(skirt: Old Navy, shirt: [old] Target, boots: Target, watch: Kohls, bangles: various, necklace: Belk)
Here’s my first official picture with shorter hair. Of course, it ended up being really windy and so my hair got to be all crazy.
Thanks, wind.
Truthfully, I was going to cut all my hair off. Like Miley Cyrus short.
But I chickened out once I sat down at my hairdresser’s shop. I told my students my original idea after I lost all nerve and you’d think there was going to be a revolt in room 129. They were absolutely disgusted with the idea.
They loved my long hair and could not understand why I wanted to cut it.
But I just needed a change. There was no real reason. Yes, it was annoying that my hair would get caught in things like my armpit, buttons, and coats. Being constantly covered in hair and shedding all the time was part of the long-hair deal. And I was fine with it and then one day I wasn’t. Chris was glad for it to go. He has always liked me with short hair and, while he’d never say it, didn’t really like my long hair that much.
Often I have this overwhelming need for change. When I was younger, it meant finding a new job, moving to a new apartment, getting another tattoo, dating a new guy. But now, I’m firmly planted: we own a house, I have a career, not a job, I have kids, and a husband. But that need to mix things up hasn’t left me.
I still long for change.
So maybe a haircut will satisfy that desire. If it is that simple.
But what do you do when your need is greater? When a new hairdo can’t fix what you want? When feeling stuck is suffocating?
Just wondering…
I totally understand this! And I agree 100%… we used to move around a lot to satisfy our need for change too.
Can’t do that anymore 😉
However, I do change my hair A LOT… and I did go Miley Cyrus short! Ha! I just cannot stand to have it the same way for more than a few months max. Not sure where I’ll do from here. Hmmm…
p.s. the hair looks great! I wouldn’t cut it either if I was you… it’s amazing! And I have that skirt in beige/black. ♥
My most recent attempt at change was hair color! And I love it! You look great!
you look fab, friend. long hair, short hair, no hair, weird hair. i move furniture. i paint stuff. i purge my clothes and go to the goodwill. i cry. i yell. then, i pray lots. 🙂 and apologize to RL. 🙂
You look gorgeous! So explain to me the brown with black thing… I have tall brown boots… i can wear them with anything? Even black? Something within me resists but it would be so convenient, and you always look fab!
I *just* dyed my hair because of needing a change. As if we haven’t had enough change. But, I digress. Most of the time, a little trip out by myself does the trick when I start to feel smothered – thrifting, just to Starbucks with my iPhone, or to Target at night when I can browse the clearance racks in peace. When that doesn’t work, I dye my hair or cut it strangely – and always regret it.
You, however, have FABULOUS new hair. Looks awesome on you. Loving this outfit, too, and I pinned it so I can copycat it. 🙂
Hugs.
Wow you look amazing in the purple color. I clicked over here from the Pleated Poppy just so I could tell you that!
Aubree
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Your hair is still longer than mine has been in the last ten years! 😛 I love the idea of long hair, but I don’t think I’d like it in real life. I get to about shoulder length and then I chop it all off. I love your outfit, too!