In a pinch

I'm not proud...

But today I went to Cost Cutters in Iowa City to just get the back of my hair trimmed.  I NEEDED a haircut so badly, but I'm been very frivolous with my money for the past few weeks, and I didn't think that I could splurge on another G Spot Salon haircut until after the 1st of the month. 

The goal going into this haircut was to just have the back trimmed up and leave the front completely intact so that I Angela will still be the one desiging my hair.  (Though, I did feel like I was cheating a little bit.)  Here are some before photos (Thanks BTW to my wonderful boyfriend, Michael.  He got some awesome shots (obviously not of just me) during our trip to the botanical gardens.  I'll include a flower photo,  too!):

Front of my hair at the Botanical Gardens

Back of my hair at the Botanical Gardens

Beautiful tulips at the Botanical Gardens in STL

Below are some (poor) post haircut photos. It feels much cleaner and I'm one step closer to a bob!

RIGHTEOUS. RIGHTEOUS.

So, apparently the only surfer quotes I know are from Finding Nemo.

My hair has officially hit "Surfer Dude" stage.  If you don't know what that is, it falls directly between Justin Bieber and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (thanks, Melinda).  Here are a couple of examples of what this looks like exactly:

25th Birthday Cake

Apparently I cook a lot.

The only styles available to me currently are:

1. Everything blow dried to the left (pictured)
2. Awkward side part (will NEVER be pictured)
3. Bam Bam Ponytail on the back of my head with a headband (you may see a photo of that later)

I'll be honest, I'm REALLY struggling with this one.  People are starting to notice that I'm purposefully growing my hair out at this point, and everyone is like "Awww, why are you growing it out?  It looks so good short!"  Then I just have to say "Back off. My hair, my bidness!" However, thanks to this blog, I'm able to see how far I've come which makes the rest of the journey seem just a little more possible.  

Stay tuned for more updates. Peace.