Saving money is always something that is on the mind of anyone raising kids! No matter how much comes in, it always seems like the demands for what needs to go out is more!
Here is a little story about a time that I was pretty sure I had figured out a way to put my family on easy street. Simple things add up to a LOT! It is a story I call…
Why Holly’s Children Cover their Head and Run When they See Oprah
Holly has been cutting her husband’s hair for years.
Years
and years
and years.
She has some fancy hair cuttin’ scissors.
She has some electric clippers.
She has
no formal hair cuttin’ training.
Every once in awhile she has to remind her husbsand that
he gets what he pays for.
Overall, it has worked out well…
Well, except for that time back in ’92 when Holly accidentally cut a bald spot in his temple the day before he started a fancy new job.
Shhhh…that time is long forgotten.
So, imagine Holly’s delight when she watched Oprah the other day. Oprah was interviewing
America’s most frugal family.
America’s most frugal family cuts their own hair!
Yay for America’s most frugal family.
Yay for Oprah.
Yay for Holly.
Wow.
Holly should be on Oprah!
And then Holly had what Oprah calls a
lightbulb moment…
Holly should share her hair cuttin’ joy with her three boys.
That is what America’s most frugal family does.
Holly is sure that is what Oprah would do
if she had three boys and wasn’t rich and famous.
Holly paused the television and ushered the boys into the kitchen. She sat them down one by one on a hair cuttin’ stool and covered them with a professional cape.
There was a lot of clipping.
There was a lot of cutting.
The hair was a flyin’.
There might have even been a bit of complainin’.
When Holly stood back and assessed her work, she smiled.
She smiled.
And giggled a bit.
And then she
rushed to her computer.
After Googling, “mullet reversal”, Holly decided that the next time her hair cuttin’ scissors wanted to save money she would think about using them to clip a coupon.
I remember you Twittering that you were Googling mullet reversal. Made me laugh then, made me laugh now.
It wasn’t really a mullet it was more of a mullet in training..
I’ve been cutting hubby’s and my boy’s hair for years, but it cancels out all the bad hair things i’ve done or gotten and total wash.
Just so you know, the deleted comment was a duplicate, it posted twice, not sure why.
I will see what happens with this one.
LOL… I will trim Abbie’s bangs, but that is as far as I will go. I still remember the “bowl cut” from when I was a kid. {shivering}
Totally not cute for a girl to look like she has an upside down black bowl on her head.
Practice does help though, next time post pictures!
My husband cuts my 9 year old’s hair. He does a pretty good job, but last night there was so much yelling and screaming going on that I thought one of them was going to come out bald and bleeding. I asked the Mr. if it was really worth saving $15 to deal with that. I don’t know if he ever came up with an answer.
Did Animated Holly get a haircut, because I thought I noticed some new highlights? 🙂
Love all your drawings to illustrate your post. Mullets, huh?! Oh, boy. You’re hilarious!
Im so glad you let us know how it turned out. I was about to grab the clippers myself
I love your drawings, you know that, but now we need actual pictures of their hair. I need to see this!