Amanda the Great by Amanda El-Dweek for November 18, 2023

Some times all we have is hope. Suffered another blow today as we had to put one of my boy cats down . Buster was one of my favorites. He was only 7 years old. My hope is to get through November without any more pain.

I don’t think I’m ready for straight haired Amanda.

Answer: Mousse

Question: Name the one word you didn’t expect to read in AtG today.

(1st runner-up: “6.75 ounces”)

Relax, we’re in the perpetual knit hat season. With appropriate appliques for the various holidays of course. The perfect excuse for our perpetual hat hair. (That rugged Outdoors-y look.) Plus, you know, static.

Ha! Who can’t relate? Where would the economy be without magical thinking?!

I have no more space in my storage cabinet in my bathroom for the next big hair product failure I purchase in hopes it actually works…Yes, I apparently still believe in the shopping fairy :-(

You look good with straight or curly hair. Someone recently gave me a product that retrained mine back to curly but it has to be applied to dripping wet hair, no brushing or blotting, just drip dry. It also helps to rinse with vinegar water once in a while.

Cheaper than meth.

I gave up long ago, and now I just channel my Old English Sheepdog look.

Personally, I gave up on curling irons, etc. and just perm my hair to get the curls I like. I do also use a Garnier “Curl Shaper” product to help style it, but I don’t know that it would help much without the perm.