Hair today...

Since I wrote my opening gambit, two very exciting things have happened.

First, my parcel finally arrived from youarebald.com (http://www.headcovers.com/), the great US site for people with no hair. I spent a happy internet hour a couple of weeks back selecting from a vast array of head wear and trying to decide between the Lady Charlotte wide brimmed fedora with pink trim and the extra large grey arctic fleece with sequin border. Finally, slightly overwhelmed by choice, and anxiety over my head size without hair - I still had some at this point - opted for some plain square cotton scarves and a handy head band that you wear underneath to 'prevent the possibility of hat or scarf slip in strong winds'. ????!!! Not something that had previously occurred to me.

I also got one ready tied scarf (black with gypsy style embroidery) which turned out to be a stroke of genius as the plain scarves came with a horrifying two-sided A4 sheet of origami diagrams demonstrating the many jaunty ways you could tie it. I couldn't even work out which way up to hold the paper.

Second, my fantastic lovely friend and hairdresser Lisa Hilton who has helped me through all of this - from cutting all my hair off in the salon at night when everyone had gone home and coming to Notting Hill to choose and fit my wig, (Trendco, 229 Kensington Church St) managed to turn it into a head of hair I'd be proud of even before I lost mine. Emily commented that it 'was like my hair, only nicer', so I've been trotting around in it all day feeling like the sort of woman who gets up an hour early to blow dry.

Luc said, 'Ok, you can take me to school now', so I guess if it has passed the child challenge I must be fit for public consumption.

My only question is - do I need to wear my super non slip head band in case of strong winds?