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I chopped off half of my hair yesterday.

Mixed feelings. Better than the straggly mess I had; but I'm just never going to be chic or even stylish.

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Have I talked lately bout how grey I’m getting?

I’ll be 44 in a couple weeks, and I feel like I look way older than that.

I have some henna at home. Maybe I’ll succumb to vanity tonight.

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New hair, ft. new hair accessory.

IT’S CALLED FASHION. LOOK IT UP.

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Delayed Break-Up Response

Considering a drastic haircut.

My office is freezing, so I have a sweatshirt on over my regular office clothes, thermal tights under my pants, fingerless gloves, and a heater under my desk.

I also grabbed one of our prop hats--a fleece phrygian cap--for warmth, as a felt top hat or tricorn is less serviceable on that front.

I jammed my hair up under it (static is a problem), and when I went to the bathroom earlier I thought HMMMMMMMMMM, maybe I could pull off something super-short but heavy-ish in the front? I’ve looked a pictures, but I’m no big-eyed, porcelain-skinned gamine, so I’m leery of pointing to Ginnifer Goodwin or Anne Hathaway as a “like this!” model. 

I’d only do it if I could keep the back trimmed on my own--I don’t have the time/energy/money to go to the salon every six weeks or whatever--and only after my friend V takes my picture at the end of of the month, after threatening to do it for the last six months. I looked so sickly and hollowed out after the breakup, I demurred.

Thoughts? Suggestions? I haven’t had hair above my shoulders since I was maybe 25.

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Chop chop!

Got my hair cut. It's shorter than I anticipated, but it was probably necessary.

Considering that she didn't do the standard "half-hour style with way too much product," it actually looks like what I will do with it.

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I cut my own bangs.

I think they're not terrible?

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As I said, I got a LOT of hair chopped off last night: at least six inches, maybe more. It used to reach halfway down my back, albeit with more of a “witchy hair farmer” than “mermaid” vibe. My head feels about 5 pounds lighter.

The dude who sheared me took positive aaaaages drying and curling and froofing me up, and it looked pretty great when I Ieft his chair (that’s the first test of a good haircut), but his herculean efforts were mostly undone by my damp, windy walk home.

This morning I was a bit less charmed by the whole affair, but I judged it decent enough leave the house after minimal unskilled fiddling (that’s the second test). The selfie up there is my skeptical, “well, I don’t hate it” expression.

The third test (what happens when I revert to my usual “sloth femme” routine of mostly-benign neglect) has yet to be broached, but as I’m considering going to the Sister College gym after work tonight, it is not long off. So we shall see. 

Now if I could just do something about my face.