Project 10": December Edition

I'm starting Project 10": I am determined to grow my hair out to 10" below my earlobe by wedding time next year! If I had known that I would be getting married the following year, I wouldn't have chopped off half a foot of my hair last July:

Look how happy I look. So proud of my low-maintenance cut. I wish I could appear before myself five months ago in front of the salon, Hiro-style, and say "Don't do it! I can't tell you why, but you will regret it!" I didn't measure it then, but I'm guessing that the longest locks were about 3.5 inches from my earlobes. 

And five months later, the ruler tells me that my hair is now about six inches from the lobes:

 

Ugh, is it math time? 5 months, and 2.5 inches of growth. Cross-multiply, divide...That means my hair is growing half an inch every month! Which means that in eight months, it will have grown four more inches, add the six inches I've got now, and I'll reach 10 inches by August 22!!

I think I did that right.

Not that I can actually do anything to make my hair grow longer faster, but I can make sure that I'm careful about the trims I get. Wow, I didn't think it was gonna be possible! 

But we'll see. Stay tuned for another hair measurement at the beginning of January.

Hat

My mom made me a hat!

I wonder if she could make me a veil, too? :)

Miles

Pandora.com led me to this song, and I love it! I wonder how it would work as a first dance song? The lack of lyrics could work for or against us...What do you think? :)


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Room Blocks!

Introducing... The Hampton Inn & Suites at the National Harbor!

Our out-of-town guests will have the option to stay at the brand-new Hampton Inn during their stay in the DC area for our wedding at a very discounted rate! After about a month of back-and-forth with the hotel, we finally signed our contract and we are ready to go!

I think we might be doing things a little out of order, but I was really excited to book our room blocks!

The wedding website will be updated with this information soon! :D Exciting!!

22 months!

I don't know why, but I still can't let our monthiversaries go! This is the first picture Cyrus and I took as a couple during our first real date. 

After an incredibly romantic Valentine's Day dinner at Taberna Del Alabardero, we went to a teahouse in Georgetown to finish off the night 22 months ago. We took this picture of ourselves at Ching Ching Cha. Look at all of that hair! =:D

Happy 22 months! :P

Twice a day?

How often is too often to polish the engagement ring??

I can't help it! The polish makes it so shinyyy...!

I am afraid...

It's only three months into planning, and it's hard for anything to go horribly wrong this early in the game. Yet I fear that I may go too far to get what I want the way I want it, when I want it.

I've been trying to work out hotel blocks with a brand new hotel in the brand new National Harbor area. When I first stopped by, I talked to a woman named Sharon and she told me that I could get a fantastic deal at their hotel. "Yes!" I told her. She wasn't able to show me the rooms at that moment, but I could call and make an appointment.

Too bad that after about five attempts, I have yet to see her face for a second time. She doesn't return my calls, rescheduled a meeting at the last minute, she actually stood me up, and she was supposed to send me a contract last week but didn't.

I'm ready to call the hotel manager and tell him exactly how incompetent some of his staff are...

But wait - I've heard of brides who lose control when things don't go their way. And knowing how I get when other plans like movies and dinner outings don't go my way (prime example), I know that I'm a prime candidate for bridezillitis.

So where do I draw the line with this? If they didn't have the best deal in town, I'd pick up my bags and sign with a different hotel. To be that girl or not...?

I wonder how different my life would be if I could rant like this guy...