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So you know how I was wondering about growing my hair long(er) for our upcoming wedding? Everyone who commented (thanks, by the way!) gave me such good advice on the importance of feeling and looking like myself on that day. So, on Thursday, I made a hair appointment at a local salon, and I walked out with this:

The basket at the top of the bookshelf is Halloween candy I am avoiding.

I love this haircut. It feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders, both literally and metaphorically. I made two follow-up haircut appointments between now and the wedding, so that settles any debate!

Anyway, I looked through all of the links and websites that the hive gave me. I found some great hairstyle ideas. I also stumbled across three more sources of inspiration here on Weddingbee, so I am going to pay things back.

First of all, I love the way that Mrs. Cheese was able to turn her angled bob into a pseudo-updo at her hair trial. Her wedding hair turned out to be equally gorgeous!

Image via Mrs. Cheese

Second, I stumbled upon Mrs. Stiletto‘s post about her own short vs. long hair debate. She had some great inspiration photos, but the one that really stuck with me was the following:

Image via The Bridal Beauty Salon / Linked to by Mrs. Stiletto

I immediately bookmarked this photo—and then saved it on my phone and on my computer and on Mr. Mole’s computer, just in case! (This degree of file safety is a hint of which direction I might be leaning.) Focus on the style, not the caption: I love my short hair, and I am not trying to create a trick or illusion—Arrested Development/Gob reference, anyone?—that my hair is long.

Mix the above photo with a little bit more volume and a little less polish, and I could end up with something like Carrie Underwood’s hairstyle here:

Image via The Daily Makeover / Photo of Carrie Underwood

How did you find your hair inspiration? Did you use wedding blogs, celebrity photos, etc.?