I’m not a person who spends much time infront of the mirror, but that’s not to say I’m the kind of man you see in the street and wonder if he *has* a mirror. Usually I look into a mirror once a day, when I shave, and then it’s to concentrate on a small area between ears and throat. On Saturday morning I stood there, razor poised, and looked properly at my reflexion. It was time for a change.

Thinking about it, I guess it’s much easier for women if they feel like changing their appearance. Hair colour, make-up etc can totally change the way you look, but for blokes it’s different. (Yeah, OK if we’re being PC men too can do that, but it’s not my thing.) What can we do if we want to alter the way we look? Different haircut? The choices aren’t exactly vast. Grow a beard? Hmmm it’s been a while since I had a beard…I decided to give it a go. So, instead of broad sweeps of the razor I sculpted round and made the start of a goatee.

On Sunday morning I was checking the beard in the mirror (two mirror sessions in two days, could this be the start of an obsession?) and decided my hair needed to be shorter. Without giving it too much thought I got the clippers and cut my hair short. Well, we can safely say I’ve changed my appearance. My first reaction was that I now look like a very old G I Joe. Oh well, I can always shave one bit off and wait for the other bit to grow.