Sometimes a girl needs a change....

I have been going through piles of magazines trying to find a new haircut. It hits you that you need to change things up a bit when you realize it's been 10 months since your last visit to a hair salon. (I'm ultra-embarrassed to admit this.) I distinctly remember my last haircut, simply because the scent of permanent solution in the small little hair shop nearly made me sick (I was easing out of morning sickness at that time).

I am trying to get a new look without changing too much about my hair. I think I want to keep the color as is, and I don't want to take off more than one inch off of the longest layer. (So that proves that I am NOT going to get a "new mommy" haircut, if you know what that is.)

What is this drive in females that make us feel as if we need to reinvent ourselves or our style every few months? Is it to make our men want us more...as we continuously throw them for a loop as far as what we'll look like when he walks in the door at night? Is it mainly an issue of a need for self worth? Or is it nothing more than just a fashion statement, a way of staying with the times?

I guess it's different for every girl out there. Me? I am just needing to remind myself that, though I'm a mom now, that does not mean that I have to drive a big SUV and wear a peppy ponytail every day, nor do I have to start donning teacher sweaters. I'm sure many, many moms out there will agree with me that having children makes it ten times more important that they look (and thus FEEL) young.

So, thanks to all of you who've given me hair, beauty, and style advice. You're helping more than you know....

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