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A couple of days ago Mr P and I realized we had been married 5 months already—whoa! I decided to celebrate this milestone by freeing my husband from the thing he proclaims to be the only downside of marrying me—having to deal with my hair.
My poor husband was being attacked by my hair. I kid you not. My locks had grown out of control post wedding, reaching down to the small of my back. I never really set out to grow my hair long, it just sort of grew out of my laziness. I tend to be a person who “sheds” a fair amount and at that length it was a wee bit out of control.
“Oh don’t mind that tumbleweed of Pretzel’s locks blowing across the living room floor.” Eww gross!
Exhibit A: the fruits of my lazy
To be fair to Mr P, I desperately wanted to chop my hair for a while now; I prefer short hair and the novelty of my hair being the “longest ever” had wore off. I figured I would go in for an inverted bob—a style I have rocked a time or two in the past.
I love me a bob!
As I was in the chair, explaining my desired cut to my stylist I felt a little very lame playing it safe, so I amended my request and asked for something that I haven’t had in 20 years.
BANGS!
The last time I had them it *might* have been the 1980s and I *may* have used copious amounts of hairspray to have them defy gravity. I have to say that I love my new do!
It’s a little freaky how dark and glossy my hair looks with this cut—I didn’t dye it though. Here is a more true to life picture.
I always love seeing post wedding chops and I am glad I went big for mine. Mr P and I have been having fun brainstorming who I could be for Halloween with this new do—so far I have:
and Hetty Lange from NCIS Los Angeles
But funny Halloween costumes aside, one of the main reasons I didn’t cut it immediately after the wedding was because it was getting close to the donation length for Locks of Love. I wanted to be absolutely sure that my donation would be accepted. My Dad’s family carries the BRCA1 breast cancer gene (I do not) and my cousin had two bouts with aggressive breast cancer. Donating my hair to this great cause was very important to me.
Success!
If you are thinking about a PWC and want to donate to locks of love here are some general guidelines (according to the locks of love website)
Oh, and Mr P is over the moon for my new look. As for finding my hair everywhere, together we vacuumed up the last “pretzel tumbleweeds” this weekend.
Are you going big with a PWC?
Forgive me if I am being dumb, but what is grey hair used for if not in the hairpieces.
Another option for donating is Pantene’s Beautiful Lengths; I know you’ve already donated, but other bees considering it might want to look into the program, which provides wigs to women undergoing chemotherapy. Locks of Love has come under criticism for some of its practices and also does not provide wigs to cancer patients.
I’ve donated to Locks of Love before and very well may do it again after our wedding. My Mr. has also said he thinks I’d look good as a dark red-head (a la the younger sister on Better With You)… so I may make it occasion to dye my hair for the first time ever as well!
Love the new hair! I can’t wait to cut mine off and donate it after our wedding.
@heather25: the grey hair is sold to help offset the cost of creating hair pieces.
Love it. 2 years ago i had short brown hair with bangs and went as velma. I went to a bar halloween party and someone was dressed as scooby.
This year i went as daria since i’ve been letting my hair grow out.
You look great!
I did locks of love years ago but haven’t since. I could chop off the 10 inches, but I don’t like short hair on me.
I do need a hair cut though. I’m really liking Kate Middleton’s style. I might go for that!
you look, in a word, amazing! you’re so lucky you can pull that hairstyle off. it’s fantastic.
I love it! I wish I could have bangs like that. My hair is too thin.
you look FAB, amy! i love bangs and you give me the courage i’m lacking for my PWC.
Very cute cut! When I first saw the pictures, I thought a very modern Velma 
Oh man, I totally need a PWC. Gonna donate it too! Thanks for the tips! Your bob looks great on you!
Dude you look adorable! No kidding, I don’t know if I would have even recognized you, it is so different.
@heather25: Most of the hair donated to Locks of Love doesn’t go into hairpieces anyways; it’s one of the reasons they have come under a lot of criticism. They sell a majority of the hair they receive, and only give a few hundred wigs away a year (because processed, American hair isn’t worth nearly as much as the stuff they have to buy to make decent wigs). They also only give wigs to children suffering from long-term hair loss (not cancer), and most of their wigs aren’t free, they are sold on a sliding scale (which still makes them much more expensive than an artificial wig). Yes, they are still doing a good thing, but it really bothers me how much they mislead donors into thinking that their hair is going to go free to a kid with cancer, when 90% of the time it doesn’t.
@Leprechaun: Definitely. My local cancer agency has a list of companies who do use the hair to make wigs for cancer patients, and when I get my PWC I will be donating to one of those instead.
@missbiscuit: Ohhh Red is fun, I’ve been a red head a time or two!
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Mrs. Pretzel, Seattle Age and Occupation: 32 Learning, Training, and Development Specialist Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28 Manufacturing Engineer Engagement Date: September 2, 2009 Wedding Date: July 2010 Venue: Catholic Church & The Engine Room at Georgetown Studios About Me: I’m just a thirty-something girl who never dreamed of weddings, poofy dresses, or ritzy receptions. I am a rabid knitter, except recently, wedding projects have replaced my yarn and needles. I’ve been fiercely independent since the age of 2 and 30 years later I think my family and friends had given up on me settling down and getting married. Ironically, I had to go all the way to Seattle to find a boy from Purdue. We fell in love over Seattle Beers and cooking together. I love NASCAR, he loves Legos. I can talk like a Muppet and he can fit a whole McDonald’s cheeseburger in his mouth. We are a two reception couple, currently planning a brewery inspired bash.
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