The story of my hair

Before & After of my hair

I have spent most of my life having long-ish hair. I have always thought there is no way I could ever pull off a short hair cut, and so I never really considered cutting it short. I remember in high school a good friend of mine cut her hair into a very short pixie cut, and I remember thinking how cute it was but that I would never be able to do that (but kind of being a little jealous that I didn't have the nerve to try something different.)

The last several years I have sported my shortest look of a shorter a-line bob. I have really liked it but was feeling kind of bored with my hair. One day Reid suggested that I cut my hair short, short. I was shocked and amazed that he would like the idea of that. (He has always told me that he loved my hair when we got married- it was long and curly.) So I couldn't get it out of my mind to do it. I searched the internet for pictures of short hair for weeks and found cuts that I really liked. I asked friend and family what they thought and after 3 months of going back and forth I finally decided to go for it.

I had my cousin Miriam cut it, she has been working up in Rexburg at the beauty college as a cutting specialist, but now that she has a baby she has been working in her home cutting family member hair. I knew that she would do a good job, plus I wanted to give her some business.

So I did it, I think it is a good cut. I have been in a bit of shock over it all week. But it is starting to grow on me. I don't quite feel like myself, and honestly I don't know if I will keep it short like this, but it is a nice change and it is fun to try something new. It will also be really nice for the summer while I am training for my 1/2 marathon. And the best part of it is that it takes less than 5 minutes to do in the morning!