To bang or not to bang....

THAT is the question.

One of the girls at work recently asked me when I was going to cut my hair. I've kinda mentioned in passing I'd like to have short, low/no maintenance hair, but I don't think I'm ballsy enough to do it.

Right now its below my shoulder blades which is the longest I've had it in years. But the way it works with me is I have it long for awhile then one day I'll get tired of it and chop it off to above my shoulders.

Part of my thought of going short is I want a change. I always do the a variation of the same general style: layers. Always long enough to tuck behind my ears to get it out of my face. I've tried inverted bobs, which I also liked. I've finally found a color I enjoy as well. I had always just done blonde streaks for years. Then my hair lady suggested putting a second color in as well. So now I do blonde and red = LOVE.

However, we're coming into spring and summer (apparently, they tell me) which means, hopefully, warmer weather. Which also means humidity. When its hot and sticky the last thing I want is hair sticking to the back of my neck. I need to be able to pull it back and get it out of the way. I don't like the heat on a good day, nevermind having my hair annoy the crap out of me too. So, *if* I go short(er) it won't be until the fall. I'll likely go for trims before then but any major changes won't be until the end of the summer.

Bangs. I've had them before., when I was 17. They made me look like I was 12. Mind you at that time I also had a face full of braces so I'm sure that didn't help any. Now, I'm 10 years brace free and am wondering how bangs would work on me now. My one concern is my hair parts naturally smack in the middle. I don't want to have to fight with them on a daily basis, particularly at 5:30am, to get them to go where they're supposed to. I also have this one little clump of hair by my forehead that curls into a ringlet on occasion, most days, though, its just a little bent out of shape. So, I'm toying with the idea of bangs...it would be a change. Longer ones, so I can pin them to the side if I need to get them out of the way.

Hmmm.......