About a year ago I announced to Joey that I was ready for a new flat iron, because the one I had was just not cutting it anymore.

“What’s a flat iron,” he asked.

Sigh.

After I explained it to him (it’s that thing that straightens hair, in case you were wondering also) he wasn’t sure it was really that important.

And I was all, BUT MY HAIR LOOKS WEIRD.

Suffice it to say, nothing ever happened and I forgot about wishing for a new flat iron; well, I sort of forgot.

Then, last week, it started pulling my hair.  On top of not heating up well and all the other stuff I don’t like about it.  I mean, I got it in 2001 for $20, so I’d say it has served me well.  But it’s GERIATRIC.  And it wasn’t even good quality when I bought it, because I was in college when I suddenly realized that I was doing my hair all wrong and – HELLO! – everyone was using flat irons and I was still using a curling iron!!!

And then I made a speedy trip to Wal-Mart.

Over the weekend, I got tired of my hair getting pulled by the flat iron.  ”I HATE THIS THING,” I yelled to Joey.

I had to re-explain what a flat iron was, because it had been a year since we had this conversation, but once we were all on the same page, he acknowledged that we had decided I could replace my flat iron. In January.  Of 2009.

Somehow I had forgotten, which is kind of amazing to me.  Because I’m usually all over this type of thing.  So I got on Folica.com and started researching flat irons.  To make matters more complex, I wanted to get a dual-voltage one (because you just never know) and I wanted digital temperature control.

I KNOW, I KNOW, so high maintenance.

But I finally found it, and it was on sale.  And then I found a promotional code and got 10% off.  LOOK AT IT IN ALL ITS DIGITAL, LASER, TOURMALINE GLORY!

So now I’m just waiting for it to come home to me.  I am hoping it solves pretty much all my hair problems.  I’m pretty sure it will.