#24: donate my hair

I was so eager to cut my hair after the wedding, and was so excited to see it was more than enough to donate to Pantene's Beautiful Lengths!  On the last day of the school year, I headed home with my aunt to get it all chopped off.

This is about the length of my hair before the cut:

 Here's my ponytail, ready to be sent to Pantene:

And here's my hair after:

with my little brother

#42: have/host a party

To celebrate my best friend's upcoming wedding, I hosted a "Monograms and Mimosas" shower at my apartment.  I used pinterest ideas for almost everything I did, and was so happy with how everything turned out!

fruit skewers

snacks

gift table

gift from me-letter art featuring their new last name

mimosa bar with personalized champagne glasses

letter "guest book" to sign

pudding parfaits

We had a great time and I can't wait to celebrate Molly and John's special day with them in July!

#10: watch all 3 original Star Wars movies back to back (EDIT: See all releases in 3D)

 Episode I: The Phantom Menace

My obsession with love for Star Wars started in elementary school when my dad took me to all the "Special Edition" releases. Since then, I haven't been able to get enough of the Star Wars universe. Including the need to climb into a cardboard cut out of Obi-Wan Kenobi's head at the movie theatre, in front of people, and demand that Andrew take my picture...you can tell he is a good  man because he still married me after this embarrassing public display. 

 

Someone may try to tell you I'm a nerd. Don't listen. Clearly you can see that I'm not.

I was so excited when I found out George Lucas was trying to squeeze more money out of the franchise by releasing both trilogies in 3D. I plan on seeing all of these movies in theaters. This time, I even got limited edition Darth Maul 3D glasses for purchasing opening day tickets!

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#34: take a long bike ride

I may be cheating a bit here, but I'm about to use one weekend trip to cross off three of my goals.  In January, my family took a weekend trip to Litchfield Beach/Pawley's Island in anticipation of my upcoming wedding and my brother's entrance into the US Air Force, as a sort of "last vacation" together  before we were both all grown up :)

On Saturday, we rented bikes from our resort and rode down the beach to Huntington Beach State Park. While this probably doesn't count to some as a "long" bike ride, it was about 4.3 miles round trip, not to mention the riding we did all around the park. Plus, I could barely walk the next day. So it counts for me.