NEW JERSEY - CHERRY HILL

We made it to Cherry Hill (I keep mistyping that and writing Cheery Hill) in time to beautify ourselves. I had called ahead the day before and was told I didn't need an appointment for the hairdresser - just walk on in.

I am intrigued by that way of running a business. How do you know how many staff to have on?

I had also phoned to make an appointment for Nicola to have her legs waxed. This is kind of how the phone call went.

"Herro"

"Hi. Is this the Bees Knees Salon?"

"Who dis?"

"Ummm. Tracey."

"What u want?"

"I was just wondering if I could make an appointment tomorrow for a half leg wax?"

"Ok. But I need to see legs before I tell you how much it cost."

"Ok."

"What else you want?"

"Nothing, thanks. Just the leg wax."

"Ok. But I need to see legs before I tell you how much it cost."

"That's fine. But I can make an appointment for 2 o'clock."

"2 o'clock fine. But I need to see legs before I tell you how much it cost."

"Ummm. Yep that's no problem. See you tomorrow."

Anyhoo..............

I was able to walk into the hairdresser and pretty much get helped straight away. I was sitting there in the chair when Nic came in to say that she wasn't getting her legs done. Apparently it was going to cost $65!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For a half leg wax!

Nic has really fair hair and as far as I'm concerned, not that much of it. So $65 seemed outrageous. It's not like she had really thick, dark hair! At home it is a set price for a leg wax and for a half one it is usually less than $20. I have since checked at a place in New York - expecting it to be more because it's New York - and found it was $35. So how this lady got to $65 blows my mind.

So we went to Target and bought some pre-waxed strips for about $7 and I waxed her legs at about midnight, after we had finished packing.

Luckily my hair was done fairly quickly and I felt v glamorous. A cut, foils and blow dry can do wonders for your self esteem.

We then drove to Sybil's house and stayed the night with them. A lot of which was spent washing and packing.

Not to mention ripping the hair out of Nicola's legs!