Happy haircut

Valentines Day seems to have passed with a whimper, thank goodness, and has been barely noted in our house. Neither of my parents bought the other anything, and I was extremely happy that I was not one of the hundreds of people running around the centre of Oxford today buying chocolates and last minute gifts. I can't remember the last time I was single on Valentines Day, but I could get used to it!!

Today I cashed in my birthday gift from my parents and got my hair cut. I now have a lot less hair (which isn't necessarily a good thing, since my hair is fairly fine anyway, and as she was cutting I was slightly perturbed at the loss) but it looks rather good. I just kind of let the hairdresser do whatever (though my mother was urging her from the background to "do something radical" which luckily she ignored) and I now look nothing like me. In a good way though, I hope. And I have to say, I now really want a head massage, because the shampoo girl was really good with her hands and I could have just sat there and had my head shampooed for hours. Hairdressers rock. I shall show my new shaggy dog look off later this week in Manchester, so friends - prepare yourselves....

I also came home with an adapter so I can actually plug my laptop in to the UK power supply ( didn't think of this until I went to charge it - duh) and a poncho. Yes, I know the word 'poncho' is enough to chill the hearts of most of the population, myself included, but it is actually very inoffensive. It's light blue, wool, and more of a shawl than a poncho. I think M&S only called it that because it sounded more trendy than a shawl. Anyway, even though my mother told me that the only person ever to pull off the wearing of a poncho was Clint Eastwood, I bought it. If nothing else, it's damn warm, and living as my parents do in a 300 year old house, warmth is highly desirable. I must stop buying random items or I am never going to get my baggage home without going over my allowance.

Anyway, even though I reasoned that I should not write a post if I have nothing interesting to say (after reading god knows how many others recently that have droned on about absolute bollocks) I seem to have forgotten my oath, and rambled about my shopping trip. Please forgive me. Hope everyone is well. When I get to a computer which does not rely on dial-up I will read what you're all doing!