A Lesson In Patience

About a month ago, I decided that my hair had gotten far too long and that I needed to get it cut.  I was (and am) sick of the split ends and the drying time and just the general blah-ness of it.

But I absolutely hate getting my hair cut.  I don't know why but I hate going to a salon and making awkward small talk with a stranger while I wear that awful cape thing that makes my neck look ridiculous.  There's just something really unpleasant about it to me.  Plus I like being self sufficient (which is why I learned to do my own nails, because I hate getting that professionally done too).

So I googled cutting layers in your hair at home and, after watching some YouTube videos and reading some blogs I found this thing called the CreaClip.  It's basically a guide thing to trim your hair and it looked pretty cool, but it cost $40.  But I'm resourceful so I looked for it on eBay, and found the same exact thing for $4.99.  It was in Hong Kong, of course, but $4.99 and free shipping makes the wait worth it.  So I ordered it, and I waited.

And waited, and waited, and waited, and of course started to get impatient.  Because that's just how I roll.  And then after conversations with Jerbs I convinced myself that it had somehow not made it through customs and that it wasn't going to come.  But I still didn't want to pay $40 plus shipping for the real one, so I looked it up on Amazon, and found the exact same thing for $13.94 with free shipping in California.  I ordered it last Thursday.

Then today, I got home and checked the mail.

And there were two hair cutting guides waiting in the mailbox for me.

So thank you, universe, you've made your point.

TWO hair cutting guides.
Because why not?