Ack, I hate my haircut! (but it's complicated, read the details) What do I do?

I’ve been to this girl twice. The first time she cut it pretty well (although I change it a little when I got home). It wasn’t bad, but I didn’t like it enough to go back to her.

I got a recommendation from a friend for another stylist at the same salon. My plan was to wait until they forgot I had ever been to that salon, and then call and ask for Deanna, but she was on maternity leave, and all her clients were being sent to (!!!) you guessed it, stylist #1. i went back, brought some pictures, but then let her talk me into this other cut from a magazine, I thought it looked cute when I left, and told her so, but now that I’m at home styling it myself, it’s impossible! it sticks out in all the wrong places, and is just not what I want at all. It’s shorter in the front, and I could have sworn I asked her to make it shorter in the back, and the volume is in the wrong places. It’s taking me forever to style. I put gel in my hair (something I almost never do), and it still wouldn’t be symmetrical.

Also, I’m pretty broke, and getting my hair cut at a nice salon is one of my few splurges. I really don’t want to spend the money to go to someone different and get it cut a second time right now when I just spent $60, but I don’t want to go through the annoyance of explaining to her, seeing her, the fear that I still won’t like it, and then I won’t have any hair left for anyone else to work with (it’s already pretty short).

Meh, I hate both of my choices. What do you think I should do? What would you do? Please help!