Monday morning Jessica and I headed up to Concord for an appointment at 11:00 at the Wig Center. I was trying to stay optimistic that I would find something good here – 1 day before my second chemo session.

We entered the shop and were greeted with a smile. I told my consultant that I wanted something trendy or "modern" and that I wasn’t sure if I’d go long or short- so bring me something of everything.

She brought 3 short and 3 long. I immediately went to the long hair, as I knew that’s what Todd would prefer. I know I know, its gonna be my hair… but I wanted something that Todd would like too.

I tried the first one on- "The Britney" and loved it. It had no bangs- but the long wavy layers made it look natural. I asked to try on the blond version of this style too and loved that. Todd loved it when I dyed my hair blond a while back (I can’t say that I was a total fan of it) – so I opted to put this one on hold for him to check out in person. The short wigs were next- which weren’t terrible- but were not me. One of them Jess dubbed "The Muppet" as I looked like some kind of Muppet character. It was super short and had the little "flippies" goin’ on.

We had a great time trying the wigs on- I got Jess trying on a few herself! They made me feel comfortable and helped with suggestions and bringing out some great tries! It didn’t take long and I found it… it was "The Ashley"! It’s medium brown, straight, long, with bangs. I loved it! I actually wore it out of the store! Jess and I went for lunch right after and I had fun wearing the new wig. My hair was peaking out from underneath- though no one could see it. My crows peak too kept showing- and my bangs kept peaking out from underneath. I kept adjusting my hair- and I had fun with it.
After lunch we headed over to a furniture store to check out their going out of business sales. We walked around and I found myself trying to get glances in every mirror I saw. I wanted to make sure the wig was looking okay and if it looked natural. It does and it doesn’t… I know its fake- but I have to learn to feel like it’s an extension of myself.

One of the male salespeople stopped to talk to us about the sale and then started to give me a compliment. "You have beautiful…" there was a pause and my heart jumped up thru my throat… what was he going to say? Please don’t say hair… please don’t say hair… ‘cuz that’s going to make me feel REALLY uncomfortable!

"You have beautiful… eyes" he says to me… and I breathed a sigh of relief. I responded with a thank you and then Jess and I continued to giggle as I don’t know what I would’ve said if he said "hair". "Thank you- it’s new?!?!"…"Thank you- wanna see my real hair (as I remove the wig)?"… "Thank you it cost x amount of moola"… hee hee- we had a great laugh after that one!

So- now I’ve got a new head of hair- and am prepared once my hair decides to abandon ship!