Haircut

Yesterday morning, I paid for a haircut for the first time in about 10 years.  Through high school and college, I didn’t really care much about how my hair looked so I had friends cut it or I cut it myself.  It’s actually not that hard and I didn’t think it looked that bad.  I’m sure a professional could do better, but it didn’t look that bad.

Well, lately, I’ve still been having a friend cut it, but she lives far away now and it’s quite a production to schedule some time with her.  And I realize it would be very easy just to drop in and get it cut somewhere, but really, paying 15 bucks or so to get my haircut every 3 or 4 weeks, that just doesn’t jive with my frugality.

But now HB has invited me to a friend’s wedding next weekend and my hair was in need of a cut and I didn’t think I could schedule with my haircutting friend.  And while I could have tried it myself, it is noticeably a poorer cut when I do that.  And there’s the matter of HB herself these days and the fact that I desire to look a little more presentable for her sake.  All this leads me to paying for a haircut yesterday.  A coupon had arrived in the mail the other day so I used that as my justification.

So I went and it was okay, but I don’t ever want to pay for another haircut again.  The cut looks fine, but it doesn’t look THAT much better than when a friend cuts it.  And I hate having to make the small talk with the stylist. And I hate having to pay for something that I could get for free.

So with coupon, including tip: I paid $13 for my haircut.