How to combat rubbish Christmas hair - ideas please anyone?!?!?

[sweetheart]

My hair is fine, limp and lifeless and I really hate going out, especially at this time of year, with my hair looking totally cack! The weather doesn't help, cold / wind / rain / ain con all leave my hair looking even more rubbish!

I've got a couple of big Christmas events coming up, how on earth am I going to make my hair look ok?

If I straighten it it just looks flat and rubbish, I am USELESS with a curling tong, I have lots of little fly away hairs so I can't scrap it all back.

I've tried booking in with a hairdresser but can't get the times I want.

My hair is between jaw and shoulder length and there is hardly any of it so there isn't much I can do with it is there? I HATE being the one at parties who's hair always looks rubbish!

Please dunt suggest BBH - I had one and hated it so I sold it.

my hair is fine and just hangs there too. i have a sort of 'helga' up do that looks complicated but is really easy and is quite in at the mo. put your hair into two loose pigtails, pin them with grips on top of your head hiding the ends under each other. it looks better a bit messy/undone. i pinch the braids once up to make them look fatter.
you can do a variation with just twisting the hair too.