OK. I don't think I pull that phrase off as well as other people I know. I really like it though, so I keep trying.
Anyway.
I went here:
It's called Holly's House of Beauty. My trim cost $12.
Here's how it happened:
Roommie and I went to Ned's, one of the four non-fast-food restaurants in town, to get burgers one night. While I waited, the woman working started chatting me up, and she asked where I'm from. Side note: Everybody around here asks me where I'm from. I'm not sure how they can tell.
She asked if I lived in town, I told her yes, nearby, on Blahblah Street (back off, stalkers).
"Oh, you do, whereabouts?"
"In the white house across from the Business."
"Oh my gosh! Holly used to own that house! Dan!" she said, shouting over the grill at the guy cooking our burgers, "they rent Holly's old house!"
"I love that place. Nice wood floors," Dan said.
They are pretty nice.
So I got the quick rundown on Holly, where she lives now, who she lives with, and was informed that the cute little haircut shack two doors down from my house is hers.
And the thing is, I'm not doing much with my hair lately. I call the long, undyed hair my "recession 'do." I miss color and cute sassy haircuts, but a) for some uneffingbelievable reason Roommie likes my hair long and b) with my hair this long, I can get away with applying product to my hair, scrunching it, and air drying. I'm not saying I like the way it looks. But I drive an hour to work every day. If I get up early enough, I'm not going to use that time on doing my hair. I'm one of those assholes who puts on makeup in the car now.
Also, I love supporting local businesses (as the folks in Bend would say, Make Local Habit), so I called.
Holly is the best.
She talked non-stop, with one of the thickest accents I've yet to encounter. At first I was scared, because when I walked into the shop, Holly was touching up a scrubs-clad woman's long, curly mullet. They chatted about the Mullet's boss, 15 ex-boyfriends and I think probably half of the residents of our town. In between, they worked me for info about myself, starting with "where are you from baby?" (Seriously. Baby.)
As I sat down for my trim, a dad and his kid came in for a trim, and the dad, Jeff, proceeded to tease me and Holly.
"Now why'd you cut that bald patch in the back of her head?" Jeff asked.
"So Holly, you get married or you still living in sin?"
"I'm still living in sin; will you pray for me Jeff?"
So good. Holly kept punctuating everything she said with, "Oh, lordy, Jeff," but the way she said Jeff it was like, Jay-eff.
I seriously regret I didn't secretly record the chatter. I was also too chicken to take photos of the inside, but it's not nearly as cute as the outside. Not really horrifying, either. But the voices. Ohhhh the voices.
I'll bring a secret recorder next time, kids.
Oh, I did get a photo of the super adorable welcome mat:
