I get up at 5am every morning, have coffee, drink a smoothie, and then lead [...]]]> I know this post is going to seem a bit unrelated to fitness, but wait, there is a segway…..my hair is always moving from one workout to another, and until this hair cut usually looks like crap – all the time!

I get up at 5am every morning, have coffee, drink a smoothie, and then lead a 6am workout.  There is NO WAY I am going to take a shower and/or do my hair at that hour of the morning, especially before a workout.

Now, here is the amazing part of this story – my last haircut seriously looks good ALL THE TIME!  I just looked in the mirror and sure enough, the hair looks great.  This is after a night’s sleep, a hat, and a workout!

It’s not just about the hair cut, (although that is a huge part of it), it’s about the haircutter.  Rachel. She rocks.

Last time I went to see her, it was two days before my 30th high school reunion.  I gave her a huge challenge.  She needed to take my totally screwed up head of hair (that I had cut repeatedly myself) and turn it into something I could wear to my HS reunion party without feeling like a dork!  I told her she could go shorter and she said she “had no choice”.  That was the end of our conversation about my hair or her plan for it.

The hair cut went on and at one point (feeling very nervous) I asked her if she “had a plan”.  She said “no, christi, I have no plan”.  I was not sure if she was serious.  Rachel is hilarious.  She is super, super cute and very, very sassy.  I met her via an email she sent me.  She found The Healthy Bride on Darnell Sue’s Girl Power Hour website.  She sent me some free hair cuts to pass out to my classes.  SO NICE!

I went to see her and loved her immediately.  She does swear a lot (which I respect in women) and tells fun stories.  She moved to Seattle to be near her grandmother who teaches at Western WA University and is a true Bellingham hippie. LOVE HER!

Ok, so as the haircut continued I was starting to feel nervous (not my usual self) as things were getting shorter and shorter…..Scott is going to HATE this one, and in fact, to this day, he has not even acknowledged that I had a hair cut.  What is up with men and long hair…..

Anyway, here we are one month later and I LOVE this haircut.  Rachel is a genious.  She is creative, fun, and sassy.  Her haircuts are the same…even for someone going to their 30th HS reunion (can you say almost 50?!).  I love Rachel!

She works at 7 salon downtown Seattle.  Her phone number there is 206-903-1777.  Go see her if you are looking for a new look.  She will come up with one for you.