1. Lolita Charm's super-special project! I have been very secretly stewing and hatching a project in recent months (which is so awful for me, I can't keep secrets at all - like I always tell my boyfriend what I've got him for birthdays and Christmas, I just can't shut up!) which I hope will be my magnum opus. It's already taken a lot of work and I can only hope it is everything I want it to be! So my goal is to work hard! 

2. Go to more conventions! I never did cons as a kid (when I was interested in the typical animes I was only fourteen, and my parents wouldn't even let me out of the house on a school night!) - so I missed the big 'otaku' con years. I've only ever gone to cons as a lolita, and mostly found them to be loud and crazy... But the last few I went to I had fun! I learned to take a lot of the craziness in stride and see it for the exuberance and passion of hobbyists - and that really opened me up to have a good time :) This year I want to go to Otakon - it's so much bigger than ones I have been to! Plus I love getting dressed up for cons, I can wear all kinds of OTT and unique themed outfits!

3. Learn more hair & makeup tricks. Specifically, I want to learn how to make beautifully huge eyes like the himegyaru girls wear, with big sweeps of gel eyeliner. And I'd like to have make a new set of real hair extensions, dyed in rainbow pastels! I'm also learning how to set my hair in hot rollers for a vintage look, since I inherited an antique set. And I've never worn fake nails or had a manicure done, so I'm excited to try this year!

4.Visit Angelic Pretty San Francisco! Since my last visit to San Francisco, I've developed new ties in the area (family members) and I hope to visit them over spring break to catch up on all the local flavor! I'd be an absolute dream to visit Angelic Pretty USA!

5. Do more deco projects. It's expensive sometimes and takes a lot of planning, but when I finally sit down to do it I feel so relaxed and focused! I found an old jewelry box and I am thinking of deco-ing the lid, perhaps with more sweets from the Fake Sweets Bible.

6.  Journal more. I keep a personal art journal, and sometimes write or draw in it on gray afternoons. It never has lines, so I can write all over the page (I tend to start somewhere near the middle, write more than I thought, and then have to squeeze stuff elsewhere...) and the pages are heavy so I can use watercolors. I need to make time for that ♥ 

7. Fix all the kinks on the website! I'm always trying to perfect the layout... I'm never sure what the perfect style is! And as you all know I still haven't gotten the comment count to work correctly... So I have goals ;)

In the new year Lolita Charm is also taking questions! I'm going to put up a button so you can email me with any questions or article requests. Want an article on a topic? Ask! The recent tea guide was in response to a reader request :) 

I'm also accepting any suggestions or requests on this post! What do you want to see on Lolita Charm in 2011?! Is there a favorite feature you miss, or something you'd like to see more of?

It's so exciting to think that soon we'll have a whole new year, including Lolita Charm's 3rd birthday (!!). Do you have resolutions or goals? Who do you want to be next year? It's always a chance for a whole new life! Where will you be on next New Year's Eve?!