Senegalese Twist...Mission Impossibly Long

It took me from 11/28/11 to 12/21/11 to twist my hair!!!  And I took my twists out on 01/08/12.  LOL, that's a shame right?!  I know.  Y'all just don't know how busy and tired I've been.  I attended My aunts 70th birthday extravaganza in New Jersey the first weekend in Dec, and I work retail part-time so from Thanksgiving Eve to New Years Eve I have no off time,  it's a crazy time of year--the holiday season.  So, hey, I did good to get it done at all.  My twists were very long, unintentionally.  I used the thinning method so that the ends would be tapered and thinner, and it took 5 packs of the jumbo braid 100% Kanekalon hair, which I cut in half.  The twists ended up being waist length, I was afraid to wear it down in public--didn't want anyone to pull on it-you know people are rude. :)  So I mostly wore them up in a bun or ponytail, or down in a braid.  These twists were so much fun, and I got a lot of compliments even though I would see young ladies who had theirs done professionally and be thinking, don't stand too closely beside me (LOL) because their twists looked so much more polished than mine...but they were my first attempt at Senegalese twists.  I had them done professionally by Africans in Florence, SC and I paid over $200 for them, so all it cost me for these was $22--the cost of 7 packs of hair--which I only used 5 packs.  I think it was an alright trade.  Without further a-do, here are some pictures: