Socks and Hair

           Just recently, a friend posted a picture of her hair on Facebook; the photo showed her long, luxurious curls. 

            With the picture, she wrote, “No heat, sock curls! Easy!”

            She was surprised that she could get such glorious curls by rolling her hair with socks. 

            This was old news to me.  My mom used to roll my hair in socks when I was little, and I kept doing the same thing as I got older.  That’s also how I curled my daughters’ hair when they were young. 

            Soft socks are much gentler on the head for sleeping than traditional rollers – by leaps and bounds!  They also don’t damage hair like hot (electric) rollers do or like a curling iron does.  Similarly, some people “rag roll” their hair, which is about the same as using socks. 

            Also, there are people who roll their hair on beer cans and/or soda cans.  I’m guessing this isn’t a method to use overnight.  It would be awfully difficult to get comfortable with a head full of 12-ounce cans!

            And that reminds me of some of the concoctions females use on their hair, including beer and mayonnaise and even raw eggs.  The beer supposedly creates volume and shine; the mayonnaise adds shine and strengthens the hair; raw eggs strengthen and add sheen.

            As a teenager, I tried the mayonnaise and the eggs but those experiments were short-lived for me. 

            I never outgrew being a sock-head, though. 

 

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Ugly & Funny Hats: Ready for THE Wedding

My hats are ready and waiting for THE wedding (you know which one; it's Prince William & Kate.)  I guess my hats are my ladies-in-waiting. 

Of course, I haven't yet received my invitation and it's getting awfully late, don't you think? 

Some of these hats are just as ugly as the ones the royals wear. 

Years ago, daughter Mandy and friends had fun trying on hats.

Last December, some friends from church also "played dress-up" with hats.

This past weekend, just-turned-three-year-old grandson Harrison had fun with the hats also.  He said this one had a cast net on it.  Of course, we women usually call the cast net a veil.

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The Leather Pants

Daughter Mandy has always been somewhat of a fashionista, although at an early age it was likely only in her own mind. (Read about that here.)


She often advises me about how to dress and what to wear – usually after the fact, of course.

She keeps telling me to get new shoes. When I asked her why, she said, “Because the ones you wear don’t fit you.”

Don’t fit me? They all feel great. I'm the one wearing them and like the way they fit.  But SHE says they don’t fit me!?!?!

Anyway, I called her recently to ask what kind of shoes to wear with leather pants.

I was really surprised when she answered, “It doesn’t matter.”

“What do you mean ‘it doesn’t matter’?” I asked.

Mandy explained, “It doesn’t matter because YOU don’t wear leather pants!”

Wait ‘til she finds out there’s also a leather jacket.

And a leather skirt.

With a slit in the back!

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