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"I have a new &amp;quot;do&amp;quot;. Or as we say in my old southwestern neck of the woods - &amp;quot;I got my hair did,&amp;quot; and it is AWESOME. Best of all, this is just one of a plethora (oh, I love that word and I so seldom get to use it) of things I did just for me this last week. The haircut was the proverbial icing on the cake and I look and feel so tremendously good over it all. The stylist really &amp;quot;got&amp;quot; me. I sat down, she asked me what I thought about the length and the first thing I thought was &amp;quot;Oh no. She&amp;#039;s going to want to cut it all off.&amp;quot; I don&amp;#039;t know what it is about hair stylists, but once you pass forty they all want to hack your hair off. I don&amp;#039;t need it hanging down to my waistline or anything, but I want enough to shake and fluff and feel sexy with. She took one look at me and said &amp;quot;I believe in sexy hair.&amp;quot;  And sexy hair is what I definitely do have now.  Such a simple thing to change, and it didn&amp;#039;t break my single mom budget at all. It&amp;#039;s new and it&amp;#039;s fresh and I feel prettier than I&amp;#039;ve felt in a long, long time. Isn&amp;#039;t it amazing how something as simple as a new hairstyle can make you feel feminine again? Why do we not do this stuff for ourselves more? A hairstyle, a mani/pedi, a new scarf or a change of makeup - none of them have to be outrageous or expensive, but they do wonders for our self-esteem. I firmly believe that we need to spoil ourselves more. Who&amp;#039;s with me? What&amp;#039;s your favorite way to spoil yourself? [Follow Ellie on Twitter and Facebook] "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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