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Leap into the unknown
Aug. 27th, 2008 12:36 pmIs there anything more frightening that going to a new hair stylist?? It's a girl thing, i can't imagine too many men would be nervous at the thought of subjecting their head to someone with scissors who hadn't applied them to their locks before. In the olden days, a woman's hair was said to be her "crowning glory". Most women, even those of us that don't fuss much with their hair, still want their hair to look ok, decent, tidy and fear a bad haircut. Yes, hair grows so if you get a haircut you really don't like, it's only temporary.
So i'm about to try a new stylist at a different establishment. Funny thing is, at the old place that i've been going, i've used several of the stylists that aren't my usual one and haven't worried but I suppose when you go to a particular salon, and you're happy with one stylist, you figure the others will be as good and i've had nothing to complain about with any of them. The only thing is, it's getting hugely expensive. I go to a spa because the gal i went to at a hair salon in the mall here moved there and i followed. I knew it would be a bit more expensive but the last time i went, i got a cut and colour and it was $100!!! I'm sure i used to pay about 70, though i'd pay the 100 if i had highlights put in as well. It seems they've upped their colour price to be the same as highlights, probably encouraging you to do that since it's the same cost. I was shocked and appalled and i've decided i'm not going to pay those rates again.
One of my friends suggested the salon in the little shopping mall where the Delta Barrington hotel is, right across the street and which is actually closer than the spa which is down in a hotel on the waterfront, a few more streets away. I went over there at lunch to talk to them and though they didn't have any record of my friend (which is odd, but maybe i got the location wrong of the place she goes), i decided to give them a try anyway. Friday. She told me that they only charge $50 for a cut and colour for someone with my length hair which is short or no longer than collar length).
Yeah, that's more like it. My only qualm is that this studio is fairly new in a location that's had quite a few different retail stores in it over the last few years. I half expect to get used to it and then have them move out or close down. Still, in a hotel, you'd think they might do ok. Looks like they do manicures and pedicures too though the woman that does my pedicures now is fine so i shall probably not change that.
A new salon and new stylist that apparently is not the one my friend goes to but i suppose it'll be ok. Stay tuned on that one.
In other news, i had a call from one of the workers at the cemetery. Before anyone freaks out, remember, i work for the City of Halifax and one of our departments looks after all the HRM owned cemeteries. I've done application work for them in the past as well. Anyway. The headstone for the grave of my friend Carole who died last year is going to be installed very soon, probably Friday afternoon. I'd been talking to him awhile back and asked him to let me know when it was going to be installed and he remembered. A few of us here in the office wanted to go and set flowers on her grave when the stone was put down so i will let them know, too. Last month, I visited the bench that we'd donated to Shubie Park. I knew it was the one year anniversary of the weekend i'd found out she'd died and then later realized, because this is a leap year, it was actually on the anniversary date. I also heard that the plaque on the bench was stolen and had to be replaced by the parks people. I hope they put the same wording on it.
So i'm about to try a new stylist at a different establishment. Funny thing is, at the old place that i've been going, i've used several of the stylists that aren't my usual one and haven't worried but I suppose when you go to a particular salon, and you're happy with one stylist, you figure the others will be as good and i've had nothing to complain about with any of them. The only thing is, it's getting hugely expensive. I go to a spa because the gal i went to at a hair salon in the mall here moved there and i followed. I knew it would be a bit more expensive but the last time i went, i got a cut and colour and it was $100!!! I'm sure i used to pay about 70, though i'd pay the 100 if i had highlights put in as well. It seems they've upped their colour price to be the same as highlights, probably encouraging you to do that since it's the same cost. I was shocked and appalled and i've decided i'm not going to pay those rates again.
One of my friends suggested the salon in the little shopping mall where the Delta Barrington hotel is, right across the street and which is actually closer than the spa which is down in a hotel on the waterfront, a few more streets away. I went over there at lunch to talk to them and though they didn't have any record of my friend (which is odd, but maybe i got the location wrong of the place she goes), i decided to give them a try anyway. Friday. She told me that they only charge $50 for a cut and colour for someone with my length hair which is short or no longer than collar length).
Yeah, that's more like it. My only qualm is that this studio is fairly new in a location that's had quite a few different retail stores in it over the last few years. I half expect to get used to it and then have them move out or close down. Still, in a hotel, you'd think they might do ok. Looks like they do manicures and pedicures too though the woman that does my pedicures now is fine so i shall probably not change that.
A new salon and new stylist that apparently is not the one my friend goes to but i suppose it'll be ok. Stay tuned on that one.
In other news, i had a call from one of the workers at the cemetery. Before anyone freaks out, remember, i work for the City of Halifax and one of our departments looks after all the HRM owned cemeteries. I've done application work for them in the past as well. Anyway. The headstone for the grave of my friend Carole who died last year is going to be installed very soon, probably Friday afternoon. I'd been talking to him awhile back and asked him to let me know when it was going to be installed and he remembered. A few of us here in the office wanted to go and set flowers on her grave when the stone was put down so i will let them know, too. Last month, I visited the bench that we'd donated to Shubie Park. I knew it was the one year anniversary of the weekend i'd found out she'd died and then later realized, because this is a leap year, it was actually on the anniversary date. I also heard that the plaque on the bench was stolen and had to be replaced by the parks people. I hope they put the same wording on it.
