It's been 77 days since I moved $17 from my "Hair Savings Account" into my Health Savings Account.  This , the result of a bold experiment involving my wife, some sheers, and my generally thrifty disposition.  The entire hair lowering experience was all documented  (and wildly popular) in the article on HSAeducator.com entitled "Hair Savings Account - HSA" .  Well, I'm hair to tell you, while I may be dumb, I am also slow.  I am also a cheap amped sonofagun.

Somehow I convinced my wife to take another whack at cutting my hair.  "Whack" being the keyword here.  You see, last time she cut my hair, she vowed (loudly)never to do it again.

Now this story does tie back to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and we will get there in a minute.

If you are familiar with electric sheers, you know they come with these attachments that will limit the amount of hair the sheers will remove when doing their Briggs and Stratton thing across one's head.  In my kit, there is one that says "left ear" and another that says "right ear."

Somehow, my wife started out with the "left ear" attachment.  Bad idea.  At  sheer contact, I was instantaneously balded around my left ear.  My left ear is standing out from my head like some sort of trophy.  Paint it gold, slap a plaque on it, and call it the "Shoulda Listened To My Wife Award" or something.

As we all know, the ears and the nose continue to grow from birth ‘til death, and don't you know, they don't get prettier.  Until today, I had no idea how large my ears have grown over the years.  They are to ears what Karl Malden's nose is to noses.  Gigundo.

Anyway, there was huge laughter (at me) followed by a panic attack and a refusal by my wife to attempt corrective measures.  Seriously, we called Betty with a 911 hair emergency.  But as fate would have it, either Virginia's was closed down for the day or they were under a hostage siege.  I had 77 days of hair growth on 90% of my head and a giant bald spot on the other 10%.

After a huge amount of sailor talk, my wife got back to work.  Muttering the entire time that this was the last time that she would ever cut my hair.  I have to say, while it does look better than after the first stroke of the sheers, it still looks I cut it myself. 

The point of all this nonsense is that saving money into our Health Savings Account (HSA) or into any savings account for that matter is a matter of priorities.  Jeopardizing one's marriage or ears, by having a family member cut your hair may be a little over the top, but if you have the desire to save a little more for your healthcare, and your money is not growing on trees, think about the little things you can do.  It is not too hard to "trim" other things besides hair. 

In fact, you might find by trimming out some of the things that are not so good for you, you can save more, live a healthier life, and the $ in your HSA will really have the chance to grow.  What do ya think?