Works in progress

I'm making plans to up the vintage scale.

I'm not one for resolutions but I have a few things in mind to fix/improve. It's about time I sorted out my "look" for want of a better word. I do love the vintage look and dyed hair, but I tend not to live up to it very often.


My wardrobe
I have a few vintage or rock outfits, but it's just so much easier to slip on some jeans and a tshirt, especially as I have some poundage to lose - reference monster-arm below.

I've already chopped up a few of my t-shirts to make them more lady-like (no loose wotsits for me) so now I just need to throw out all the grotty clothes and wear the nice ones.

Like the peacock blue Mary dress I want to win from Heyday! How wicked is this:

Resolution: More dresses/effort, less jeans.

Hair

In January I dyed my hair red again like the pic on the left

But I'm so awful at keeping it up  that I spend most of my time with tangerine-head like this: 

But I want to spend more time with pincurled hair, which I've managed about three times last year. Like this (please ignore scary monster-arm)

So many split ends as well. I need to cut it baaaaadly. So, resolution - More hair maintenance. Someone on twitter suggested mixing some dye into my shampoo, so I'm going to give it a go, and generally make more time for hair-setting.

My weight
A constant torment. Biscuits are so delicious. Apart from said biscuits, my diet isn't terrible. It's time to actually move around a bit maybe. Resolution: Go swimming in the mornings.

I realise I'll be in need of a very good swimming cap for this. Any suggestions?

Winter is still coming... very slooooowly. There's been, like, a frost.

Reading. I have been doing it. A lot.

A Song of Ice and Fire is compulsive. I started the series in January, I'm halfway through book four. And let's be clear, these books are tomes. My handbag is constantly weighed down by them but I cannot. Leave them. At home.

Characterisation remains amazing. I love that George RR Martin has managed to make me care about a character I hated in the beginning - Jaime's transformation from an arrogant, privileged young knight to a war-weary and unwilling leader is very sympathetic. Cersei's insane suspicion of everyone and pride in her ridiculous decisions make me despise her more with every word. And I just can't stand how absolutely wet Sansa is. STAND UP FOR YOURSELF, GIRLIE!

The constant changes of direction keep me guessing too. I think I know how to play the game then someone pulls off a massive bluff and I don't even know who I am any more. What's that? Where am I? Where the effing eff did that come from?! I'm itching to know why the Imp confessed to a crime he didn't commit; I want to know what the hell Littlefinger is playing at; Where has Arya gone; who the hey is Coldhands and where is he taking Bran; is Catelyn alive or dead?!

Compulsive. I must know.

Four books in though, and I do wish that winter would hurry up and come. Arya has crossed the country about five times and never made it back to the north. There have been about five weddings but no babies, about eight of the main characters have died so far, and we've met the Others (bringers of winter) once.

 I feel like I know where we're going, now we just have to get there. My theories:

• --Bran and Arya are going to hook up with Dany and ride some dragons
• --But first Samwell is going to meet up with Arya. 
• --Cersei is so going to die/go mental before this book is up
• --Brienne is going to help the Starks take back their realm. Duh. 

I'll have to go back to these when I finish book four. I bet the majority of these folks are dead. 

Anyhoo. I've loved the series so far, but I do think it needs to get somewhere or I'll lose interest soon. After watching the TV series of course. 

PS. I am ready to kill if I have to read that bear rhyme again.