well, hopefully you make it to your goal. I want to get up to at least an inch but I will settle with 7/8. I'm working on making the money to get my next kit. but its good that you already have stretched your ears and aren't starting from the beginning, because it can be a painful process. It took me some time to get where I am now and I've encountered plenty of blowouts a long the way. but my ears are healthy and they look really good. Also if you do win it's gonna take be about a week possibly a little less to get them shipped out. but I promise it's worth it. They are really good to stretch with, I've also used acrylic to stretch with. It's not the best material but I do find it a little less painful. but these should work pretty good for you, if you end up winning.
Fanned and watching. I started stretching my ears and realized that the taper I got was made wrong so it took me from a 18g to a 10g! Ouch! I should have noticed! Now I plan on starting over and hopefully these will work :)