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I Did OK With the Hair

Katie-Holmes

I look pretty good, huh?

lol  Well, I may not be as cute as Katie Holmes, but my home hair coloring project did turn out ok.  It is similar in color to Katie's at least.  No grey roots showing, and I did not trash the bathroom.

My hairdresser gave me explicit instructions, and I was using the same products she uses, so I couldn't really go too far off the track.  It did come out a shade or two darker than when my hairdresser takes care of me, but the results are even and look natural.  No hints of purple or burgundy.

Isn't that the worst, when you see some poor woman who has dyed her own hair and it is a distinct burgundy shade?  Not a good look.

Now that the kids are in Disneyland, I feel like all I want to do is put on my jammies and stay in bed until the wedding this weekend.  But I can't. I have to work every second until Thursday night.  I swear I have been steaming wrinkled trousers, folding the same damn sweaters umpteen times, and waiting on customers who are super labor intensive.  Gosh, when I go shopping, I do not want ANYONE'S opinion.  I know what I like and what looks good on me.   I just can't understand women who need a sales person to stand hostage in the fitting room giving advice and suggestions.  "Do you want to try a size up?' (To the poor schmuck who is squeezed into the size 10 and needs at least a 16). "Is that puce a color that goes with other things in your wardrobe?"  "Oh, that dusty violet really suits your hair coloring, and look how it coordinates with those grey jeans and your pebbled leather bag".  And when they waltz out of the fitting room, wagging their behind in the adorable skinny jeans, you KNOW all they want to hear is you squealing, "Oh, how cuuuuuuuuute!"  It's ok, that is what they pay me to do.

I waited on a woman today, who was like that.  She was made up like a burlesque queen, and was wearing a huge hat (sort of like the ones in yesterday's post).  She was buying a tweed suit jacket that she claimed she planned to wear ***golfing*** (I do not make this up, Friends).  She couldn't decide between the Extra Small or the Small size, just kept holding up the two jackets in front of her over and over.  She didnt' want to take off the hat and mess up her hair by actually trying them on, don't you know.  Plus, she had a diamond ring on that had a stone the size of a GOLF BALL, I kid you not.  Do you think she takes it off when she plays golf in her Chanel suit jackets?  My colleague and I had to keep the store open an extra half hour after closing while she held us captive while she decided.  Her husband ( who was at least 40 years older than her–that would make him about 120), just sat in a chair in a coma while she shopped. 

Yup, life in the fast lane, that's me.  Home dye job and all.

44 responses to “I Did OK With the Hair”

  1. Happy to hear the hair color went smoothly!! And I can soooo relate to your retail stories! I worked in women’s retail for many years (probably one of your competitors!) – I’m sure we could tell stories for hours.

  2. Happy to hear the hair color went smoothly!! And I can soooo relate to your retail stories! I worked in women’s retail for many years (probably one of your competitors!) – I’m sure we could tell stories for hours.

  3. Oh my goodness. I thought that kind of stuff was only fodder for movies, lol. But, where did I think they came up with it????
    I don’t think I would be very good at your job, lol.

  4. Oh my goodness. I thought that kind of stuff was only fodder for movies, lol. But, where did I think they came up with it????
    I don’t think I would be very good at your job, lol.

  5. I am still laughing. My daughter used to work at the Gap, and came home with interesting stories also – so some kinds of shoppers span the economic range. She’s like you – efficient, lone shopper. She would just come home and shake her head.
    Congrats on the dye job. That must be a huge relief!

  6. I am still laughing. My daughter used to work at the Gap, and came home with interesting stories also – so some kinds of shoppers span the economic range. She’s like you – efficient, lone shopper. She would just come home and shake her head.
    Congrats on the dye job. That must be a huge relief!

  7. So where is the finish photo. I am sitting on the edge of my seat….As for your customer….Don’t you just love working with the “Public” and all that that intails.lol. Is that how you spell intails?entails, entales . oh well, you know what I mean right? Hope you have a great day.

  8. So where is the finish photo. I am sitting on the edge of my seat….As for your customer….Don’t you just love working with the “Public” and all that that intails.lol. Is that how you spell intails?entails, entales . oh well, you know what I mean right? Hope you have a great day.

  11. Wonderful! Humans, yep, we are all a strange group………sad sometimes, money can not buy wellness…….when the rich are at the end of their sad life, sometimes, just sometimes, the true self eeks out…..I’ll end on my philosophy 101….

  12. Wonderful! Humans, yep, we are all a strange group………sad sometimes, money can not buy wellness…….when the rich are at the end of their sad life, sometimes, just sometimes, the true self eeks out…..I’ll end on my philosophy 101….

  13. home hair coloring is always nerve wracking…glad your came out okay…your stories about the cutsomers are hilarious…especially since I’m one of those folks who want to be left alone to do my own shopping…I used to be a waitress and “the ladies who lunch” drove us insane!!!

  14. home hair coloring is always nerve wracking…glad your came out okay…your stories about the cutsomers are hilarious…especially since I’m one of those folks who want to be left alone to do my own shopping…I used to be a waitress and “the ladies who lunch” drove us insane!!!

  15. I am laughing…thanks so much for the fun story…reminds me of some of the tales my parents would tell about their days at work (when I was a kid they both worked in hotels on the Las Vegas strip…lots of stories I tell you)!

  16. I am laughing…thanks so much for the fun story…reminds me of some of the tales my parents would tell about their days at work (when I was a kid they both worked in hotels on the Las Vegas strip…lots of stories I tell you)!

  17. Did you hear about the passing of Bonnie Leman, the founder of Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine. She died over the weekend. She started it all for me and this is a big loss for the quilt world.
    Karen L.

  18. Did you hear about the passing of Bonnie Leman, the founder of Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine. She died over the weekend. She started it all for me and this is a big loss for the quilt world.
    Karen L.

  19. Applause on your bravery and success in coloring your hair! Well done!
    As for some of your customers, puleeze! Money doesn’t automatically equal good sense, does it?
    Hugs!

  20. Applause on your bravery and success in coloring your hair! Well done!
    As for some of your customers, puleeze! Money doesn’t automatically equal good sense, does it?
    Hugs!

  21. Working with the public is challenging, I did it for 20+ years, still do as a LA quilter. I was going to re enter the world of retail and was meeting with a manager. A customer came in to return a belt she bought for her guy. It was the wrong size. The mgr asked if she needed bigger or smaller, she didn’t know. I looked at her and said “If you don’t know, how do you expect him to know”. After she left, I took the mgr out for coffee and we laughed when I told him, Nope, I can’t go back into retail! He was a friend so it was no big deal.

  22. Working with the public is challenging, I did it for 20+ years, still do as a LA quilter. I was going to re enter the world of retail and was meeting with a manager. A customer came in to return a belt she bought for her guy. It was the wrong size. The mgr asked if she needed bigger or smaller, she didn’t know. I looked at her and said “If you don’t know, how do you expect him to know”. After she left, I took the mgr out for coffee and we laughed when I told him, Nope, I can’t go back into retail! He was a friend so it was no big deal.

  23. Hey – you look great, Nicole! Im so glad you won’t be wearing any of those big hats to the wedding, now! I laughed so hard about that poor husband comatose in the chair! Reminds me of customers in my old Mailbox business who would want to open every box in the store to see if they were getting the right size – even though I had them all displayed open! People are funny!
    Cheers!

  24. Hey – you look great, Nicole! Im so glad you won’t be wearing any of those big hats to the wedding, now! I laughed so hard about that poor husband comatose in the chair! Reminds me of customers in my old Mailbox business who would want to open every box in the store to see if they were getting the right size – even though I had them all displayed open! People are funny!
    Cheers!

  27. Nicole
    Too funny. Best we all remember that $$ does not = common sense it’s just made up of a lot of little cents.
    I am sure the new “do” looks great.
    Patty

  28. Nicole
    Too funny. Best we all remember that $$ does not = common sense it’s just made up of a lot of little cents.
    I am sure the new “do” looks great.
    Patty

  29. You’re waiting on people that appear to be emotionally ‘needy’. They suck up stranger’s time because they have no one else they can do that to…except for the man sleeping in the chair! ;0
    Golfing? Maybe she was going to sit in the cart while others golfed…i’ve seen that many times in Hawaii…I can’t IMAGINE how boring and slow 5 to 6 hours would pass to play 18 holes. No thanks. I wave to the hubby and tell him, “Have a GREAT time on the course!”

  30. You’re waiting on people that appear to be emotionally ‘needy’. They suck up stranger’s time because they have no one else they can do that to…except for the man sleeping in the chair! ;0
    Golfing? Maybe she was going to sit in the cart while others golfed…i’ve seen that many times in Hawaii…I can’t IMAGINE how boring and slow 5 to 6 hours would pass to play 18 holes. No thanks. I wave to the hubby and tell him, “Have a GREAT time on the course!”

  31. Glad your hair turned out for you. As for your job, I hate to shop, have never worked retail, and never want to. You make my job of keeping 22 4th graders in line look much more enjoyable! It’s a good thing you can laugh about it.

  32. Glad your hair turned out for you. As for your job, I hate to shop, have never worked retail, and never want to. You make my job of keeping 22 4th graders in line look much more enjoyable! It’s a good thing you can laugh about it.

  33. Ok Nicole where is the photo of the new hair colour? You make me laugh with your stories from work.you should write A book about them it would be A best seller.
    Hugs Mary.

  34. Ok Nicole where is the photo of the new hair colour? You make me laugh with your stories from work.you should write A book about them it would be A best seller.
    Hugs Mary.

  35. I am relieved to hear that your hair turned out fine. My first and only experience was awful, the dye stained the skin around my face where it dripped down and then after a few days of being in the sun, my 7 y/o niece told me I looked like Rainbow Brite with orange hair (I am a brunette). I was devastated . . .

  36. I am relieved to hear that your hair turned out fine. My first and only experience was awful, the dye stained the skin around my face where it dripped down and then after a few days of being in the sun, my 7 y/o niece told me I looked like Rainbow Brite with orange hair (I am a brunette). I was devastated . . .

  37. boy and I like that cut too! Wish my hair was that shiny!
    Love your woes of work today – boy, I guess I am glad I am a confident person (even if I don’t like the size, shape, etc…)I don’t need to hear it said by someone i don’t know, who would probably rather get her stuff done so she could go home :0) only a short time until your family wedding – have a blast with your pretty hair!

  38. boy and I like that cut too! Wish my hair was that shiny!
    Love your woes of work today – boy, I guess I am glad I am a confident person (even if I don’t like the size, shape, etc…)I don’t need to hear it said by someone i don’t know, who would probably rather get her stuff done so she could go home :0) only a short time until your family wedding – have a blast with your pretty hair!

  41. Oh yes, I remember why I like to read your blog. Humor in daily life.
    Have a lovely wedding trip.

  42. Oh yes, I remember why I like to read your blog. Humor in daily life.
    Have a lovely wedding trip.