Life-changing Hair Cut

Yes ladies and gentlemen... I had a life-changing hair cut this afternoon. It was wonderful.

On our wedding day, I had my hair styled at Shelton's Salon. I have always heard rave reviews, and when one opened down the street from my parents' a few weeks before our big day, I knew it was the right place for me to get my lovely locks done up in a wonderful up-do. And boy did they do a good job!! They did my hair and makeup - and almost all of the girls in the wedding party did the same! We all looked so beautiful, don't you agree???

Well, since then, I have been going back to the salon for my hair cuts. First, I chopped my hair off (in true post-wedding-need-to-be-drastic-and-chop-my-hair-off-to-feel-like-a-grown-up fashion). Then I worked on maintaining it. This ended in January. That day I went in to see my "usual" girl for a great trim to keep my hair healthy and looking nice. She butchered it. I said shoulder, she heard chin. I said long layers, she heard short. I said I wanted to grow it out, she heard I wanted a short bob. It was a disaster. A disaster I tell you.

Needless to say, I did not go back to her.

... And this was my first hair cut since January...

Obviously I am exposing the fact that my hair grows at an alarmingly slow rate, and that I don't apply enough product and/or style it nearly enough to give me enough dead-ends in the past 9 months to warrant another hair cut. I am admitting a lot to you readers. This is starting to sound more like a confession entry...

But anyways....

I went in to a new girl today. I loved her. Well, love is an understatement. She was so wonderful!!! I got a great trim, with the best layers I think I have ever had, and she gave me incredible advice. She gave me pointers on how to "lazy style" my hair so it looks like I spent hours on it! She encouraged me to style it with a blow dryer instead of the straightener so I don't feel like I'm spending an hour fixing my hair in the mornings. She was a practical stylist who made it feel like she knew exactly what I was thinking. And not to mention, she has the same hair as me... and remembered me from my wedding day and subsequent appointments afterward. She even remembered that fateful January day that I received a bob instead of long layers...

My life is changed. I bought a new blow dryer (per her suggestion). I am starting to try new styles tomorrow. She says my hair is great and should be able to do anything as long as it is done right. I am excited to try new things. She showed me new tips on drying my. It was the first time that anyone has ever walked me through the blow drying process. Who knew that parting a different way or pulling it to a certain side could make all the difference in the world!?

Basically, my life is changed. By a hair cut. Yep. That's all it took.

Sometimes the little things in life mean the most.