Tangled up in Hades

My hair has been troubling me for some time now. For a few years, I had been bleaching my hair out every couple of months to put bright colors in it. Then I got sick of all the work, particularly when I had the baby, and decided to go for something requiring a little less maintenance. So, I dyed it black. I figured I could buy the dye at the drugstore once a month and be done with it, instead of dropping $25 on two bleach kits and another $40 for two bottles of the good Paul Mitchell dyes (every color of the rainbow and long-lasting!). But, my hair was fried. Toasty fried. All it wanted to do was dreadlock, so eventually I got tired of fighting it and had my best friend section it out and let it lock away.
Sadly, the dreadlocks aren't working out. I can't abide not washing my hair and with every wash, the dreads have gotten lumpier and more uneven. It's time to move on. So, I have begun the lengthy process of breaking the dreadlocks apart and straightening the hair back out. It's going better than I thought it would.
I'm still going to need a decent amount of length taken off, as the hair is dead and a frizzy mess. I was thinking about doing something like this (keeping it black, of course!) for a cut..

                     http://www.marieclaire.com/hair-beauty/trends/wavy-hair-how-to-hairstyles


Not bad, although I may have to get some rollers to achieve that level of wave though. But, it's the most workable thing in terms of short that I have found so far. I hope it works out better than the dreadlocks did.

I am looking into getting new glasses too. I am thinking some black rimmed nerdy glasses are the way to go. It would be nice to see again. My partner had found a pair of Guess frames a while back that are the perfect style that I want, but not the right size. They are just slightly too small for my head. After I get the hair dealt with next month, I think I will go to Hour Eyes with my mother and best friend and see what we can find. Yes, you read that right. I am willing to take suggestions these days. Who knew?