My hair is annoying me again

It's too short and too thick to manage by putting it behind my ears. It's also too short and too thick to manage with barrettes and ponytails, which isn't the greatest strategy in the winter anyway. Two particular hunks - they are in front and slightly shorter than the rest, so they seem like they were bangs at one point although I've just been growing out from an all-over short cut - are being a constant tactile annoyance. I don't want to cut the main body of my hair any shorter, so I thought of turning them into real bangs.

Pros:

1) I could then wear my hair down without constantly trying to get it out of the way.
2) I would be using my hair most efficiently for insulation in the winter
3) By the time warmer weather arrives, the rest of my hair would be long enough to put back in ponytails, and I could use barrettes on the growing bangs.

Cons:

1) I might not like the style.
2) I would still have to grow them out at some point and encounter the same tactile problem.
3) I would be exacerbating the problem of different lengths in my hair, which makes braids difficult.

Con #1 is just a gamble. I think I can do it so I like it, but nothing I can find out before doing it will settle the issue for sure. Con #2 is somewhat mitigated by pro #3; if the rest of my hair has gotten long, then it won't be so difficult to get my bangs out of the way with barrettes. Con #3 is really the troubling one. I know from past experience that it's frustrating to have bits of shorter hair that aren't really bangs anymore but can't go into long hairstyles properly. What I could do is, once my hair is a manageable length, keep the length constant until the bangs catch up. I think this is a reasonable solution, but it will mean an even longer delay until I can really play with long hairstyles.

I think I will do the bangs. I gotta say though, it is really frustrating because I like my hair short and I like it long, but there is about 6 months of medium length in between that is practically a no-win situation, so it's always a heavier decision than I think it should be to switch from one to the other.