2013 Roundup

Out of boredom and a severe lack of creativity, I decided to do one of these awful questionnaires that float around tumblr. I thought it had some good questions that helped me look back throughout the year. If you feel like doing this yourself, feel free to copy and paste it!

• 1:What did you do in 2013 that you’d never done before? Visited Portland!
• 2:Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I think so, and no. I’m going to constantly try to better myself and do good.
• 3:Did anyone close to you give birth? A friend did, yes. And her baby is the cutest ever.
• 4:Did anyone close to you die? Nope. No one close to me ever dies. I never get the chance to put a cute funeral look together!
• 5:What countries did you visit? Canada. You don’t need to remind me how lame that is.
• 6:What would you like to have in 2014 that you lacked in 2013? A puppy and more self confidence.
• 7:What dates from 2013 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? October 5th only because it was my birthday and I had an extremely fun bash. Also May 4th because that’s when I took my husband to Disney World :)
• 8:What was your biggest achievement of the year? Reading over 30 books! An all-time high for me!
• 9:What was your biggest failure? Being idle.
• 10:Did you suffer illness or injury? A little bit here and there.
• 11:What was the best thing you bought? Anything that makes me feel good–facials, massages, bath products, perfume, etc.
• 12:Whose behavior merited celebration? My mom’s.
• 13:Whose behavior made you appalled? My dad’s.
• 14:Where did most of your money go? Bath products, books, movies, clothes, tennis lessons.
• 15:What did you get really, really, really excited about? Vacations, seeing family, shopping!
• 16:What song will always remind you of 2013? “Don’t Save Me” by Haim
• 17:Compared to this time last year, are you: (a) happier or sadder? (b) thinner or fatter? (c) richer or poorer? Happier, thinner, personally poorer, collectively richer. Things are lookin’ up for old Lils.
• 18:What do you wish you’d done more of? Exercised, volunteered, danced, stayed up late, laughed.
• 19:What do you wish you’d done less of? Sleeping, eating, being moody/mean.
• 20:How did you spend Christmas? In Vegas with my cute little husband. He’s not actually little, but he’s cute.
• 21:Did you fall in love in 2013? I continued to fall in love.
• 22:What was your favorite TV program? I liked Catfish, Biggest Loser, Breaking the Faith (all terrible reality TV shows) and Mad Men.
• 23:Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? Hate, no. Highly dislike, probably. No one comes immediately to mind though.
• 24:What was the best book you read? Ready Player One by Ernest Cline was one of my favorites. I also loved East of Eden by John Steinbeck and The Red Tent by Anita Diamant.
• 25:What was your greatest musical discovery? Haim, Lorde, more Lana del Rey, more Elvis Costello, XM radio stations.
• 26:What did you want and get? A new iPad.
• 27:What did you want and not get? The ability to gracefully walk in heels.
• 28:What was your favorite film of this year? This is the End, Prisoners, Philomena, Blue Jasmine.
• 29:What one thing made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Growing and learning with my husband.
• 30:How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2013? Black, maxi dresses, mini skirts, comfortable, sweaters, rings.
• 31:What kept you sane? My husband, my mom, and music.
• 32:Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Eddie Redmayne, Leonardo DiCaprio, James Franco, Ryan Reynolds.
• 33:What political issue stirred you the most? None. I am not one to be stirred by politics.
• 34:Who did you miss? My friends and family.
• 35:Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2013. Blood isn’t always thicker than water.
• 36:Quote a song lyric that sums up your year. “Que sera sera, whatever will be, will be.” -Doris Day

Hope you have a happy new year! Thank you so much for following my blog, or just for stopping by! I really appreciate it!

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