Before & After

Before.  This is how I wear wore my hair 50-75% of the time.

After.  New & improved!!  Much lighter and with more... I don't know... STYLE.

It won't always look like that, because I don't have a curling iron or even a blow-dryer of my own. I'm assured that it will look just fine with my normal wash & wear routine; that I can "fancy it up" easy enough (with borrowed styling appliances), and that if I have to, I can still (mostly) pull it into a ponytail.

You see the lovely Hundertwasser Der Blaue Mond Argosy 'round my neck!  It's wrapped 'round twice, then tied in front.  It's very, very long.  I had more than a few compliments on it today, plus I was with Mom and she wore her Tartelette shawl, which she's worn almost non-stop (she told me that she's even worn it to bed once), and that was good for a few more.

What a day!  A quick run through the indoor Farmer's Market, haircut, lunch, a little shopping (mostly window-shopping), a stop at the LYS, some other running around.  There was a Habu trunk show at Iris Fine Yarns.  In a word: incredible.  There was some damage done.

Right now, I have to get to the store and lay-in supplies for tomorrow's INTERNATIONAL PAJAMA DAY!!  Woohoo, I am so there.

Comments

[margene]

Very, very stylin'!! You look great with new do and scarf, too. At first IPD wasn't on my radar, but with wet weather headed this way (yay!) it might be doable!

[michelle]

Your hair looks great!! Shoot you even look younger :) Hope your much more successful than myself with going ponytail free. I only lasted about a month. Now it's all pony all the time.

International Pajama Day! Now that I must try.

[ann]

Vicki!!!!! it looks GORGEOUS!!! seriously you look about eight years younger! although you seem much less Janice-esque now.

[Eileen]

Love your new look, Vicki!

[KarenJoSeattle]

Nice cut. I've found it takes a few days to bond with a new style.

Personally, any cut that's not truely short must work in a pony tail. Everyone has ponytail days.

[Dianna]

De-lurking. The cut is wonderful! My DD recently cut over 18" off her incredibly thick hair, and her cut is quite similar, though shorter. Have fun!

[yvette]

Your new haircut looks great, I love your argosy too.
Pyjama days sounds like a great idea for today.

[Cara]

Goigous, dahling! There ain't nothing like a good hair day.

[kristi and otis]

It's Bouncin' and Behavin'! Love it!

[suzanne]

Your hair looks LOVELY--and the scarf even better! Argosy is rocking the hair!!!

[Bron]

Your hair looks darling!

[anne]

That's scary: we wore -- and wear -- our hair in the same style!

There is an alternative to the ponytail for slightly shorter hair, and I use it almost every day. (I'm so used to having my hair off my neck.) It's a flat clip thing with long teeth on one side (like a huge comb) and a decorative ring on the other. Clamp it in your hair and all you see is the decorative ring. Holds more, and shorter, hair than a ponytail, looks like a fancy up-do. Available wherever hair products are sold.

[Pat]

I'm completely stuck in the pony tail style - I look exactly like your "before" picture (we even have the same amount of gray!). I know it will be so much more trouble to take care of if I cut it off - I'm NOT good with the blow dryer/curler and it hung in my eyes when I ventured shorter in the past. YOURS looks great!! Maybe it's time for me to try again!

[Jan]

Vicki, what a great new look! (And the scarf is a winner, too.)

[Susanne]

wowzers lady you look 10 years younger!!! and that is a GOOD thing!!!
Love the scarf too, you are very stylin' with your new "do" and your new neckware!

[Susanne]

wowzers lady you look 10 years younger and wonderful!!!
Love the scarf too, you are very stylin' with your new "do" and your new neckware!

[Carole]

That hair cut is fabulous, Vicki! As is the scarf.

[Cathy-Cate]

LOoks GREAT! And the hair looks good, too!

Just joshing you. I did the same thing a month or two ago; it was actually shorter than I would have chosen, but I told the haircutter to cut off enough for Locks of Love. But my hair is fuller and more flattering, and does fine with my wash-and-let-it-do-what-it-wants hair care method.

Sounds like a tiring but fun day!

[Sandy]

You are beautiful, before and after! but I do love the new style! :) And your new scarf. And you. It's all about the love today!
xo

[Sue]

It's so lovely, Vicki! :-)

[Norma]

Oh, Vicki, it's WONDERFUL! Now we'll get you some of those True Jeans and CFM boots....

[Elizabeth]

Very becoming haircut, Vicki. It should be very easy to maintain and looks very good on you. Love the scarf, too.

[Renee]

Love the new 'do! It's so flattering! Great scarf, too.

[Tonia]

Love the new hair. It is way cute.

[kmkat]

Great hair!

[Oiyi]

Wow, fantastic new hair do!

[Angie]

Your new haircut looks great on you! Definitely very stylish and, with a hair accessory or two, you could have a different look everyday, if desired.

[Angie]

Oh, and I love the scarf!

[Kathleen]

lookin hot!!

[Debbie Nelsen]

Wow! You didn't tell us you were getting your hair cut! It looks great! Hope to see you Tuesday.
Th scarf looks Fabulous!

[Ann K.]

Your hair looks great! I love it!

Wasn't the trunk show wonderful?! I was there on Friday night, only for a quick moment.. jotted down some kits I wanted and intended on visiting again Saturday before or after my Sis' visit from out of state. I didn't manage to make it back. I will however be ordering my kits!

Takako even posed with Gnorm! LOL! She figured if the Yarn Harlot and Yarn Pirate both did it.. why not her too!

[Teresa C]

I LOVE the HAIR! Get thee a hair dryer and curling iron, it will help and once you get the hang of it, will be quick. That from a girl who will never use a curling iron again if she can get away with it, but the dryer? A must.

I totally missed IPD. Last time I spent the day watching an America's Next Top Model
marathon. I much prefer what I did today.

[Jennifer]

Wow - You look awesome. I love the ponytail look (what's not to love about something so classic?) and the new-do is amazing.

[jody]

i clicked through to comment on your scarf (which i love), but ohmygosh your hair looks fabulous!!!

[Ruinwen]

Wow I can't decide what I love more your hair or the scarf! :)

[Nancy]

Love the hair! I'm a ponytail girl myself but it's nice to have it down for a change. Especially when it looks good:D

[gail]

Gorgeous hair do! Your hair renovation was much more successful than my recent attempt at a new do. Congratulations! And the scarf is also wonderful!

[tiennie]

Your haircut looks great!

[kathy b]

Your beauteous!

[Susan]

Vicki, that hair style is just perfect -- it looks so nice, as does the scarf. I really, really love them both.

[Julia]

Holy crap woman! You look great! That took ten years off. Really. Did you get color too? I'm calling my hairdresser. There's not much to be done with mine, but I need a lift.

[Dixie Grilley]

Love the hair! and the scarf is d*mn nice too! You were them well!

[Karen]

Wow...you hair looks really great! Awesome!

[Karen]

you=your. I hate it when I do that.

[Deb]

Great new haircut!

[Diane]

Ah, love the haircut! I think I'm ready for the same. Can you really pull it back in a pony though?

[jen]

Oooo I know I'm late on this but I had to chime in--your hair looks gorgeous!

[nova]

I am behind on...life. But I did want to say that this new haircut of yours is fabulous, as is your Argosy scarf!

[susan]

the new haircut is smokin'! love it love it love it!

[Beth S.]

You look great! :-) Especially the back--it's very sassy.