Walmart Spa Day

Hi,
I truly hate getting my hair cut. I was happiest when I had my head shaved after my cancer surgery. It was easy, clean and cost me nothing. Who needs hair? It is such work and upkeep for a life of disappointment and a waste of money. Bah humbug!

Having grown my hair back out a couple of years ago (my husband wasn't thrilled with being married to a bald chick) I now have to deal with hairdressers again. Not my favorite thing in the world. I have terrible, thin, straight, fine, dull hair on my head plus a surgically enhanced bald spot off to one side. A hairdressers nightmare if there ever was one. There is nothing anyone can do to improve on this lot so I don't like to to spend any time or money on the whole issue. 'Wash and go' is my only speed when dealing with my hair. If a salon spends more than 15 minutes cutting my hair they wasted their time and mine. Finding someone who will get me out of a barber chair in under 20 minutes is the only criteria I have for getting my hair cut.

My last hair cut was over two months ago so it was well over due for some shaping. Marco Island is over priced for everything, including haircuts so I travelled off the island in search of a decent place to try my luck at. The Walmart has a hair cutting franchise in it, next to the nail salon and Marshall thought 'spa day @ Walmart' was beyond laughable but I thought 'why the hell not'. They advertised $12 cuts on Tuesdays so off I toddled.

I had a lovely young Mexican woman named Maria do a great job washing and cutting my hair then she told me if I bought a $20 gift card I could get my cut for $10 and use the other $10 for my next appointment. It was the best $10 haircut I've ever had.... It was even better than a lot of the $50 hair cuts I have suffered over the decades. Will I win the Miss America contest now? No way, ever, but in six weeks I will be back in Maria's chair and gladly spend $10 on my silly hair.

Works for me.

Xox
M