The Hair Thing...and Tea

[scarlettina]

When I was more regularly employed, I used to spend more money that I ever felt comfortable spending to make sure my hair color was good and my hair was cut in a way such that it would grow out continuing to look good. When work became less regular, I learned to color my hair myself (always remembering that, as the packaging said, contact between contents and eyes may cause blindness). The last time I had it cut was probably sometime last spring, maybe more.

Well, now that I'm regularly employed again, I decided it was time to go back to the expensive place because I really wanted to treat myself. And it was still expensive, but I've decided that it was totally worth it. It was relaxing. It was indulgent. I read the latest issues of Rolling Stone and O (how's that for a combination?). I enjoyed not one but two cups of excellent tea. I got a scalp massage, good hair color that we'll transition to slightly lighter and a tiny bit redder later this spring, a nice cut, and mindless girl banter. I came away feeling much better about myself, much more presentable, and with a cut that I can wear curly or straight if I want to.

And I realized tonight that tea has become something really comforting to me. I'm not a green tea drinker; I'm really a devoted black tea drinker. Having my black tea tonight at the salon while I waited for my colorist, and then enjoying another cup while my hair was being cut, felt so civilized, such a pleasure (or, as my mother used to say, such a machiah). And it's such a little thing. I drink a cup or two a day, usually just after I start work in the morning, and I realized tonight that it just really makes everything a little less stressful. It makes you slow down and just enjoy things a little more. This is a goodness.

Ahhhh...

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That end of the market has a lot of construction going on there. Don't know why, but we didn't look around for explanations.