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wildflower930 · BCBG

RE: New Year's Resolutions

Karina · Chanel

save more money

DC Shopper · Dooney & Bourke

Escrime, you play the cello? I took lessons when I was younger but haven't touched my cello in years. It's sad.

This is the third year I've made a goal list rather than a resolution. I write them down and tape them somewhere in sight. I think I overreached last year so I'm paring down my list this year:

1. Pay off credit card debt. For real. I'm close, but need to accomplish this by early next year. Save money each month. It doesn't matter how much or how little, just need to get into the habit of saving.

2. Learn to knit and make at least one scarf (mom bought me knitting lessons for my bday, so I can accomplish this one pretty easily, I hope)

3. Work harder in school - throw myself into projects and reports and go for the "A".

4. Cut down on online shopping (hard, because I hate going to the mall unless it's empty). Ebay is allowed, and I am allowed to buy something if I can't find in a store around D.C. and only if I really really love it. This one is going to be so hard.

5. Stop making excuses for not running at least twice a week. It's not that hard and I feel so much better when I exercise. Currently only playing basketball 1-2 times a week.

6. Be more thoughtful in my relationships - call friends more often, attempt to meet new people, continue pre-marital counseling w/Paul, visit grandparents.

cc · Marc Jacobs

I've never done New Year's resolutions before but I'm going to make a concerted effort this year.

I resolve to:
-get my paperwork and finances in order.
-be more responsible about purchases and about making returns.
-cut down on my diet coke intake.
-take more pictures.

My goals are to:
-finally decorate my bedroom. I've hemmed and hawed about it for months and I'm finally making some progress and hope to have it fixed up by the end of January.
-resume my Italian classes or at least work with my tapes and books on my own.
-do some serious home-schooling. A few years ago I printed out a bunch of syllabi from various college courses but I never attempted to tackle any of the readings. After having dinner last night with all my Ivy League educated friends, I felt woefully under-educated, especially in terms of my philosphy background. I think I'm going to start with an intro text book and the "Very Short Introduction" series (they have PoMo, Kant, Hegel, etc).
-eat healthier and maybe even do some sort of exercise!

Metric · Gucci

- build a better wardrobe

-stop making so many charges to my MC. I pay it off every month but then I have no spending money. Must break this cycle.

-I too want to kick ass at work. Really make our business something special, be more professional, stop letting coworkers get under my skin.

nyc_shopgirl · Dooney & Bourke

Every year I have the same two resolutions that are more like self improvements that I continutouly strive for.

1. eat more healthy

2. Say yes instead of yeah all of the time.

blubirde · Chanel

Okay, this is good. This is proof of goals - or proof of lack of goals - however you want to look at it.

1. Continue going to the gym at least 4 times a week (except for the last week and this week, I've been really good about it lately).

2. Continue working on my art and maybe, just maybe one day I'll have enough stuff (good stuff) to be able to do a show.

3. Make a successful bid at city council elections this spring. (And by successful I mean viable.)

4. Get to work before 9 and spend less time online (holiday weeks don't count).

5. Do more inappropriate things. (Appropriate is defined by things my mother would approve of.) This is the fun one!

Escrime · Kate Spade

quote:
Originally posted by: DC Shopper
"Escrime, you play the cello? I took lessons when I was younger but haven't touched my cello in years. It's sad.

Hmmm...I don't know if "play" would be correct in my case. I just started taking lessons, and i am really enjoying it.

Lilykind · Hermes

1. Get a learner's permit and driver's license. Yas, I live in Los Angeles, the driving capital of America and I can't drive for crap.

2. Buy shoes, handbags and other accesories as opposed to clothes. Because there are too many clothes in my closet and not enough shoes and handbags.

3. Save money. Use boyfriend's amazing money-management skills to do so.

4. Pay off my debts (not much, but still annoying as hell)

5. Size out of Old Navy/BR/Gap in bottoms (my top size won't shrink so long as my 36Cs stay intact or become 36Bs). I have a serious love/hate relationship with the trifecta and I buy stuff from these places all the time even though I'm not really a big fan of any of these companies. I'm currently a S or a 4 at all of these places and I'm petite so this is actually not a terribly difficult goal.

6. Buy more from indie designers, because in Los Angeles, I have no excuse to be buying 75% mall store stuff.

alb · Marc Jacobs

This is more of a to do list but here are mine:

1. Read the Economist every week so that I can be more informed of current events and international political issues.

2. Organize the entire house and do all the little upgrades we've been planning.

3. Put all of my lists and files on a disk or hard drive (to get rid of clutter)

4. Read, read, read!

5. Try to be more involved here and make more girlfriends

6. Read my husband's very lengthy death penalty article (which was published about 2 yrs ago)

ETA:

7. Pick up knitting again and knit a baby blanket before the baby is due in June

8. Put all of our photos in an album

9. be prepared to preserve memories of my pg and the baby's birth, etc.

10. convert the guest room into a really cute/cool nursery

11. start building a library of cool books for the baby

12. cook more frequently.

-- Edited by alb at 10:37, 2005-01-03

Kathy · Nine West

I'm a little late, but I would like to:

Get in better shape - mainly by starting to run (again!)

Learn more about investments

Get organized!

domkfox · BCBG

My post is a little late, too, but here are my 2005 resolutions.

* eat healthy (don't overly restrict myself, but don't let it completely go either - think about health, not weight)

* save money (stick to my new monthly budget)

* take all the steps necessary to move to London this year, or January 2006 at the latest (i've been wanting to do it forever; now is the time!)