Haircut...and Make-up??

This posting is for all you TLC's "What not to Wear" watchers and fans.

Cora got her haircut the other day. It was in dire need of being trimmed, and had started to look stringy at the ends...you know what I mean, right? So I decided to give her a trim. She is still young enough so I can get away with trimming it myself. We got her all set up outside, and I started cutting. She is so funny, because she thinks it is going to hurt when I cut her "hairs" off. So she is tensing and bracing herself against that first cut. Snip, "mom, that doesn't hurt, see, I not crying". Later, that day she started saying "mom my hairs are cut, it's time for make-up", or "mom, where's my make-up". It took my awhile to connect the dots. Why is she constantly asking for make-up...I had said nothing about putting make-up on today. So we are sitting around the dinner table and Cora is talking to Matt. She says "dad, my hairs got cut today, but I didn't get make-up yet. I supposed get make-up after hairs cuts". Then it clicked! The great revelation happened, she was talking about what happens in "What Not to Wear" make-overs. I have occasionally flipped TLC on in the afternoons as the girls come home after school and that show is on at that time. I guess I have done it often enough that Cora now associates haircuts with a complete make-over. She wants the whole package: hair, make-up and everything! That is how it is supposed to be done.