy about trying new things with my hair.

It’s very liberating for some reason.

Now, I did not do a pixie hair cut this time around, but I’m sure at least once more in my lifetime, I’ll do it again – because, my friends, that was an easy haircut to manage!

So, after wearing my hair in a pony tail for the past 2 weeks after waking up one Sunday to find out that my hair no longer ‘worked’ anymore, I finally get that big ‘Ahhhh’ of relief when it’s time to do my hair.  It takes about 5 minutes to do and I’m done.

Beautiful.

So, for all those who wanted to see the NEW haircut, here you go!

Surprise!!!!What do you mean it doesn’t look like I got a haircut?  This was me a couple weeks ago on our camping trip.  Cute fish, huh?  (He was my dinner that night :o)  Can’t you see the difference?

Ooooh, am I being mysterious now?

Really, this is it!  The new me!
Oh yea – you can’t forget the side shot that shows how much I really cut off!  Like the dark back and light sides.  So not planned, but that’s how it turned out after she cut off all the ‘colored’ hair from back in February when I ended up with white hair.

The other side.

The new me!  Do I like it?  YES.YES.AND.YES!  
So, we finally get to pick up the Truxter tomorrow (Saturday). The guy doing some work on it has had a busy week, so it took a couple days longer to finish.THEN, I’ll let you all know what we named it!  I know, I know, important stuff!
Also, we had Bella’s Kindergarten orientation last night and I think she is really going to like her teachers and the school!  I’m excited and sad all at the same time. I’ll miss having her around during the day. 
Ladies, have a great weekend!  We have lots going on, so hopefully I’ll take lots of photos!  Enjoy the end of your summer.  I think it went by fast!  

“Hair style is the final tip-off whether or not a woman really knows herself.” 

Hubert de Givenchy, Vogue, July 1985