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A wise girl once told me that to be wearing red panties at the stroke of midnight on January 1st, was to ensure love in the coming year. I've always been one for superstitions and 2010 is quickly approaching, so get your knickers in a twist with these cute skivvey options:

Top: Carine Gilson $355 // La Perla $144

Middle: Myla Florence $55 // Calvin Klein $26

Bottom: Forever 21 $3.80

Here are some more NYE superstitions and traditions to enjoy and engage in tonight and tomorrow!

• Eat 12 grapes, one grape for each month of the year, for prosperity
  
• Wear something new on January 1st. It encourages more new clothing to follow
  
• Kissing your spouse or significant other at midnight ensures that you will remain intimate with that person. To not kiss means a cold relationship for the year
  
• No crying January 1st, or you will be crying all year long

And some of the more ridiculous ones....

• A woman shouldn’t speak until a man says "Happy New Year.
  
• First-footers (the first person to enter your home Jan. 1st) can’t have flat feet, be cross-eyed, or have eyebrows that meet in the center.
  
• A first-footer can’t have blond or red hair, and a woman first-footer would be disastrous.
  

All superstitions courtesy of suite101.com

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In a little more than nine hours I will be getting ready for my NYE festivities, a daunting task considering I have yet to decide what I will wear. In preparation (or procrastination...) I have assembled my dream outfits, should I be attending any of the various parties around NYC tonight.

Dress / Primark

Shoes & Purse / Chanel

Necklace / Kenneth Jay Lane

Top / ???

Skirt / Vince

Shoes & Purse / Alexander McQueen

Hat & Safety Pin Ring / ???

Dress / ???

Shoes / Christian Louboutin

Purse / Alexander McQueen

Hat / Giles Deacon