Ah, the magical Annette.
She repaired my ravaged and migrating eyebrows, and vanished my greying roots. She darkened my hair so that my mother may recognize me when I next visit my parents. She performed the scalp massage that causes my eyes to roll back in my head and my shoes to fall off my feet.
Blow drying, brushing, trimming, and applying the smoothing iron, while chatting with me and helping me find the latest People magazine.
I drove home at 7:00, looking once again like a woman who actually tries to be presentable. In a cloud of hairspray, the skin around my eyebrows pink from waxing, a feeling of blissful calm from the top of my head to the bottoms of my feet.
NEVER underestimate the healing power of being pampered.
Stumble It!
4 Comments
November 12, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Wow. That Annette must be something else!
November 12, 2009 at 10:06 pm
So your eyes roll back in your head too? lol Nothing like a great scalp massage to ease the woes.
Di
November 13, 2009 at 7:43 am
Amen, sister! I get a pedicure and a manicure every two weeks, and it is wonderful. Plus, I’m supporting the sweet girl who does my nails – she’s a young Angolan woman working her way through law school. So it benefits both of us.
November 13, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Absolutely true. When my mom was my age, she had her hair “done” at least once a week. On my way to work this morning, I stopped and treated myself to a shampoo/blow dry at a cheap salon. It was only $15.00. I figured, as long as I’m not getting cut or color, no damage could be done. I was right! For $15.00, I got an ego boost that will last two days. Well worth it.