properly groomed and admired

I've been growing my hair out from a bad-idea short cut during the summer, and went through a period where it stuck out in all directions and I had to wear a headband to keep it out of my eyes and looking somewhere in the neighborhood of neat.  Several days ago, I bought myself a styling brush.  Never had one before.  And blam!  all of a sudden I had nice smooth hair, no headband required.  Better late than never.

Stephen finally noticed and complimented me on one of my necklaces today.  Only took two months.  It was the same dress-to-impress necklace I'd worn to my interview, so I guess it is impressive.