I wanted to let my own private Santa and the internets know that I am now waiting for the post-holiday call back from a woman who cuts my hair, so that I may schedule an appointment to bring my hair into the year 2006 with pride, and not shame.
It has been so long since I have ventured to her salon (March maybe?), that when I left the message, I felt obliged to remind her of who I am by virtue of a friend of mine who has seen her for years.
Never mind that in my flustered excitement to be speaking with the voice-mail system for a live, actual, hairstylist’s salon, I managed to get the pertinent information about what I wanted to get done, and just in case she couldn’t place me, I gave the woman’s machine the name of our mutual friend. Except the name I gave was from before her unfortunate divorce – which took place in May.
Yeah, slip me in, okay, because sounding like a half-assed name dropper is always a hit with appointment makers. In reality I was simply concerned that she’d be like, “Boulder? Who the hell is Boulder?” Now she'll think of me as, "That Boulder, she's an incorrect name dropping, trashy whore."
I then sat there with my cell phone for a good 5 minutes trying to decide if I should call back and say, “Yes, hi. It is Boulder. Sorry about the wrong name. I know about the divorce, but my blonde spoke before thinking (I mean what blonde thinks much anyway,) and well you know what hell that can be, right?” But, alas, I decided maybe that would simply draw more attention to my message. We’ll see what she says when I get the call back for date and time of appointment.
At least I’m going to dinner with this friend in January, and know she’ll laugh when I describe my dilemma from an afternoon this week, and how hard it was to not call back to continue making an ass of myself!
I think I’ll let the hair shock her, and then she won’t even remember the message. Yeah, that should do it. I cannot wait. Even if I am a name-dropping, trashy whore.
WOW. Appearance really impacts one's self esteem. I can't remember when I've felt such self doubt.
Joy is just around the corner in my personal grooming world.
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