Flat Iron Stays Home

Preparing for my Egypt adventure was nothing short of a crash course in world conversion rates for electronics. After all, who really reads the manual from your flat iron or hairdryer? 110/120V, what’s that? Well, it seems the US voltage rate is less than other parts of the world, where it’s 240V. Translation: my flat iron will not work outside the US. It seems these devices don’t even work with a power converter. A small detail I failed to recognize until I read the small print from the $40 adapter/converter I purchased on a trip to Italy 5 years ago.

I say all this all because come Wednesday when it’s time to wash and style my hair, the flat iron will be absent. It’ll be tucked away in my drawer at home, leaving me to fiend the crazy curls all alone. I apologize now for any offensive photos.