Hair today, Gone tomorrow...

For the benefit of those that missed out on my cool/African/hairdresser/outlandish (the reviews have been somewhat mixed) braids, i took them out today so i thought i'd dedicate one post to this little portrayal of vanity. It's rare (i think)! So let me indulge...

The Birth:

The Life:
The Death:
Braids, you will be sorely missed. We had good times together : the jingle jangle of beads at my neck, the aunties giving disapproving looks, the little children who stared and then tugged at their mummy's sleeves, the comments of Cool hair!, the predictable first question of So you don't wash your hair issit?...
*sigh* good times.
i have no qualms about doing it all over again. Maybe they have hair braiding in south africa....