Tuesday, November 13th, 2007...12:17 pm
Hair I Am!
It is officially Fall. We had a nice little harvest fair here last month, full of small town charm. But I have another crop growing, and it’s not harvest time. Yet.
I’m normally a poor gardener with plants shriveling, browning, and sprouting but then stopping. But this crop grows like a greenhouse bed on SuperSpeed Miracle Grow.
Maybe you have this crop, too?
Leg Hair!!! (jealous, much?)
So, while everyone is shaving everywhere, I refuse to go along. At least this winter. To me (and my low maintenance routine), shaving is a pain.
Forget trendsetting shaves of new bodily areas. I can barely shave legs in the summer. What about skin rash?? Or the itch of new hair growth?? I cannot be that martyr for fashion shaving.
How about waxing, you say? Ha, you are mean and evil, I say. Wax me once, shame on you. Wax me twice, shame on me. I’ve learned my lesson there, on the table, writhing in pain.
Isn’t there a purpose for this hair we grow? Protection, warmth, mystery?? Must we despise it so?
Anyway, my current status of body hair pales in comparison to pregnancy hair growth (whew, say you, TMI!). THAT is Some Hair, pregnant lady hair. Who knew pubes, when wet, could tickle your knees. I just don’t recall that section in What To Expect….
In that vein of appreciation of all things hairy, I have ripped off composed a poem for your hair enjoyment.
Hair, There and Everywhere
Mary, mary, quite so hairy,
How does your garden grow?
With silver hairs and tawny hairs
and little pubes all in a row.
I feel certain this is destined for classics status. Love me, love my hair, right?
At least, until I have to take Kid to the pool….then I may cave on the shave. Those small-towners, they talk, especially the high-maintenance ones.
How does your garden grow?? Come on, you can tell me. I showed you mine…..
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5 Comments
November 13th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
OMG, I’m NOT alone! Thank goodness! When winter hits the razor rusts. Seriously. I remember to shave the pits a few times a week, but the legs and other less-mentionables? Not so much. It’s a pain in the ass. And takes too much time. Who has time to shave when there’s dinner to make, a house to vacuum, clothes to wash, floors to scrub, kids to appease, pets to feed, husbands to please?
Yeah, no time to shave. I hate it anyway.
November 13th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
ew ew and more ew! My mom doesn’t shave in the winter either and it just grosses me out! I can’t stand to have more than 4 days worth of growth before I’m dying to shave.
BTW, your link over at Velveteen Mind isn’t working for that lovely scientific article… it appears you have to login or something to read it.
November 13th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
I try to follow the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis motto: Only wear white and shave from Labor Day to Memorial Day. I think I’d fit right in at the Country Club, don’t you?
November 14th, 2007 at 8:37 am
My hair grows fair and light. I don’t shave in the winter, either. Just the underarms. Even when I do shave my legs in winter, I just shave from foot to under my knee. I hate shaving my knees.
November 14th, 2007 at 11:39 am
Jenn, I KNEW we could be friends! Razor rust, got it, know it.
Krista, after a few more years of shaving, you’ll get it! I promise!
Lady, we can all go to the club together! We just may not get into THAT club, here, the one with the point….
Queen, Oh, yes, I forgot about the area of shaving. I’m with ya on the below the knee deal. Knees are just cuts waiting to happen….
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