It is a sad day in Houston, TX.  I may have to give up my beautiful $2.99 haircuts.

After my last glorious xanga entry regarding my $2.99 haircuts (with 1 cent tip!), I recently traveled to STAR HAIR SALON once again and got the WORST haircut I've ever had in my life.

First of all, the haircut literally lasted 42.34 seconds.  This included my barber asking, "You want haircut???" as I entered the salon, me sitting down, getting the haircut, cleaning up the mess, and the usual payment of $3 (which will buy you three chicken sandwiches at Wendy's, so it ain't no small amount!) 

Secondly, the haircut was extremely ugly.  I had to re-cut it myself with my small nose-hair clipper back at home in front of my mirror. GHETTO. Gross.

Thirdly, you know how that vinyl sheet is supposed to keep the hair clippings off of your clothes?  Well, after my $2.99 haircut, the barber miraculously got ALL the hair clippings on my beautiful Banana Republic pants.  Oh the anger!!!

Now, a few questions are raised in this instance: Is he a bad barber?  Is $2.99 just too cheap for a haircut?  Have my years of not tipping finally come back to haunt me in the form of really bad service?

Nonetheless, my last glimmer of hope is a $2.99 haircut place off of Gessner and Westpark.  I am hoping that the new location will suffice for a few more years until I can somehow manage my way out of Alief and into a crime-reduced environment.

If all else fails, I may be forced to do the unthinkable.  There's a $3.99 place off Long Point that looks OK that I've been wanting to save for my wedding...