Tonight we leave for Alabama. Kev realized we haven’t spent a whole weekend with his family since…
february? can that be right?
So a nice weekend away…our last weekend of relaxation before the huge rush before the wedding…except that I’ll be writing my second draft of my paper at the same time. CAN IT BE DONE???
Probably not. Which is going to piss off my advisor. I should be trying to get most of it done right now…but after the week I’ve had, I can do little more than lay half-comatose on the couch.
At least my talk went very well yesterday. Whew!
Oh, also yesterday I learned that getting your hair done for your weekend is fucking expensive. The salon I get my hair cut at charges $150 - $200 for the practice plus the wedding day..for what is described as an “up-do.”
I tried to reason with their scheduler.
“my hair is now REALLY short. there is no “do” to “up!”
“well, is there just a little bit that they can put up?”
“listen, in the back? my hair is maybe an inch and a half long - it is not going up! I just need my headband and veil put in, and everything sprayed solid by a professional.”
she set me up with a “pre-consultation” so I could meet with the bridal stylist BEFORE we do my practice run. So that she can see how my hair is not doing up, and maybe charge me less.
Also, I’m getting my make up done there. I told her I’ll need industrial strength waterproof spackle, because I will cry.
“oh, I KNOW! I always cry at weddings.”
“I’m not even going to make it down the aisle. As soon as I see my father, I’m going to start crying. My daddy is going to be giving me away! Oh my god…I’m tearing up now!!!”
*she laughs at me*
Ok, so we’ll see how this all works out.
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You need a pre-consultation just for wedding hair? Talk about a scam! Granted, I got married centuries ago, but the Wife just make an appointment for the morning of wedding and told the gal what she wanted. Of course, she had a lot of hair to do an “up-do” but she went wicked curly instead.
Hey, it was the 80s!
a pre-consultation
then a practice-run
then the day of
This is all actually a good thing, especially with the makeup part, becaue I really don’t want to walk down the aisle looking like a very surprised tammy faye baker. the pre-consult will allow me to find out if they can do it cheaper, and if not, if I still want my hair done there.
Seriously, there is no way an updo could be done with your hair. Because by updo, I’m thinking of what they do for all the girls for prom, right? With the little cascading ringlets?
Maybe they’ll make you a wig.
no wig! I want to look like me!
only, you know…pretty!
Alabama! Tell the state I said hey and I’ll probably be back Octoberish.
Don’t break anything on the four-wheeler, either of you!
Why am I envisioning a lot of hair-ratting in your future?
Yeah. Many hairdressers get kind of close minded about weddings, and they seem to forget that brides can have short hair. (What? Not everyone says “Oh, I usually wear my hair short, but I’m growing it out. For the wedding. So I can just cut it all of again afterwards.” - Brilliant.) Many don’t even like to think about the fact that some brides WITH long hair want to leave it down. Gasp! The horror! It is only acceptable if there is a minimum of 60 bobby pins poking your scalp and a half a can of hairspray locking it in.
I did my share of updo’s back in the day, and based on your pictures, yeah, your definitely not going to have an updo. Don’t let them talk you into extensions either…