Wig Disappointments: Headband Wig

There was some reason I wanted to try this wig beyond self-delusion.

I do have an eBay wig that did not suit, and seemed to me I could dismantle this eBay headband wig and then replace the hair in the other, and with some judicious cutting it could be presentable. (I have evidently reached the manic overconfidence state of the wig hobby.)

Gary won't LET me. He loves this wig. He put it on and strutted about, and when I told him my plans he snatched it back out of my hands. "Nooooo, it's beautiful," he crooned, stroking the wig .

I don't think he wants it for himself, or for me, but he just likes the feel of the soft silky polyester hair. Kind of like having a fake fur coat that doesn't fit either of us. You have to keep it around because it's soft.

Comments

[KC]

I am currently struggling with the general "how many objects should we have (can we plausibly have and still actually enjoy them) that are simply things we *like* and that have no other function in my life" question, in part actuated by storage boxes of Stuff, but aggravated yesterday by finding out that there are color-change touch-to-turn-on silicone narwhal battery-operated nightlights/bedside low-light lamps. Sigh.

All that to say, I hope Gary enjoys his wig, and while I think you should leave alone any wigs that you're currently happy with, I endorse the manic overconfidence hobby stage, because sometimes the mad science experiments do work and also if a wig can't readily be returned, you may as well have a go at things and if enough experiments fail in a row, it'll start correcting the manic overconfidence.

[Allison]

Well frig, now I want that wig AND a colour-change touch-to-turn-on silicone narwhal battery-operated nightlight. I bought a long turquoise wig once from ebay - man overconfidence doesn't even begin to describe it, my own hairline is stupid and I look even stupider in wigs. I hope Gary is very happy with this one - did he name it yet?

[theQueen]

KC - Well, no it occurs to me that if I am going to take wefts out of a cheap synthetic wig, I could just as well take wefts out of a used expensive wig, and get really manic about it! Now I'm excited.
Allison - No he hasn't named it, but I can tell you that if he had a Narwhal Nightlight he would name it Fred. He names everything Fred.