Looking at the New Year

I'm now back in Exeter after a quiet Christmas with the family in Budleigh, though my break was short lived as I returned to work yesterday. Still I am looking forward to New Year's Eve and the Cosplay party, especially now my red wig has arrived. I'm going to have to try everything together in the next few days.

Speaking of the new year, and of resolutions, Next year I hope to achieve.:

• Be a Girl:
  I'm not meaning operations (yet), what I am aiming for is full time girl when not at work, doing family stuff or other things where it essential that I am boied. That follows on from last year's effort to be 'more glam more often'. With that being relatively successful, I think it might be worth taking up a gear.
  
• Less Coke:
  Cut back on my consumption of a certain brown fizzy drink.
  
• Get a Boi/Girlfriend:
  Pretty Obvious Really!
  
• One Photo per day:
  I plan to take a photo of something every day, whether it is an outfit, some scenery or just something I found interesting.
  
• Keep this blog alive:
  I plan to try and post semi regularly, hopefully a couple of posts each week.

So those are my plans for next year. Wish me luck...

Edit: I've also noticed that I've now passed 100 posts, pity the 100th post wasn't anything more interesting then a "Merry Christmas" but still cause for some celebration...

Glamour Goals Update

Almost six months ago I posted some goals that I was aiming for in a bid to improve my glamour. I thought I would give a little progress report.

Work more on the makeup skills so I don't end up looking overdone

This I’ve been a bit hit and miss on. My makeup skills are indeed improving, but I am still very much a girl of very dark eye makeup. I have however learnt a couple of tricks to make it look more feminine. One very simple technique I’ve learnt is to not fully line the lower lid. Instead stopping slightly short which gives my eyes a more ‘lifted’ appearance. I’ve also slightly changed the shape I make with my shadow, taking inspiration from Grog (singer with Die So Fluid) which has also improved my look somewhat.

I also attempted some very extravagant makeup, think I need a bit more practice and not try and overreach myself either. I was doing well until I thought it would be a good idea to style my brows into the look. “Eek!” is the best way to describe the results.

Get my brows done so they look more feminine, I'm a bit too skittish to do my own!

Following a few lessons from the lovely Kate I am now doing my brows with varying degrees of success, I’m getting there, just need more practice at making them even. Still I will keep practicing.

Work on a daytime look that isn't wrapped up in many coats/hats & scarves.

This is something I’ve made quite good progress on. I’ve bought quite a few girly fit T-shirts which I will wear with a light hooded top or similar as I’m still a bit paranoid about my boi shoulders. Still I am looking forward to wrapping up again in nice snugly coats.

Get rid of my boi hair - now I'm more willing to show more flesh my arms are a little embarrassing

I’m afraid this is still very much ‘To-Do’ – I do run the trimmer over my arms, but I would like something a bit more long term. Unfortunately Laser removing all my boi hair would cost an absolute bomb. Guess I’ll have to get much more intimate with a Mach 3 much more often. The blood will be flowing!

 

I’ll update the progress and will hopefully add some more goals soon. Now with it being a horrible rainy day I think I’ll have a bath and do my legs…

Some Glamour Goals

This is really for my reference and I hope to tick them off as time goes by... Most of these I want to do in time for October's WGW. If not sooner :)

• Get rid of my boi hair - now I'm more willing to show more flesh my arms are a little embarrassing
• Get my brows done so they look more feminine, I'm a bit too skittish to do my own!
• Work more on the makeup skills so I don't end up looking overdone.
• Work on a daytime look that isn't wrapped up in many coats/hats & scarves.

Thinking a bit more, I'm less worried about being read then I was in the past. I might get some glances, but are they of admiration or fear? Hopefully the former, if its the latter then its their problem!

Cold!

According to the Weatherpixie it was -8 last night and it still felt like that when I wondered over to the Royal Mail office this morning to collect the last of the outstanding parcels. Still its in my possession now and I'll open it up tomorrow morning. I had planned to do it this evening - and take pictures but I've had a last minute call to go out with some friends tonight (looking like crap - I'll be going straight from work) so it will have to wait.

New Year and the Associated Resolutions

Well a happy new year to you all. I hope you are all doing well with your resolutions and haven't broken them already.

I saw in the new year with friends at a fairly low key party which involved drunken Wii-ing. Who needs the pubs and their price hikes!

I have resolved to be more me and less slack and apathetic. With the aim of being a prettyboi or fab girlyboi much more often! To this end I've been on ebay buying some more general daytime stuff. So far I've got a coat, 3 new pairs of boots (mostly low heeled/flat for daytime lurkings), a rather pretty purple dress top, some shorts to go underneath the dress top (I plan to add black tights and big belts to this combo)

Unfortunately none of the new stuff has arrived yet so I don't have pictures yet. I'm going to work on more daytime looks over the next month or so and see what I come up with.

I've also started as I mean to go on! I'm having a girl day today :)

Mobile Post: Saving

I've started a penny jar bottle to save for pretty things as well as next years whitby. So far i have the grand total of 24p, though that is based on the contents of my walletpurse at work today, hopefully will have a lot more before long.

I do hate working lates on a Friday or Saturday night. Too many drunk callers for my liking. They are more rude and obnoxious then the daytime customers.

Going to Germany?

I'm really hoping that a very good lead on a new job comes through - I've been looking around on the net and have seen that quite a few of my favourite bands are (probably) playing the Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig next year. If it comes through then I should be able to afford to go. If it doesn't then I think I'm going to be doing a lot of overtime! I hope I know fairly soon, I would rather not end up having to get back to a Travelodge on the very edge of the city each night - an hour on the Tram each way was a bit much.

Actually there is quite a lot of things I'd like at the moment - I think I might have to work that overtime anyway.

Very unglam

I'm very unglam today as I both overslept and had the circuit breaker trip today, so no shower and no time for glam.

I have however been to New Look and bought a rather nice beret style hat for £6 :) Will take a picture tomorrow.

I also need to make another trip to Primark soon to find some more tops and possibly some skirts (as I've lost weight only one of mine actually fits me.

Finally I saw a gorgeous pair of PURPLE (!) leather opera gloves in the window of Reiss. However looking at their website they are very expensive and for that price I would expect them to be properly sized - not just S/M & M/L. I can do Large, just not Medium/Large which is almost always nearer Medium