I have for years now.
It all started in San Diego in 2003.
We were broke, between pay days & Jesse was in dire need of a hair cut.
Jesses Gunnery Sargent, (bless him) was being very meticulous about uniform inspections and was insisting on hair being cut typically 3 times per week. This went on for several months.
(Most of his early military career he would get hair cuts 1-2 times per week.)
Thats $30 per week!!! (Average of $10 per hair cut)
So I was taught how to cut his hair. By Jesse himself.
He'd love for me to learn how to do a flat top...but even after almost 8 years that hasn't happened. He is happy to exist with his medium reg (regulation style) hair cut. Even today as I was cutting I thought about messing around to see if a flat top was possible...I thought about it, but didn't do it, nor did I even try.
So lets do the math...because people think I'm insane for still cutting my husbands hair. (Guess Again!)
Marine Corp years 2001-2002 (1-2 cuts per week...1.5 average)
- 1.5 hair cuts x 52 weeks = 78 hair cuts per year x 2 years = 156 hair cuts x $10 ea = $1560 SPENT in hair cuts for 2 years.
Marine Corps years....2003-2005 & 2006 Federally Employed (3 cuts per week)
- 3 hair cuts x 52 weeks = 156 hair cuts per year x 4 years = 624 hair cuts x $10 ea = $6240 SAVED in hair cuts for 4 years.
Civilian life....2007-2010 (1 cut per week)
- 1 hair cut per week x 52 weeks = 52 hair cuts per year x 4 years = 208 hair cuts x $10 ea = $2080 SAVED in hair cuts for 4 years.
Yes folks! That means between 2003 & now (2010) we've SAVED $8320!!!! Just by me cutting his hair.
What would you do with $8320???
Oh and lets not confuse ourselves by mentioning that most places for the past 4 years would probably have actually charged $12-15 per hair cut if I didn't cut his hair. This would have messed up all my math...so $10 average it is.
Did I mention the countless hair cuts I gave his buddies & our friends little boys??? They've saved too.
What did this all cost us??? 2 pairs of hair clippers since 2003. One pair was $60, one pair was $80....the $80 pair is still going strong.
So subtract $140 and we've save $8180. Still not horrible right???
So thats about an annual savings of just over $1000!
We don't drink coffee or alcohol & we don't smoke....so we can't give it up to help save $.
What can you give up to save $1000 per year???
I have been cutting my husbands and then my boys hair for about 10 years now. We also did it to save money. Now, I think we do it out of habit. I also cut both of my boys' hair. Of course, we didn't have to cut it that often.
ReplyDeleteLately, I have been busy and my husband doesn't want to wait for a haircut, so he has been cutting it himself! He does a pretty good job actually :D.
Galen's "haircut" is a buzz with the clippers set on #1 and has been since Zofia was born 20 years ago. We sill have the same clippers! I used to do it for him, but he does it himself now with a spot check by whoever is close enough to see if he missed anything :)
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