I have a bad habit of waiting until my hair is unmanageable before I get a haircut.  I’m not sure why, but there’s some sort of unconscious procrastination involved. 

Anyhow, I was all set to go in on Saturday, but much to my chagrin I discovered that Fantastic Sam’s had gone out of business and come back as a new hair salon*, which appeared to cater to women only.  Now I’m going to have to drag my shaggy behind to some other place.

I was kind of afraid that something like this would happen, since I had previously noticed that they had cut their hours.  It’s usually a bad sign when a business cuts back on hours, as it indicates they’re not getting enough business to stay open the whole time.  I suspect it’s partially related to their location.  They were in a shopping center that has been fairly deserted since it lost its anchor store (a Winn-Dixie).  I keep hearing that new businesses are coming to that building, but so far nothing has materialized.  Without an anchor, though, I suspect that this shopping center will remain deserted. 

* On a tangential note, any time I see a banner for a store that has obvious misspellings it automatically drops my opinion of the business.  In this case they were offering “waxs,” which set off my bad spelling alarm.