Pay more attention to my appearance

i have started getting more & more elaborate in the bath on Sunday. I lotion & potion, soak & meditate. It is a nice once a week treat.

I had a hair appointment today and actually let P put in highlights. He has been begging to put them in for a year. I had a gift card for $40 and P got me the reduced ex-high school sweetheart rate as usual. It was only about $30 more than usual with the gift card.

I know now he dated me for my hair, as he is quite the flamer, but he loves my hair (and my son). He does make it look good, tho. I am not sure about all the highlight stripes yet, but I think they are okay. I figured it was worth a try. The Boy hasn’t said anything negative, that is a start. I just know that the Winter has made my skin, hair, everything seem dark, dull & dreary, so time for some zip.

I am trying to do something regularly to keep this goal alive. I think it helps my self esteem. I have been regularly oiling my hair with olive oil, masquing, etc.

Yesterday I gave myself a manicure & pedicure complete with polish. I used to polish all the time, but after I chopped my nails off for massage school I quit. Now, I am going to try and get used to he very short, polished nail look because nail polish was always a secret vice. A quick, cheap pick me up. I really did have at least a 100 bottles of polish at one time and do my nails almost daily.

I got another haircut – within two months! I haven’t done that since the teaching years! I am starting to go through all my clothes and get rid of old stuff. I have a lot of clothes that will be going free.

I went to a baby shower in the Twin Cities & afterwards several of us wound up at the Electric Fetus. I found a great pork pie felt hat and bought it. I look smashing in hats, I haven’t been wearing any past warmth ones lately.

I went shopping today with my parents wearing my new hat and my black trench. I looked smashing, even my mother said so & she does hate to say that about my odd combos. I had a sweater with black & white stripes on & a jacket with black & white polka dots on under the trench, both hand-me-downs from her. She said she would never have worn them together, but they worked with the hat. I had to agree. The hair cut works great with hats.

My appearance is improving! I look better daily.

I am starting to get this hair styling thing down and worked into my schedule. I might be developing vanity, I have gotten so many compliments. I take it mostly in stride as the comments lead me more & more to believe I had just gotten a bit too much wash and wear.

I think I need to start upgrading my wardrobe a bit for job hunting and having. I have perfected old comfy, hippy chick. However, it might be time to revisit, if not, dress for success, just dress, I guess however, it might be ok…

When the new guy at work couldn’t tell the difference in my celtic wench costume for Halloween and stuff I normally wear it was a red flag. Jeans & broom skirts are comfy, but I guess it is time to don other clothing. I resolve that I will not go back to wool suits again. Nylons and pumps are bad!!! I ordered some new glittery doc martens – close enough. Shoes, what a concept – I haven’t worn them regularly in a few years.

I got my hair done, then I got the brows waxed. I was in the mall – something I avoid generally – so I consumered.

I got some new makeup, including mascara. I am tossing the old, it was close to three months anyway – but I do not want cold germs again! I am also replacing my toothbrush! I got some hair mask, so I am on my way back to human.

At a kiosk I bought somesea salt scrub for my feet and hands. As a massage therapist I really spend a lot of time caring for both. I also got a nice nail buffer. I miss long nails & won’t polish them because it seems pointless as short as I need to keep them. But the girl who demoed them convinced me that buffing was an improvement over nothing.

Ok, yes, I have had a cold… But damn, I look like crap!!

First step hair – I tend to let it get shaggy in the Summer, but it is November. It looks bad. Haircut time – I am leaving cousin it behind & returning to the human world.

I made an appointment with the ex-bf. If, a hs bf is gonna be a flamer hairstylist – he owes you decent hair for life. It’s in the rule book – I wrote it in personally. I am not looking forward to the complaints he will have – yes, I realize it was MAY…I looked it up. But by tomorrow night, I will have decent hair again.

While I’m there may discuss dyeing it too – the bf seems ok with two toned hair & said blue & pink were also cool. I just think for a job search mebbe I should hold off on the extreme – mebbe red chunks or a lighter blonde chunks… or red tips… those are “in” & cool looking.