I know, you can't really tell what it looks like in the After photo, but you get the idea. It's short. The challenge was to achieve short hair without looking like a pinhead or emphasising how enormously overweight I am. Long hair, although beautiful and flattering, is a royal pain to maintain, not to mention requiring two boxes of hair dye to color. So, a compromise. Masako, bold and insanely perky as ever, came up with a great cut which minimizes my double chin yet still conveys a trendy modernity. The odd part is rediscovering how wavy my hair is when it's short. It hasn't been this short in three years. In fact, when I think of how many inches of hair I've had cut in those three years I think I can safely say if I had not cut it at all it would now be down to my waist. Mercy.

To celebrate my new stylish look I dropped by Macy's sale and scored two pairs of pants and an irridescent violet-blue blouse plus some black leather clogs. Nine times out of ten I go shopping and buy nothing at all so I felt giddy with success. Also, it makes a nice beginning on my new wardrobe. I plan to excise about half of what I own as not fitting or not being up to date, but I can't get rid of things until I have the basic replacements. The new fall color scheme is reddish purple, brick red, tawny gold, and dove grey for those who are also color addicts. I haven't worn red of any shade for years, so this is a big change. Maybe I'll change my haircolor, too. It'll certainly be a lot easier now.

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