two thousand and heaven

In the style of my favourite full-time blogger, Gala Darling, I'm planning on making this the year of over the top, outlandish decadent style. But it isn't all about looking like a glamourous grandma, this year is also about fufilling my potential by making a few small, key changes.
So here it is, my plan for 2011:

Go to America with my boyfriend! I've been excited about this since July, when we decided on a whim, that we would go to San Diego Comic Con together. Hearing about all of the big film releases, and opportunities to meet one of my favourite British directors at a preview made me want to commit heinous crimes to get over there. I'm incredibly happy to settle for New York instead, in fact, anywhere would be lovely, and I should certainly start saving towards flights.

Speaking of saving, I'm planning on buying myself an iPhone outright within the month. After a complete disaster with O2/DHL over the last month and a half, I am giving up on technology! My iPod touch gave up the ghost today, after not touching it for 5 hours (?!) so sooner the better really!

Make an effort with friends, new and old. I am incredibly apt to just not talk, I have an interesting mix of crippling shyness and social confidence! I can get talking to strangers if I want to, but if I'm not in the mood, I won't talk to anyone I know for weeks. I made hardly any friends independently last year at Uni, but now I'm going to pull my finger out and force myself upon people, for the good of my relationship! I know that sounds ridiculous, but one day I shall explain.

I want to be organised! I'm a Virgo, so by horological nature I should be the most frustratingly organised person in the world, but really? I have bursts of hyper-tidying, and then long, languishing periods where I could wallow in a bed-sit of filth for weeks. I want to have an Ikea wardrobe where every little thing has it's exact place, and everything is neat and packed away and nobody is allowed to touch a thing!

I want to take my driving test, and get a Fiat 500. The car is optional, of course. I have been in a state where I could have taken my test and passed for the last 2 years, but just haven't organised it/had my paper counterpart. I need to pass it! I don't care that the only car I can drive is my mums VW estate, where is you open the petrol cap, the windscreen wipers go off and continue to go off for the rest of the day (this is not an exaggeration, I will video it)

I want clear skin! I have been on acne medication for 4 years, and I am so tired of not having that perfect month, without a single flare up. I'm 20, and I feel like this shouldn't be on my wish list, but I want clear skin so badly! It's improved infinitely since my teenage years, but the second I find something that works, I am going to buy shares and give it to every human with a dermatology appointment! I have spent HOURS looking up treatments, slathering on prescription gels, having my skin peel off, taking tablets, pills, and blood tests.
If anything comes out of this blog, I want someone out there, who is just like me, to feel like they aren't alone!

As for my style, check out Gossip Girl on Acid and Psychedelic Ladies Who Lunch, even though they are a year out, I still find them an inspiration! False eyelashes everyday, coloured extensions, teacups with pearls spilling out, stockings and Doc Martens.