13 things to do in 2013 - revisited

1. dress cute every day (at least at art college). DONE! i don't dress crazy amazing at college or anything, mostly just jeans and a top, but i feel like getting a job and having money has allowed me to buy some nice new clothes and things, so i definitely feel better about my outfits because i'm not just wearing the same thing every day - instead of wearing just one pair of jeans i now get to choose between two, haha!
2. read at least 15 books. DONE! i thoroughly DESTROYED this goal and actually got up to over 50 damn books this year! WOO GO ME!
3. go see at least 3 shows. DONE! i actually saw 9 shows this year!
4. get an A (full marks) on my textiles coursework. DONE! not only did i get full marks on my coursework, but i also got an A* for my overall a-level. :)
5. pass psychology. DONE! i got a C! which i think is pretty great considering that that last exam was probably put together by satan himself!
6. make at least 3 things from scratch with my sewing machine. DONE!... sort of. early in the year i made a white polka dot swing dress from scratch (very audrey from little shop of horrors), but then other things took over like a-levels, and then college. however, for my textiles a-level, i did make 2 things: a dress and a cape, so it's kind of cheating but i don't care. :)
7. visit london. DONE! i spent a weekend in london with my parents in march and it was incredible. you can read posts i wrote about it here: x, x, x, x, x, x.
8. get my splits. this is the only one i didn't do! getting splits is so time consuming, especially if you want to progress; you have to keep upping the time you hold your stretches so after a few months i was holding everything for like 3 minutes each and it adds up to over an hour worth of stretching and it just started taking over my life! once i started putting together my portfolio and things i stopped having time for it so i decided it was just time to end this dream.
9. get braces. DONE! that's all there is to it, really. :)
10. get a job. DONE! in june i got a 3-month employment contract working in the food department at my local marks and spencer, and then in july i was put on the food & beverage concessions casual staff database at the new leeds arena!
11. go out and get reasonably intoxicated at least once. DONE! love going out with my college girls. :)
12. get into art college. DONE! 
13. make at least 5 stop-motions. DONE! i made quite a few actually; lots were done very simply on LapseIt and most weren't 'planned' or 'scripted' but i made them, and i love them. i'm also very glad that i didn't give up on this one even though it stopped moving me forward in a college/university way.

13 things to do in 2013

1. dress cute every day (at least at art college). i know i won't be able to dress very 'out there' at sixth form so this one'll start in september, but i just want to start dressing how i want to and not wearing the same safe outfit every day.
2. read at least 15 books. i know 15 is not a lot, considering lots of people regularly smash the 50 book challenge, but i do a lot of arts subjects which really eat up my time and i'm still unemployed so don't have a lot of money to spend on books, so i think 15 is a good amount, and i do plan on reading more than that.
3. go see at least 3 shows: either music, theatre or comedy. i wasted a lot of time and energy in 2012 trying to get friends to go see shows that they weren't interested in and ending up missing out. i've since realised i can go to any show by myself so that is what i'll be doing a lot in 2013!
4. get an A (full marks) on my textiles coursework. textiles is my favourite course that i've ever taken and i've gotten an A every other year that i've done it, so i definitely need to go out on a high.
5. pass psychology. so i'm not as ambitious with psych as it is entirely exam based and i suck at exams, so a pass is good enough for me!
6. make at least 3 things from scratch with my sewing machine. last year i managed to almost finish a dress and turn an old dress into a skirt, both of which don't fit, so this year i have to make at least 3 good things.
7. visit london. this is already booked as my birthday treat so i'm very excited :) i can't wait!
8. get my splits. i have been stretching every day again and it's going pretty well so if i don't give up then i should get my splits some time in 2013.
9. get braces. this one is kind of pre-determined and i can't go back on this one, since i've already had some teeth out and if i don't get the brace to fill the gaps then i'll look weird for the rest of my life. yep!
10. get a job. this is a main one for me, and... yeah.
11. go out and get reasonably intoxicated at least once. i'll be 18 this year and i'm still yet to ever drink more than 1.5 vodka and cokes in any one evening. also i need an occasion to wear my new fake lita's.
12. get into art college. this one is a necessity.
13. make at least 5 stop-motions. i'm not sure if this one will happen; i was really inspired in 2012 to dabble in animation but i know that it isn't really worth anything as i can't use it for a portfolio as it isn't relevant and it's not the career i want to go in. so as i move onto art college and start focusing in on costume design, maybe this'll get pushed out of the way. but i hope not, as i really love stop-motion.

happy new year guys! :-) x