This year, I was lucky enough to get/make for myself:
I didn't exactly buy any dream pieces this year, but I did get three of my most favorite to wear dresses. My Bodyline Naoto Knock-off cage skirt (yeah, I'm thankful for a Bodyline dress, I just really love it!), and 2 Baby bustle back plaid JSKs in both pink/black and red/black. I also got back into the habit of wearing blouses towards the end of this year. I'd been going through a year long blouse rebellion and only really wanting to wear boleros over blouseless JSKs. It feels nice to wear blouses again, it makes me feel like my outfits are much more complete.
Next year, I hope to have more of:
Definitely more commissioned pieces! 2008 and 2009 were the years of Caro-chan's burando extravaganza. I would really like 2010 to be the year of pieces that are custom made to fit me perfectly, and even pieces that I've designed myself! I hope to even finally get around to designing some fabric I love and getting it custom printed, I have a lot of ideas and half sketches. Like every Lolita, and every new year, I would like to learn to sew, at least have the patience to sew a few skirts! I hope to have a few more Classic pieces, I've always sort of ignored Classic, but over the past couple months I've been falling in love with the very decadent Classic styles.
Besides just new clothes that I want, I hope to go to a ton more meetups and have more Lolidays this year, especially ones in my state. Connecticut has tons of awesome Lolitas and I would really love for us all to get together a little more. I want to be a bit more active in our local Lolita scene too, by hosting or even just helping with more meetups. I too often just take the backseat at Lolita events and just show up instead of host. I would like to learn to be a better photographer and start taking some nice Lolita photos of me and my friends. I also am hoping to take my Loliblogging to the XTREME by doing more tutorials, posting more pictures of my own outfits, and doing a few more giveaways.
I guess I want 2010 to be very busy XD But when it comes right down to it I just want to be more creative, more active, and less frivolous with my money, which is something everyone should strive for in the new year, Lolita or not.
My favorite Lolita memory of 2009 was:
There are so many! This year didn't have too many meetups or Lolita events, but there was still a lot of fun stuff going on. I would have to say my top favorite Lolita things I did this year was our Guro photoshoot and our cross-state Loli road trip to go to a Lolita's yard sale to pick up some cheap burando.
The first Lolita event of 2009 was a little get together in February to exchange some very late Christmas presents, and to go bowling in our frills, or Bowlita, as I like to call it. I pretty much immediately fell flat on my face and scraped my palms on the bowling ally floor. What can I say? I just have sooo much grace. Here's me and Janet making the lumpiest heart ever, as is tradition. I'm wearing my BtSSB Puppy Parfait skirt that I love so much :D
Once the weather got a little bit warmer, in late March I think, we headed to an aquarium for a small meetup. One of the coolest things at a meetup happened here! We were walking around, browsing some local shops and 2 Japanese girls, who spoke hardly any English, recognized us as Lolitas and followed us around a bit asking us about our favorite Jrock bands, then we all tried to say each others names. A group of older women wanted to take our pictures with these girls as we exclaimed band names back and forth. That was pretty much the extent of the conversation XD no one knew enough Japanese to speak to them, and they didn't seem to know a whole lot of English. The picture I have that the older women took is all dim and half our group is cut off, but I still love it! This isnt't that picture obviously, but one from the aquarium. I'm in the back, in pink and black BtSSB, as usual, getting over excited about a penguin statue.
Besides a few random get togethers to go to the movies, and a couple conventions, those were the only Lolievents of the year that I can think of right now! I really hope to have more in 2010.
Just like my other meme, if you do this one, let me know and I'll make a list of everyone who's done it!