Yay! Another (sort of) milestone reached and breached. Today my hair was being even more huge and uncooperative than usual and I needed to get some groceries so I just thought "sod it!", shoved as much hair as I could top the back of my head and tied that before slicking the bangs behind my ears...and it stayed in through the wind and the rain! Looks quite good, if I do say so myself (sadly my digi camera is at home-I'm at Uni). Maybe we can call this a phoneytail as it wasn't all in but it looked like it. There was a moment in the supermarket, where myself, a guy with a tieback undercut and a chap with a tail down to his mid back were all facing the same shelf and standing next to each other. Felt like a bretheren of longhairs. Sorry, that sounds cornball.
Anyhow, I'm pleased. So close to my goal now, it's not worth cutting it again!
Excellent glad you had the confidence to give it a go...