Hair Nerves

First of all, thanks for your votes for my hairstyle, people.  :)  I will tell you that the winner is definitely one that was posted here on the blog.....I just won't tell you which one.  If you're bored already by the fact that this post is about my hair....well, then, you probably don't want to keep reading.

Here's the deal:  If you know me, you know how important my hair is to me.  Now, have I sometimes slacked on my care of my hair due to financial struggles....yeah, sure.  But, if money were not an issue, would I have my regular trim every 6-8 weeks and use high-quality shampoo and conditioner....and my fave highlights & lowlights every 3-4 months?  You bet!  Sadly, my hair has suffered.  It's always the poor unsuspecting ones who suffer the most....  But, seriously - my hair is a big deal to me.  Always has been (at least since high school and beyond).

This means that I don't just trust anyone to do my hair.  This leads to hair nerves #1.  Someone new will be doing our hair for the wedding.  Now, this has nothing to do with our undying love for Jenn....the famed hairstylist many of you have come to know and love, as well.  Seriously.  We love her.  But, sadly.....she's gotten too fancypants now and her prices are really just more than we can afford.  So, we're pretty lucky and know some other people who do (or did) hair.  Now, I'm really okay with the lovely Chaylene who will be doing our hair for the wedding.....and I *think* she'll do a great job.  The deal is, I just don't know.  We all know how I do with not knowing, right?  Yeah, I thought so. 

The real reason for the hair nerves, though?  Pictures.  No, I'm not really nervous that I won't like my hair.  It's honestly that I won't like the rest of me in the pictures.  You see, even if I don't like the rest of me in a picture, I can usually say that I like my hair.  It's the hair....it's always the hair.  The super awesome Clare took some amazing pics of us this past weekend that we'll post some day, we swear.  But, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't look nearly as amazing if my hair were back/up.  It's because my hair is down that I like them, I'm sure.  I mean, I will admit my smile isn't weird in a lot of them and my eyes are actually open....that totally helps.  Not to mention Crissy is in them....so gorgeous right there, right?  (cheesy, I know)

So, it leaves me wondering....how happy will I be with ME if I wear my hair up for the wedding?  I mean, I know it's hot out and all....but....you know.  What if my hair pulled back and up makes for less than pretty pictures - or even less than pretty in person?  We all have insecurities, right?  Well, there you go.... mine just went public.