A couple weeks ago I was at my hair stylist getting a trim, and I mentioned that I felt “blah” and in a hair rut. She suggested, “Hey! How about bangs?”

To which I basically replied no way.

You see, I was picturing the bangs I had when I was little: delicate, fringy, and above the eyebrows. Which look cute on little kids, but there was NO WAY I was going to let her give me those now. No. Freaking. Way.

So I went home, laughed a little about the bang thing, and went to bed.

The next couple of days, I kind of fought with my long-sideswept-bangs. The weren’t really behaving well since I got them trimmed. A spritz of hairspray didn’t even seem to help after the first few hours.

So I started thinking about bangs. What if I got thick, long, chunky bangs? Sassy indie bangs like Zooey Deschanel and Jennifer Lawrence are wearing?

An hour of Googling later, and I’d made my decision: BANG TIME! So without further ado, I called my stylist and booked in for an early morning appointment, inspiration photos in hand (well, more like in-phone, but still.). And…. voila!:

I love my new ‘do!! Fun and sassy – I can’t wait to try adding some texturizing product to my bangs to make them a little more chunky. And I’m excited to try different styles like wavy hair + bangs, updos + bangs, ponytail + bangs, hey even braids + bangs! In fact, I’ll be trying the whole wavy hair + bangs thing this weekend at the wedding of my friends Kate and Paul. (Kate was the one who introduced me and my hubby years ago! And she caught my bouquet at our wedding in 2011!) And ya know I’ll update you on how the wavy hair + bangs hairstyle goes.

I got some funny (all positive, but still funny!) reactions as my co-workers trickled in to work this morning and saw my new cut. “Wow, you DID something to yourself… If you were a guy I’d say you got a haircut. But this is more like a whole different style!”, “Bangs, bangs, bangs, you and Michelle!” (referring to Michelle Obama’s recent bang cut, which I actually hadn’t seen until I Googled it following his comment.)The best reaction I’ve gotten to the new ‘do so far? “Oh! Wow! You look like a runway model!”

I’ll take it.