It is almost my birthday and this year the number of
years to celebrate is one of a ‘slightly significant’ nature. And so I got to thinking how to celebrate…
Rather than
have a big fancy birthday party – I did think about it but lack of will to
organise it and the realisation that I am not really a big party person made me
rethink - I have decided instead to attempt to celebrate in as many different
ways as years I am celebrating across this next year (no need to shout about
the number! ...40!). Some bigger celebrations and some smaller simple things which I have either never done or love doing and need to make a decision to do again. My hope is that in this
way I not only get to significantly stretch out my birthday, but that I also
get to celebrate my birthday with all my friends in ways that appeal to both me
and my different friends.
For some of my friends
geographical distance will require creativity from us and probably a serious use of Skype, but I'm up for the
challenge! Although some of the ideas
below are perhaps on the more expensive side of the scale, celebration on a
shoestring is also to be welcomed!
I have
begun a list of ideas that I would like to include but have also invited friends to make their own suggestions. Unless I was going for 21 again I started this challenge without a full quota of 40 things but across a roughly 12 month period hope to fill it out gradually and then blog about it on here too. And I'll try to remember to update the list as I go. ...I now have more than 40 things on the list but am still happy to embrace new ideas and drop others.
*Listed in bold once completed
The list
so far:
- Tennis match
- Posh dinner party
- Cream tea at Harrods
- Spa day
- Massage
- Picnic with a proper picnic hamper
- A London Show (LastMinute.com)
- Punting
- River cruise (River Thames?)
- Photography course
- A morning in Borough Market eating lots of street food & wandering around the stalls
- Beach day
- A weekend in Ireland
- A movie day / weekend
- Hot air balloon ride
- A day at the races (horse)
- Tour of Roman Baths, Bath
- Bumper cars
- Desert pizza party (Chocolate pizza, or Banana & Cinnamon are my favourites!)
- Dinner at a famous fancy restaurant (Jamie Oliver?)
- Reinvent my wardrobe ...including dresses! …and wear it!
- Ride a Dutch bike
- Climb the O2
- Greenwich cable car
- Brazilian churrascaria
- Ice skating
at Somerset House - Film in the park
- Prom in the park
- OutdoorTheatre
Night ina Longbarn treehouse- Watch a sunrise from somewhere high
- Read 40 books
- Fly a kite
- Buy roasted chestnuts from a street vendor
- Jump in leaves
- Go sledging
- Ride a carousel
- Eat a Sally Lunns bun
- Visit a Christmas market
- Visit the Anne Frank house
- Visit Corrie Ten Boom's house
- A weekend in Amsterdam
- Go karting (already claimed)
- A dinner of desserts
- Re-learn to play flute
- Visit Disney Orlando
- Manicure
- 1972 memorabilia
- Hang from the front of a house
- …
