Hair Today

It's supposed to signify something, changing your hair.

At least, it says so in the women's magazines. Hair is important in fairy tales too.  And when I googled "what does it mean when a woman cuts her hair?" just now, there seem to be all sorts of old wives' tales and urban myths about power and sexuality.

I don't think it's that, though.

I reckon it's something simpler. There's no question that women get new hairstyles at significant times in their lives, watershed moments, times of crisis. The end of a relationship is a typical example (Diana), the end of a period of your life (Emma, looking UnHermione, above). In my opinion, a dramatic change of hairstyle is an easy way of saying to the world: "Look, I've changed".

So what does it mean that last week I had my hair cut and coloured at a new hairdressers, and came out with a shorter, blonder style? Which I then decided I didn't like, so went back to my old hairdressers today to have it re-coloured? Going local turning out, in the end, to be a false economy of epic proportions, as I have now spent £366 on it in the last fortnight - unbelievable.

Was last week the pivotal moment? Or this week? Or both?  It's been a time of leaving things behind and moving on to new stages. It's left my hair feeling confused, but underneath the reddish, blondish, and sometimes greyish strands, my head is in the right place.