Things I miss Friday

What did I miss last Friday?  I missed posting what I miss.  I wasn't at my usual office and in and out of meetings, and then went home to get ready to have everyone over so there just wasn't any free posting time, alas.

What do I miss today?  My short hair:

{me & my godson a couple of years ago}

That isn't the shortest I've had it, but I like the picture (and it's one of the ones I'm taking with me to the hairdresser today).  After having gastric bypass, most patients experience hair loss.  My hair was (is) already thin, so losing more made it even thinner, but it was getting stronger at this point (and the dye actually helps it plump up).  I'm bringing this picture as proof that my hair can look like it has body and movement and not just lay in a straight, limp mass.

This Friday, I am fixated on my hair.  I grew it out for my wedding and could not wait to get it cut afterwards, which I did, although not without issue.  The issue?  My hairdresser went a little weird about a year or two ago and I just am not as comfortable going to him anymore.  This really is a problem because he's been doing my hair since 1997.  He knows my hair better than anyone else - what it will and will not do, how it takes color and cut, etc.  He had a nervous breakdown a year or two ago, though, and hasn't been the same since.  He was always a little off-the-wall but now it's to an extent that I don't enjoy going to get my hair done, which was always one of my happiest days.

I love the whole process - going to the salon, the color application, all the foil, the shampoo, reading under the dryer, the free coffee - just everything.  But he quit the salon and now works out of his mother's basement salon.  It's just not the same.  He's still great at hair, but the experience just isn't the same anymore.

So, I tried to find someone else to cut my hair short.  I took in a picture of a shaggy, bob-length cut.  What I got was a plain, regular bob.  I wanted something kind of choppy and with movement and instead I just got short-ish and straight.  So today I am trying yet another new hairdresser, a friend of a friend.  I'm bringing the picture above with me, along with the following two pictures of Katie Holmes from this month's Glamour:

I hope this stylist has enough technique to do this for me.  My hair is naturally quite straight, but as evidenced above, it CAN have a bit of wave and movement to it if cut properly (and if I use the right products and tools to style it, which I have at home).

So, I hope that as of tonight, I no longer miss having short hair the way I like it because I shall have it again.

Comments

[Lori]

Good luck with the haircut! I went last week with pictures in hand (a tapered bob--high in the back, longer in the front) and came out with a plain ol' bob. I was bummed, but the cool thing about hair is that it grows back. Hope yours comes out just like the photos!

[goodbadandugly2]

This picture is adorable! :)