I know, this has absolutely nothing to do with our wedding, however, it's quite a milestone in my life. I had got a list of things to do before I'm 30 and I'm fully aware that with just seven days left as a twenty-something the chances of me fitting it all in are pretty much nil!
So after tweeting pretty much this, a lovely fellow tweeting bride-to-be the
@weddinghunter suggested I compile a 'things I've done BEFORE I'm 30' list starting with 'learnt to talk'. Fab idea I thought, so, I started my list, bear with me as it's only in the order it popped into my head and if you know me, you know that'll be no particular order lol!
So here goes...
- Learnt to talk
- Learnt to walk
- Learnt to read & write
- Visited various places on holidays...France, Devon, Cornwall, Canada & Australia
- Fell in love with Nando's
- Failed two driving tests - my project after the wedding!
- Went to my first football match Cov City v Man Utd aged 13 and fell in love with David Beckham...yep I still would ; )
- Learnt to knit - thank you Granny x
- Learnt to sew
- Achieved such high results in my Richmond Tests at Primary School that they moved me up a year (did anyone else do these?!)
- Achieved 9 GCSEs, one A, four B's & four C's a year early
- Achieved 2 A-Levels, two B's a year early
- Went on a rollercoaster, Nemesis and hated every second...I'm more than happy to hold the coats : )
- Went to Disneyland Paris and met Tigger...boing!!
- My first job was as a waitress while I was doing my A-levels
- My first full time job was at M&S as a customer assistant for my year out - I never did get to uni!
- I had a place at Staffordshire University to do a degree in Sports Journalism
- I moved stores to work in Visual Merchandising for M&S
- I moved stores again to become a Visual Merchandising Manager
- I now manage Menswear, Kidswear, Home & Visual Merchandising, as well as the Gift Shop at Xmas
- My little old Gift Shop has been NUMBER ONE in the business in terms of sales growth on the year for the last two years running!
- Fell even more in love with Krispy Kreme's...yummy!!
- Went to my first rugby match at Franklin's Gardens - Saints v Wasps and haven't stopped going or supporting Saints - you can't beat a pint of Guinness, a chicken & mushroom pie and a good game of rugby on a cold afternoon!
- Saw England v Barbarians at Twickenham
- Saw England v Wales in the six nations at Twickenham
- Took up scrapbooking
- Took up baking and have developed a love for creating cupcakes of all shapes, designs & sizes
- Went up Snowdon on a steam train
- Shared a lift with Toby Flood in a hotel in London
- Had dinner with Matt Milburn of Hollyoaks fame
- Fell in love with Take That & Mark Owen at the age of 11, I still am and I still would ; )
- Have seen Take That, Boyzone, Blue, Girls Aloud, Peter Andre, Sean McGuire, Bon Jovi, Duran Duran, Westlife, S Club 7, Wet Wet Wet and Pink in concert
- Started a collection of Disney DVDs
- Nearly blinded my brother...twice...once with polish, once with a bath pearl : s
- Started a collection of the cars from Disney Cars
- Found some amazingly fabulous friends along the way...you know who you all are : )
- Went to see Glee Live, Matilda the musical and Joseph & the amazing technicolour dreamcoat
- Had a passenger ride in a Lotus Elise
- Went to countless motorsport events with the boy - my favourites being the old classic escorts, cortinas etc
- Saw Russell Howard live
- Learnt to swim
- Learnt to ride a bike with and without stabilisers
- Learnt to snowboard (of a fashion!) in Whistler
- Learnt to bodyboard in Adelaide
- Kissed a lot of frogs before I found my Prince ; )
- Aforementioned Prince asked me to marry him...eeek!
- Moved in with aforementioned Prince
- Have started a countdown to what I hope will be the best day of our lives
- Have started to practice my new signature : )
- I was photographed on the front cover of the local paper with the Queen when I was five
Well, there we go! My mind's gone a bit blank at the moment but I will add to this as and when I remember bits & pieces. It has made me feel a bit better about not achieving everything on my original to do before I'm 30 thirty list - think I might just compile a 'in this lifetime I would like to...' list instead.
Thank you @weddinghunter - you can also follow her trip up the aisle over on twitter at the link at the top of the page.
I'm off to enjoy the last days of my 20s! : ) xx
