Skinhead

Haha, I did something rather stupid yesterday. I had been thinking for a while to have my hair cut but I'm fed up with pay extortionate prices for hair dressers when the wont cut my hair the way I want it. They always leave it too long and there is some excuse about it sticking up etc as to why they can't. What's wrong with sticking up anyway? I spend ages trying to make it stick up but as soon as it's dry it flops down again.

So, eventually, I got the idea to cut it myself, using the clippers that I use on Chris. Our biggest guard thing is size 4 so I thought that should be okay for the top and then I would have to use size 2 for the back and sides as size 3 is broken.

I was a little nervous when I started but thought, what the heck, whatever happens it will grow back. I started with the size 2 and shaved all the sides and what I could reach of the back. It wasn't looking too bad at all at this stage since I hadn't touched the top at all.

Then I changed the guards and finished off the top. Oooooops! It was a lot (and I mean a lot) shorter than I anticipated. Oh my God, I think I shall have to wear a hat, was the only thought I could get through.

Chris came back and I hid behind my bedroom door and asked if I could borrow his baseball cap. "Why" did he reply. I said "I just want to borrow it, isn't that okay?" He must have been thinking that something was odd at this stage. "Why do you want to borrow it, what have you done?" he said and barged the door open.

His face looked hilarious. I wish I could describe the initial shock and the later amusement that he displayed. Quite clearly, he just couldn't believe his eyes. Then it turned out that I had missed a lot at the back which were sticking out as a hen's backside. He couldn't stop laughing for ages. Eventually, he offered to tidy it up for me.

I put on a winter hat and felt rather foolish going in to Longton to get myself a baseball cap, wearing it when there was no snow or frost about. I managed to get a brand new, genuine Puma hat for 50p, with the authentication label still intact. What a bargain.

Later on I met Helen and she immediately wanted to know why I was wearing a hat. However, when I said my head felt cold, she seemed to accept it okay. However, later on in the evening she suddenly snatched the hat of my head. She was pleasantly surprised and shouted "Oh, I like it, it suits you" I could tell that she really meant it. She said "You don't need to hide it from me, I think it looks great".

By now, I'm actually getting used to it, and I am feeling quite pleased that I was brave enough to try it. So if anyone else has thought of doing something like this. I would say go for it. You might surprise yourself.