If I were a black man, I would want my hair to look exactly like this:

Look at it in action:

Wow! It flies! Wouldn’t you want hair that could do that?

I got a haircut today. Nothing major, just a much-needed trim and layers. It’s been, gosh, over a year since my last haircut, I’m almost ashamed to say. The reason has been a little forgetfulness plus a little laziness plus a lot of no-money-ness. But, my hair is happy I finally got rid of the split ends I’ve been sporting lately. And besides, I love getting haircuts. I know it may be weird, but my favorite part is getting my hair washed. If I were rich and famous, I’d pay someone to wash my hair every day. Well, okay, probably not, but I do love the feeling.

After getting my hair cut, I went to CVS. And then, because I had a new haircut and was feeling confident, and because I have been reading up on “CVSing,” I saved a ton of money. First, I bought Zyrtec and Benadryl and signed up for a CVS card. I had a $4 off coupon for the Zyrtec and a $1 off one for the Benadryl, and a $3 off $15 or more coupon, and I got $4.50 off for signing up for the card, so I spent $12. I then had $10 in “Extra Care Bucks,” so I turned around and bought shampoo, deodorant, and toothpaste, spending a couple bucks to make up the difference (only because I picked up the wrong size toothpaste—well, better luck next time). Now, I have $3 more in ECBs from those items to spend next time. The whole thing would have cost me more than $40, but I got it for about $15! If I can use those $3 on items that give me ECBs back, I can continue the cycle…

And then, I found out about a sale restaurant.com is having, and I got a gift certificate for $25 at Boleros and $10 at Firebelly—and paid less than $4. (Go to restaurant.com before Monday, and when you go to check out, type FOUR as your promo code, and you’ll get eighty percent off.)

This whole couponing thing is becoming addictive. (I’m loving this site: Southern Savers.) I can’t seem to buy anything that isn’t on sale. Once you get things half-off, it’s really hard to pay full price. I did buy milk and pasta that wasn’t on sale, but that 96-cent box of spaghetti really irked me. But, no bad moods here today, because I talked to Beth on the phone for an hour, and I’ve got half-price ribs in the oven, and I’m going to make cornbread and cabbage and maybe I’ll get crazy and make some mashed potatoes. And there’s the haircut, the fact that it’s Friday, and I think the cone is coming off poor little Oliver tomorrow…