So here's the round up:
3. See the Aurora Borealis - Cor blimey, what a show!
5. See a glacier - also part of the Iceland trip. Those babies are cold.
8. Give 50 pounds to a busker - The cash for this was one of my birthday rewards. I gave it to a man who busks at Victoria station, who I've walked past at least once a week for a long time. He plays the guitar and always has a friendly smile.
27. Send a message in a bottle - Another birthday reward was a pretty bottle and some writing paper. The message was thrown into San Francisco bay.
49. Have a food fight - This was one of my favourites from my birthday. I thought we were done for the day, and D and I were heading home through the park to get ready for the party, when we came upon a small group of friends with what looked like a picnic. I was confused.....we didn't have that much time before the party, where there was going to be food, so why a picnic? Then the first cake was thrown, and I twigged. So much mess, so much fun!
71. Learn to play poker - Yep, I know my straights from my flushes from my full houses. Now if I could just stop looking so darned pleased when I draw a good hand, I'd be fine.
80. Give somebody flowers for no reason - Yet another birthday task. I picked out a random lady on the street, and presented a bouquet. She was chuffed to bits. I really think we made her day.
81. Go to Iceland - Well duh.
94. Put on pyjamas, get into a show bed in a shop and see how long it takes to get chucked out - a long time, it turns out. Longer, in fact, than we were prepared to wait. Kudos to Debenhams staff for being completely unfazed by two girls in onesies messing up their displays.
95. Busk - This was the only challenge from my birthday that I came close to refusing to do, but I womaned up and stood on a street corner in Camden and told a story. I didn't make a whole lot of dosh.
And of the ten things my friends voted on:
Every morning for a year look in the mirror and tell myself "Meg, you are beautiful. You have many people who love you, and I love you too" - I think this was supposed to boost my self-confidence, but there wasn't a single day when I didn't feel like a dick doing it, particularly those days when I was sharing a bathroom or otherwise audible to other people.
Run through a field naked - This was surprisingly fun. I picked the last day of a weekend-long wedding celebration for some friends on a farm. The intention was to just discretely run around the little cluster of tents belonging to some of my closer friends, but as soon as they started whooping at me, everyone turned round, they started whooping too and it was all very public. Strangely liberating though. It felt good.
Go a week without wearing make up - I spoke about this here. No. Just no.
Eat a food I’ve been afraid of trying - Softshell crab. Creepy, crunchy, innard-filled spider-like things. Yeurch. They taste bloody great though, it turns out.
Try a new cheese every week for the year - My favourite. I'll dig out the list o' cheeses at some point and post it up. 52 cheeses is not too many cheeses.
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