Hair History Repeating Itself....

I think I have a pretty good attitude on {getting bad} haircuts, that I attribute to recovering from that delightful encounter I had in fifth grade when my mom convinced me to chop off all of my haif and I learned the important lesson that "it can always grow back".  Boy have I had some doozies since then....

One of my all-time worst haircuts was shortly after I got my legit Philly job (where I am now, again).  Everyone knows, that the only way to fix a bad haircut (I ended up with a scary mullet!) is to cut more off.  So, I interviewed with long hair, but showed up to work with very short hair... In typical corporate-world protocol, one of the first things you do during your first week is get your photo taken for your work ID.  So for years, I had this truely horrendous photo of my mangled pixy-do on my ID.  I was so thankful when I came back to the company (after my NYC stint) and learned that my old photo wasn't {freakishly} on file anywhere and I would take a new photo. 

I got a haircut today. 

The color is darker, and looks great, and I decided to get bangs.  I dabbled in bangs the last time, but they were still so sweepy (because I wasn't emotionally ready for full bangs) that it didn't really change my look that much.  I was more brave today and got "real" bangs.  It looked good when she was done, but it didn't really look like me.  With the new color and the bangs across my face and the blown out straight hair, I swear, it looked like I was wearing a wig.  I learned long ago, that you don't really know how much you like a haircut until you get home and do your hair yourself.  Well, its not looking good. 

Here's the funny part (for others, less so for me): My passport expires in September.  I need to get passport photos taken soon so I can get it renewed.  Yup, this haircut is going to be my passport photo FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS.