What was I thinking?!?

So, the last time I got my hair cut was the week before our wedding, 9 months ago.

This is what I look like most days...it just ends up in a pony tail.

Days I actually do my hair it is some variation of this ... it's long. ...it WAS long...

I've been talking about cutting my hair for a while now, but just never did it... then Molly said she'd go and get hers cut too... so I made appointments and we went the next day. I wasn't quite sure what i wanted to have done, but I had some ideas. The girl took my hair down from it's usual ponytail (that's why it's all gross and kinky in the pictures) and then asked how short I wanted to go. I told her just at my shoulders, and that it has to be able to go in a pony tail still (caust that's just what I do). She said, "You know...I wonder how much...hmmm.... Have you ever thought about doing Locks of Love?" Yes, I'd thought about it...in fact I did it about 5 or 6 years ago, my senior year of high school. I thought of doing it again, but about a month ago measured how short it would be if I got the required 10 inches cut off, and it was shorter than I wanted to go. I figured if I waited until June or something it would be long enough to do that. ...but there I was, in the chair in early February. To be honest, I had kind of forgotten that I was thinking about doing that again, or maybe I wouldn't have gone to get it cut yesterday. So I told her I had thought about it, but wanted it to be long enough for a pony tail. "Oh, we can do that, no problem," was her reply. Yeah right. So, she called her supervisor over to take a look (we went to the Paul Mitchell School, where they are all students so they have to get their 'learning leader' to approve, advise, and fix their mistakes as they go along. (bytheway, I asked this girl how long she'd been in school there. It's a 2 year program and she finishes in April. ...In my opinion she should have had a little more confidence, but I am glad...VERY glad...she did ask for so much help). So, Learning Leader comes over and advises, they divide my hair into two pig tails, he leaves, and she chops. AAAKKKKK!!! That is SHORT!!!! The girl asked me about 35 times if I was ok while I was sitting there. Apparently I looked like I was going to cry the whole time. I wasn't going to cry, although it was quite short. I was just going to fall asleep. So, an hour and a half later, here I am...

I don't think my hair has been this short since I was in kindergarden. It's taking a LOT of getting used to, and I'm not sure how to fix it yet. I tried for a flipped-out look this morning and I don't really know how well it worked. I feel like a mushroom head. That is not a desirable feeling, bytheway. Upon Molly's recommendation, I got bangs. I like the way they look, but they just won't stay to the side like they're supposed to.

Do you think this stuff works?