"had a fantastic chat with the cashier about the role of strong women in history!" - that sounds just the sort of conversation I have in bookshops! And I love the sound of Isabella and will ask daughter whether she has it before I sneak off to add it to my tbr pile! She read medieval studies at Uni and read a lot of fiction about the period, too because she just loves it! Hairdresser - well, I have a great hairdresser who has been cutting my hair for 26 years and now cuts my daughter's hair, too. Our kids were born about the same time and we've compared notes on their lives and ours all the way along, so he's a friend, too. I have quite strong wavy hair, though and unless it's really well cut, it looks horrendous and I get totally neurotic about it and it spoils my whole life then. Not that I'm very good at doing any fancy stuff in between but it does at least lie tidily! On the rare occasions when I have tried someone else, (like when I was living in Surrey - his salon is in Cheltenham!)I have regretted it. I go about every 6-8 weeks and always make it a treat day by having lunch in Cheltenham, too and trying not to get carried away in the bookshops! But if, for any reason, I couldn't have my hair cut by him, I think I might have real trouble finding someone else. Obsessive, moi?! It seems to be love or hate with most people, though, doesn't it! Stuart has clients who come to him while they are visiting family all the way from Saudi Arabia, so obviously a lot of women don't want to change once they have found a decent hairdresser!
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Date: 2007-01-15 05:10 pm (UTC)Hairdresser - well, I have a great hairdresser who has been cutting my hair for 26 years and now cuts my daughter's hair, too. Our kids were born about the same time and we've compared notes on their lives and ours all the way along, so he's a friend, too. I have quite strong wavy hair, though and unless it's really well cut, it looks horrendous and I get totally neurotic about it and it spoils my whole life then. Not that I'm very good at doing any fancy stuff in between but it does at least lie tidily! On the rare occasions when I have tried someone else, (like when I was living in Surrey - his salon is in Cheltenham!)I have regretted it. I go about every 6-8 weeks and always make it a treat day by having lunch in Cheltenham, too and trying not to get carried away in the bookshops! But if, for any reason, I couldn't have my hair cut by him, I think I might have real trouble finding someone else. Obsessive, moi?! It seems to be love or hate with most people, though, doesn't it! Stuart has clients who come to him while they are visiting family all the way from Saudi Arabia, so obviously a lot of women don't want to change once they have found a decent hairdresser!