I have slut shamed Miley Cyrus more times than I can count. I sometimes forget the plight of women of colour isn’t just about Black or South East Asian women. Taylor Swift is still my home-girl despite her problematic white-girl feminist attitude. I don’t often speak up when I see idiots on public transport leer at schoolgirls. I sometimes end up speaking over trans-voices rather than letting them do the talking. I am guilty of jumping on feminist bandwagons because there is safety in numbers rather than calling out behaviour on my own. Sometimes I’m too scared to post about feminism on social media in case I get attacked or questioned by others.
Yesterday I turned the big 21. It was pretty chill one, I had four days off to relax and took myself away from the computer.
Kicking things off a little early with Friday night Italian feast courtesy of my mum, before heading off for a day trip to Salisbury on the Saturday for a day trip. We arrived and had lunch at The Market Inn, making sure we avoided the showers before walking up to Salisbury Cathedral. We managed to catch a break in the clouds once at the Cathedral and I got some good shots of the spires against clear blue skies. I remember seeing the Cathedral from a distance a few years ago and it’s pretty impressive up close. Once inside the rest of the afternoon was spent wandering around admiring the stunning architecture and taking in the history of the building. One of the things I’ve taken to doing in old churches or religious buildings is read the plaques and gravestones, a little morbid but you find out so much about the people who once walked these places hundreds of years ago.
We got caught in a rain shower after finishing up at the Cathedral so went to warm ourselves up in a small cafe and then headed home.
My actual birthday was again really relaxed. I mainly spent time opening my geek-tastic presents from my family and best friend, who surprised me with the most wonderful package of presents ever. My present haul included The Hobbit on DVD, the Les Mis soundtrack, and a totally awesome A Very Potter Musical t-shirt (thanks Kath!) which will be perfect for LeakyCon (101 days wooo!). Despite my supposedly adult age (9 years till my sister helpfully reminded me =|), I seemed to get a few pretty childish presents (hiya Bertie Botts and Lucky Charms)…further proof that I seem to be ageing backwards!
All in all a really good weekend. I never planned on my 21st being a big blow out, my biggest celebration was my 18th and I always said that would be the last time I try to plan something that big!
As 2011 comes to a close I’m looking back some stylish resolutions I set way back at the start of the year. Some have been a success…some? Well, take a look at how I did.
Wear more colour
I ventured out of my black and beige wardrobe and embraced a more colourful side of my personal style. From the bright and sunny summer hues to rich Autumn and winter shades, I did really try to make an effort to shy away from boring neutrals and definitely am gonna keep this resolution up as I spy neon and candy shades coming up for Spring/Summer 2012.
Invest in hats
Let down no #1, with the exception of my wool winter beanie I’ve yet to invest in any more headgear than I did since the beginning of 2011…
No more stripes
Challenge definitely completed! I loved breaking the habit of having too many stripes in my wardrobe in all types of clothing. I will admit I have bought one or two striped pieces this year…they are a wardrobe staple, I can’t eliminate them completely.
Get some gladiators
This was an obscure one and possibly not achieved due to the lack of regular heatwaves like the year before. I did manage to replace my old sandals but alas no gladiators, hopefully I’ll rock some next Summer.
Embrace my inner girl
Slowly. Slowly but surely I’m getting there with this resolution. I didn’t , take a hold of that 1970’s diva trend but I did venture into the more ‘Zoey Deschanel’ fashion stylebook for a more preppy take on being a bit more girl-y with my styling. Hopefully Spring/Summer12 1950’s revival should push me into that feminine frontier.
So, 3/5 isn’t too bad, I’ll be setting some new resolutions next week so look out for that post! And it’s looking like this will be the last time I blog before 2012.
