Tress Stress

From the very minute I shaved my head about two years ago I've had dreams of long hair. But every time I have my hair near the length of my dreams I get the itch. Not the lice itch but the itch for something different. Especially since I don't really change anything else. I've always been a tshirt and jeans person. I like my glasses to stay the same shape. I work with young kids who live blocks from my house so I have no office to wear new clothes to. My hair is all I have to possibly change how I look.
I'm really jonesing on this one particular look. Like most girls I dare not go into bang territory. It's not that I don't think it will look good. Not that I think it will be either good or bad, I have no freaking idea. It's more the curl to my hair that concerns me. With length my curls become more wave and with cold weather I have perpetual hat hair. So if I cut my hair to bangs, will I end up with ridiculous curls springing on my face. To look like a toddler from the 80s? Nor do I want to wield heating & straightening tools daily. Ugh! Don't even get me started on finding someone who can actually cut hair!