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So I was feeling blah this morning and realized it was because I needed a haircut.  So…I drove up the street to Great Clips.   (oh no you d’nt – yes, I did!)   Not having a lot of dough and reconciling in my mind that ‘it’ll grow out in a couple weeks….I could always wear a hat….I decided to go in.  I slowly opened the door to see what the haircutter girls looked like.  Cuz yeah, I’m that way.

I sat and waited, studying closely the two hairdressers.  Both young-ish.  I figured I’d get some clue as to who I’d want to cut my hair by seeing how they were butchering cutting their current guinea pigs customers.  It was either the girl sporting the lip ring and in desperate need of a root touch up….or the girl with the nice hair and the big belly roll hanging out of the front of her pants.  But her customer was a guy getting a complete shave.  Bald.  *sigh*  Who to hope for?  Who to hope for?

Lip chick calls my name….Sheee-lee-ah?   *ughhh*  (C’mon!  Have you never seen the name SHEILA before?)

“Have a seat in my chair”.  (as if at 10am she’s exhausted from her long day)

I show her a pic of a cut I like.  She looks at me and says…”You know, you’ll have to style that if you want that look.”  As if by looking at my flat, washed 2 days ago hair…she knew that I was not a ‘styling’ type gal.  “You’ll have to blow it out and use gel every day.”

Since she was the one with the scissors…and I’m the one who actually hates styling my hair…lol….I opted for the “shorter in the back–longer in the front–enough to cover the second chin” look.

Okay…I was all set for my favorite part…the scalp massage shampoo!  But wait…OMG…*skreeeetch!*   No hair wash! No deep tissue massage to make my brain tingle and my mind relax.  SAY WHAT? What kind of place doesn’t wash your hair before cutting it?  She just bottle sprayed it wet.  Odd I thought.  But whatever…what do I expect for $12 right?

Now, I don’t know about you, but I look forward to (at least) small talk when I’m in that chair.  I like to chat.   You know…conversation with someone who’s an adult for God’s sake.   And then the disappointment of the non-shampoo wore off….and…there was NO TALKING.    I swear it was like crickets in the evening darkness.   I tried to spark conversation but all I got were one word responses.   She didn’t even crack a smile.  It was like a Stepford Wife with a pair of scissors.  How boring.  And disappointing.  Moms need a wash and conversation or it’s just not worth the outing.

But all~n~all I actually ended up with a GREAT cut!  Huh!  Who knew?  Actually, I think this is one of the best one’s I’ve gotten.  She cut the back way shorter than what I anticipated, but actually like it!   I just wish I had gotten the whole washing and talking parts.   But like I said.  $12.