I had to go pick up some stuff at the mall last night, mainly hair products at Aveda.  Joey forgot his shampoo and conditioner in Iowa, and I was almost out of mine.

Let me just take a moment to unabashadely plug Aveda’s Scalp Benefits shampoo.  OH MY GOSH.  I started using it in January.  Because I inherited a really finicky scalp from one of my parents (I will not say who, lest I get removed from The Will again) I can’t find a shampoo that keeps my head happy for more than a few months at a time.  Once my head gets unhappy, then the rest of me gets unhappy and my hair starts disappearing.  Seriously, people.

Anyway, the Scalp Benefits has miraculously changed that.  I haven’t been so comfortable with my own head in a long time.

So I waltzed into Aveda yesterday evening and quickly found Joey’s stuff and some hairspray for me.  Since I got the hairspray that was considerably cheaper than the aerosol kind I usually get, I also threw in some travel shampoo and conditioner for Joey so he doesn’t have to leave his in Iowa again.

I noticed that this was getting slightly expensive, but I had my double points coupon and Joey had told me to get all this stuff.

I stood there in front of the Scalp Benefits display for, oh, probably five minutes.  Should I get the small bottles which are cheaper NOW…or should I get the large bottles which are much cheaper LATER…I debated.

After two rounds of this internal debate, I left the store with two very, very large bottles of Scalp Benefits shampoo and conditioner.

“The pumps are free,” the sales clerk said when I asked him if they sold any, because there was no way I was hefting a heavy, one liter bottle of shampoo in the shower.  I could already see that would be a disaster.

Unfortunately, I parked much further away from the store than I realized when I did it, and lugging a large, heavy bag of hair products is not an easy thing to do.

I began feeling guilty on the way home for spending so much money.  I could have gone with the smaller bottles, that would have been fine.

“Uh….I’m home,” I said, after dragging myself up the stairs.  My right arm was killing me and I was dreading taking the large bottles back to the store.  “I…spentatonofmoney,” I mumbled.

“How much?” Joey asked, looking at the LARGE bag I carried.

I told him.

“WOAH!” he laughed.  “WHAT did you BUY?”

I displayed my purchases on the kitchen table (he was very pleased with his travel bottles, I think they may have distracted him from the shock of my large shampoo bottles) and explained the save money now vs. save more money later bit about the liter bottles, and how they will last me for at least two years.

“You don’t have to justify your purchases to me,” Joey said.  “You’re a smart girl, this helps your scalp, and I know you don’t just go blowing money to blow money.  You figured it, this saves money and it makes sense to you, so it makes sense to me.  I trust your judgment.”

“Oh.” I said.

That was not what I had expected.

Here I had myself all worked up and nervous that he would be like, “YOU ARE A WASTEFUL AND SPOILED PERSON!”  (Actually I don’t know why, he’s never said that to me before.)

It’s nice to know that Joey trusts me, even when I spend a ridiculous amount of money on two years worth of shampoo and conditioner.