Things! can only get better! (Looking Back at 2008)

Member Name: dedicateddozul

Product:	Looking Back at 2008
Date:	15/03/09 (75 review reads)
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Advantages: I gained confidence and life experience

Disadvantages: I spent to much money and relied too much on luck.

I have to say 2008 was a great year, full of entertaining life events and catastrophies which have helped define me as a person, I've changed so much throughout the year, I'm more confident, my tolerant, I can stand up for myself and I know what I want now.

1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
I took a leap and joined a college that non of my friends were going to because I wanted to make a decisive move towards a better education for myself as my high school was a bit of a distraction.


2. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No but a few of the girls from my high school got pregnant at Prom!

3. Did anyone close to you die?
No

4. What countries did you visit?
Cyprus to see my nan , Wales in a caravan

5. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
A size 8 figure, 3 million pounds, a better relationship with my dad, less stress about petty things, a car, a place at a good University, good AS-level results, A nice fella, friends I can trust, smaller boobs.

6. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your
memory, and why?
4th December- christmas camp because it was in Southport, me and a mate spent most of the time shopping, I let my hair down and met a nice guy who granted didn't turn out to be so nice, but the weekend was amazing!
15th and 16th of november- On the 15th I went to see Romeo and Juliet with my future step nan and it was amazing, we went for a gorgeous chinese afterwards, then on the 16th I dressed up as a tudor for a tudor living history day at a museum.
2nd november because it was my dads 40th birthday party at a very posh hotel so it was really nice and I got to wear a posh dress and shoes.
23rd October because it was the night i got my GCSE certificates and in true my high school style, they gave use peices of paper wrapped up with a ribbon so that it would look better on the photos, this got us all laughing because it was one last ditch attempt at making everyone think that us getting our GCSE certificates was from their teaching lmao!
28th June because it was prom night, one of the best days of my life because I had my hair done dead nice, my dress was pretty, went to a friends got a huge limo and had a proper sit down meal with a dance afterwards and everything was lovely.
Just generally June and some of may because it was my GCSE exams and study leave which btw was ace!! I spent most of it sleeping, watching one tree hill and gilmore girls and some how managed to get 5 A's in the package.
7th March was farm camp which was almost as good as Xmas camp.
14th May was my birthday and i had a great time, me and a few mates went to see what happens in vegas and went back to mine for a bbq after wards.

7. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
getting 5 A's 3 B's 2C's in my GCSE's is just before joining a new college by myself and actually making new friends with the added bonus of fitting in :D

8. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I was diagnosed with Asthma

9. What was the best thing you bought?
I actually can't remember lol I've just basically spent the last year spending money on random things and regretting it this year.

10. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
My two friends, one is cheating on her boyfriend with many people and the other is trying to be like her.

11. Where did most of your money go?
I really have no idea lol

12. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Prom

13. What song will always remind you of 2008?
Panic at the disco- lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off

14. Compared to this time last year, are you:

a) Happier or sadder? Happier
b) thinner or fatter? fatter
c) richer or poorer? poorer

15. What do you wish you'd done more of?
exercising

16. What do you wish you'd done less of?
spending money

17. What was your favourite TV programme?
Skins

18. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this
time last year?
nope

19. What was the best book you read?
Any of the Darren Shan books

20. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Panic at the disco

21. What did you want and get?
good GCSE results

22. What did you want and not get?
lots of money!

23. What was your favourite film of this year?
What happens in vegas

24. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were
you?
I was 16 and i went to see what happens in vegas with my friends

25. Who did you miss?
my nan

26. Who was the best new person you met?
EJ

27. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
Spending money on useless rubbish = not good

28. What do you want from Dooyoo in 2009?
Enough money to help soften the blow of the credit crunch!

Summary: I'm going to make my own luck this year!