so with the year about to end

here i present the 100 things i wanted to do in 2008 (originally on my myspace) and whether i have succeeded or not!

1. buy lots of different tights in lots of different colours. yeah i got that pretty much covered :)
2. get a subscription to nme well i get it saved for me at the newsagent so i guess so!
3. buy a cd. instead of downloading all my music from limewire. sadly, this was never going to happen.
4. take lots of old clothes to oxfam again, sadly not!
5. sort out my socks and put them into pairs. i don't wear socks anymore
6. increase a shoe size. still size 2/3, my baby feet are here to stay :(
7. decrease a dress size well there was a brief point over the summer where i was a certified size 8, sadly i'm back to a 10 now
.8. learn to use a compass properly i was never the outdoorsy type!
.9. go camping leeds fest baby!
.10. go to a youth hostel again, this was never going to happen.
.11. learn to curl my hair. it looks shit, but at least i've done it.
12. have a proper nice kiss with someone but not want to get emotionally attached afterwards. plenty of these. plenty of kisses where i did want to get attached as well. they were pretty special.
13. read a book that will make people think i'm clever. the bell jar, oh yes
14. find all my old babysitters club books and throw them away. yes. goodbye kristy et al. miss you mary anne.
15. save up a fiver a week for my leeds fest ticket. does it count that i promised my parents i'd pay them back...
16. get a proper job. yes :) working at lush made my summer.
17. get served alcohol in as many places as possible. well i think its safe to say i managed that one!
18. find my guitar. was on the top of my locker, ha
19. learn to play it. three chords!
20. form a band and write a half decent song. no, i wrote a lot of poems though.
21. learn to walk properly in heels. yes, i could give posh spice a run for her money
22. get a car. sadly i didn't become a millionaire in 2008
23. somehow pay for insurance and driving lessons. well i got driving lessons...
24. start buying accessories for sixth form. seeing as i decided to go to college, this point is moot.
25. become less of a lightweight. i can hold 5 archers and lemonades now, not just 2...
26. decrease the volume of my voice by a few notches. HAHAHA.
27. pass all my gcses. 3 a* 4 a 2 b, i was pretty proud of myself.
28. drink lots of coffee and white wine. too much of both.
29. talk about books to a person in a book shop. did it with mel in waterstones. she loved phillipa greggory as well, but didn't like meg rossoff.
30. watch amelie all the way through. did so in french. i miss mrs slack.
31. apply lipstick properly. yes, dita von teese eat yer heart out.
32. convince a randomer i'm french. no, but one day i will!
33. be in a play.pirates of penzance, i proper miss it!
34. stop taking so many myspace quizzes. i don't go on myspace anymore really.
35. bitchslap someone who deserves it. miranda at owen's ha, okay well maybe she didn't deserve it...
36. paint my bedroom. it's now black and gold.
37. go a week without crying.i hardly ever cry anymore.
38. turn down my ipod a bit so i don't go deaf. it's now at half volume, unless i'm feeling really crunk.
39. have a lovely party. no :( 2009, for the big eighteenth though!
40. cook a meal for the family me, cook?!
.41. somehow persuade someone to take me on a topshop spending spree. merci maman :)
42. hug people less. i know that sounds stupid, but i'm an overenthusiastic hugger. no, you can still find me cuddling everyone at any oppertunity.
43. try vindaloo. no i tried balti though...
43. find my "Beatles" badge. found it, and promptly lost it again.
44. somehow find a way of making the corn exchange re-open. it's a foodcourt now, bleurgh
45. eat less at mcdonalds no
.46. ditto burger king.no
47. ditto kfc. no
48. ditto nandos.no. i really am a chubby little shit.
49. limit my consumption of salsa to a jar a week. i have now moved up... to three jars.
50. get my braces off. aah ,mes dents sont beaux.
51. stop my constant bitterness about the happiness of others. i think i've managed this :)
52. buy a pencil skirt. it's grey and black and pretty.
53. go see the wombats. done, they were great.
54. go see jose vanders. twice, she was wonderful.
55. go see other bands, lots of them. lots and lots of them :)
56. tell my mum and dad i love them every day. i always do this now, even after we've had a fight.
57. learn the school song off by heart. oh aye, miss you wakey girls.
58. buy a classy mascara. some bad gal from benefit :)
59. sleep a lot more. i now sleep too much.
60. find a gay best friend. well i'll always have ryan. although he's not gay. but he still counts.
61. watch marie antoinette until i learn it by heart. je suis princess antoinette, watched this too many times
62. decide whether to take politics or drama for a level.drama. we all knew it was going to be!
63. apply liquid eyeliner beautifully. yesss, i'm a make up supreme now.
64. not touch a drop of cider. i thought my chavvy days were over until i sucuumed to a can of magners...
65. find a shop that sells small bags of cool original doritos. wood street, wakefield. i was dead happy. i squealed "i can cross that off my list. people looked at me strangely.
66. becoming alluring. alluring is something i'll never be :(
67. read a book in starbucks. no, i really wanted to do this as well!
68. find a new historical obsession. no, the tudors are still firmly wedged in my heart.
69. ;) unfortunatly i am still (almost) as pure as i was this time last year.
70. go out clubbing.SHAKEY WAKEY.
71. go a week without the computor. facebook stole my soul
72. keep secrets. partially.
73. get drunk in january. done so at my new year's party, the bluebell with the fryston lot, and at owen's party.
74. not send anyone a valentines card in february. i still hate valentines
75. buy a new umbrella in march. thanks primark
76. put flowers by naomi's tree in april. it made me cry but i had to do it. think about you all the time, sweetheart.
77. be clever in my exams in may. not as clever as i could have been.
76. put up my paddling pool and have a pool party in june. it rained and rained and rained
77. sleep until 12 in july. every day.
72. buy a suit in august. chose college so again, moot point.
73. make a good start to my AS levels in september. i think i'm doing pretty well so far!
74. dress as anne boleyn for halloween in october. i went as a flapper
75. hold someones hand during fireworks in november. no :( my paws were cold! i want someone's hand to hold.
76. buy lovely christmas presents in december. i hope everyone liked them :)
77. get so drunk i can't remember anything in the morning. ben's house. from the videos i've seen i was a total embarrasment.
78. make my mum and dad customized t shirts for their anniversary. i forgot! but next year for the big 25!
79. renew my attendance at the gym.pah. have you seen my belly?
80. stop listening to westlife. not only did i not stop listening, i went to see them live...
81. find some blu tack and stick up my bansky and pete doherty posters.
.82. go a day a fortnight without make up, to replenish my skin. i don't bother at weekends anymore.
83. make myself a salad. yummy cherry tomatoes, oh i am a chef.
84. use more semi colons and brackets. (i tried to do this as much as possible; i found it hard)85. somehow meet jk rowling or pete doherty. i'm still waiting
86. visit versailles again. no but versailles 09 with the blands!
87. take a tram. no, many buses though.
88. buy an itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini. primark didn't have any, szrd.
89. laugh everyday, in every situation. hahahahaaaa i did my very best.
90. use up my juicy lucy friendship cards. i still have a couple left for some lucky people!
91. have a solo shopping trip, just me on my own. many times, i am now skint.
92. take less posey pictures. lots more.
93. take more "natural" pictures. lots more
94. discover new bands on myspace. it wasn't as fruiful a year for music as 2007 but still i found some beauties.
95. delete all the phone numbers of the people i'll never need to talk to. no, hello boy who i pulled on holiday 2 years ago, hello random people in clubs, hello friends of parents. let's all get together sometime for a drink.
96. do my own laundry. never.
97. learn to like mushrooms. they still repulse me.
98. do my work experience in a school. i loved every second of it. highlight of my year, well one of them. can't wait to be a teacher.
99. borrow more from the library. got more fines as well.
100. when i feel the tears coming on, smile, bite them back, and remember how lucky i am. this went pretty well. i'm happier now.

as you can see, a pretty good year's progress. i'm proud of myself, but i won't be making another list for 2009. i'm going to take each day as it comes and spend it with the people i love most. life is all about surprises, after all.
my last blog for this year most probably as i jet off at half 4 tomorrow morning to tenerife. have an amazing new year everyone, i hope 2009's a cracker. drink too much, laugh too much, kiss too much. in the immortal words of mcfly: baby we won't ever die, because we're the young, we're alright.
a bientot, victoria x