Questions, Round 2: Who Knew....?

After I got done paying $100.00 for shampoo and conditioner (see previous post), I met up with Scott at this place in Chicago.

I had a beer to try to sooth the pain of my ridiculous expenditure.  After the edge softened, what to do next?  Spend more money, of course.  Alcohol and spending money-- great coping mechanisms.  Anyhow, after we left Miller's Pub, Scott was excited to show me that in Chicago they have an entire Carhartt store.  Scott does love him some Carhartt's. 

Two points I should make:
1.  The day we were in Chicago was Scott's birthday.
2.  I have a hat fetish.

I went into the Carhartt store with the intention of letting Scott pick something out as part of his birthday special treatment.  There is actually lots of cool stuff in the Carhartt store, including stuff for women.  Who knew?  

If my waist line was smaller, I would totally wear both of those outfits.  And the bags?  Loved the bags.  Who knew Carhartt had such cute bags for women?

And, who knew Carhartt has such cute women's hats???  I had to have both of these. And it wasn't even my birthday.  And I had just spent $100 on shampoo and conditioner.

 Here is the inside of the purple one.  Striped.

Those were just too cute to leave in the store.  Although now that I think about it, I bought hats that will cover up the hair that I will be washing with $100 worth of product.  If I'm going to wear hats anyways, I could probably just wash my hair with dish soap.

Questions, Round 1: Why, why, why.........

.....didn't I ask more questions about these products when I was at the Vidal Sassoon salon in Chicago last weekend?

I asked the stylist doing my hair about color-conserving shampoo and conditioner options.  I have been using the Aveda Color Conserve line for a long time and just wanted to make a temporary change.  I get bored if I use the same products for too long.   My first question to the stylist was, does it really matter?  Do shampoo and conditioner products that claim to help conserve hair color really work?  She said, yes, I should definitely use color conserving product.  OK.  Then I asked her if she had a line she would recommend.  She said, yes, Kerastase.  There.  Right there. Right there is when I should have asked another question.  I should have asked:  how much do those products cost?  But, I didn't.  I just said something along the lines of, "I'll try it."  The stylist was nice enough to put the products up at the front desk for me while I changed after my hair was done.  I went up front to pay, was given my total and thought, "damn, did I break a window?"  Later that day when I got the Kerastase shampoo and conditioner out of the bag, it became clear to me why my total at the salon was so much higher than I expected.  Kerastase shampoo?  $39.99.  Conditioner?  60 bucks.  (I feel faint.)


And another:  Why, why, why......

.....didn't I put on a higher grade of sunscreen when I was doing this yesterday in Lake Waubesa?

I am burnt up. 

Questions, Round 2 coming soon.....