Postpartum women have to go through lots of yucky stuff in the days and weeks following birth. One of the cruelest is the massive hair loss that starts a few months after delivery. During pregnancy, hormones can cause a woman’s hair to become very thick. But as they stabilize post birth, all of that extra hair starts to fall out. It can be very scary to a new mom who’s not expecting this! Though I had a lot of hair loss during my 1st and 2nd trimesters this time I did finally experience the thickness during the 3rd trimester. It also got pretty long (for me) and was strong and healthy.
But I knew this was fleeting, so I got it all cut off yesterday. Between finding spit up in it (yes, this has happened more than once), Violet grabbing it and yanking, and the imminent prospect of major thinning, I thought it was the best move I could make. I had saved money in the budget for a haircut this month so I made the appointment before I could chicken out. My husband prefers it long but he doesn’t particularly like fishing out the giant hair clogs that would result if I didn’t get it cut now. The cut looks great and it cost me less than I had budgeted, so I had a little extra money to play with.
I thought a little box of hair color would be a good pick-me-up, so I went to KMart to see what they had. Not only did they have the brand I like (L’Oreal Natural Match) but they had a bunch of boxes on clearance. I sorted through them, but none of them were *my* color. So I chose the one that was closest. I really thought it would be fine, but in the words of Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman, “Big mistake. Big. HUGE.” It is way too dark. And I’m left asking myself if it was worth the savings. I’m kind of thinking it wasn’t, and that I should have listened to my gut when it told me to pay the extra $5 for the color I knew would work. But I didn’t and now I want to cry when I look in the mirror. Damn those hormones!
Sometimes being frugal is not all it’s cracked up to be.
Kim
March 22, 2009 at 8:49 am
A possible consolation is that color (especially darker ones) tends to fade and lighten after a couple washings and exposure to the sun — so, maybe it won’t be too dark for too long…..
Keith Clark
March 23, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Blog editor,
As you know, unemployment is now at 13% in Lee County and is expected to get worse. On the e-Lee Dispatch we have prepared a current job listings page that uses a sophisticated search engine and RSS technology to identify available up to date job listings in 29 categories. This link http://onlinejoblistingsforleecounty.blogspot.com/ goes directly to the job listing site so that it is not necessary to read the main blog to use it.
On behalf of the unemployed, I am asking you to mention this link and list it on your site if you are comfortable in doing so. Feel free to leave any feedback as a comment at our main site.
Keith Clark