Made in Richmond

Ross is out at a bachelor party tonight.  Don’t worry - it’s a good, Christian boy bachelor party.  There’s sure to be just a few drinks and some intense playing of Settlers.  Anyway, while I love spending time with my dear hubs, I was thrilled to find out that I would have a Saturday night to myself.  I need to get caught up on some work, start hashing out the vision statement for our church, and begin work on a top secret project that begins on Monday.  I’ll get to do all of this while watching whatever movie I want and not talking to anyone.  I’m so excited.

The hair is getting cut tomorrow. I can’t stand it anymore. My hair will be short and cute and I will keep it that way for a long time.

I haven’t had long hair since I got married, and then I only grew it out so I could put it up for the wedding. Consequently, the bride in my wedding pictures looks nothing like me.

The way I see it, if you can pull off having short hair, you should have short hair. True, you have to get it cut more often. But, it takes about 3 minutes to get ready in the morning once you’ve got the styling steps down. That’s really the hard part. It’s cake after that.

So, in the spirit of encouragement, I wanted to give some advice/tips to those of you pondering taking the plunge and shearing your heavy (or in my case, completely not-heavy and totally flat and boring) locks. Here goes:

1. When getting your hair cut short (and I mean short, not just to your shoulders-we’re talking to your chin or above) make sure the stylist uses a razor on the ends, if not for the whole cut. Razored edges make the difference between a short style for women and a boy’s haircut.

2. Bring in lots of pictures when you go to get the cut, especially if it’s your first time going short. Your first choice might not be best for you (and if your stylist tells you that, please listen), so you might need to pull a few ideas from different sources of inspiration

3. Use the “cool button” on your hair dryer when styling. Most people don’t use it all (except maybe to dry their nail polish), but it essential to eliminating the poof that often comes with blow-drying. It seems to calm the hair down and set your style. Just a few light blasts at the end of your blow-dry and off you go.

4. Pay attention to how your stylist, well, styles your hair. If you don’t like how she’s done it, tell her and asks her to do it again. A cute cut will do you know good if you don’t know what to do with it.

5. Highlights might be necessary. As we get older, our hair tends to lose those great ribbons of color that came with being outside all of the time. Highlights (just a few) will add depth to your hair and make it look softer.

6. Remember, it’s only hair. If you don’t like it, it will grow back and at least you’ll know that you tried.

Happy shearing, everyone! I’ll be sure to post pictures tomorrow.

Look what I got in the mail today:

This is what Ross wakes up to every morning:

And we’re still married. When I looked in the mirror this morning, I laughed out loud (LOLed, as some would say) because of how ridiculous I looked. Naturally, I immediately wanted to share my appearance with you, dear readers. Please notice my hair and the smudged makeup under my eyes. Also that I look like a man. I’ll have you know that I saved this picture under the name “hotness.”

You should all be brave and post pictures of what *you* look like when you first wake up. It’s ok-we’re all friends here.