Frugal Friday: Avoiding a Bad Hair Day

I have that kind of hair… You know the kind… It’s not completely straight. It’s not really curly. It doesn’t even have nice waves. If I let it air dry, it ends up in this funky style of frizz. It just needs a little help in the mornings. I usually choose to help it be straight. That means using a blow dryer. My hair is also pretty long, so that means using a blow dryer really hard. In fact, that means blowing up a blow dryer at least once a year.

But blow dryers can be a little pricey. That’s where planning ahead comes into play. I know that I’m going to have to buy a blow dryer some time in the next 12 months. So I watch for a good deal and buy one ahead of time. I keep it stashed under my bathroom sink…. just waiting for that fateful morning when my current dryer is going to go up in smoke (sometimes literally!).

I can’t even explain the relief that comes on the day when the dryer blows up and I have another one on-hand ready to use. I don’t have to spend the day with icky, frizzy, not-quite-wavy-not-quite-straight hair! Instead I can get out the new dryer and finish the task.

If I waited until my current dryer stopped working, I would not only have a really bad hair day, but I would also have to drive to the store to buy a new one. I wouldn’t be able to take advantage of a well-planned sale with coupons either. Planning ahead for my hair dryer to blow up is one way that I save money. We stockpile food and personal care supplies… Why not a blow dryer?

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