End Date: 12 December 2016
Completed: 58½
Failed:42½
1. Become Mrs Parrish – COMPLETE 18/06/2016
2. Do five fun things in Bristol (5/5) – COMPLETE: Rocatillos with Lexie, ZaZa Bazaar with Jexie, Wicked at the Hippodrome, Wedding Fair with Jexie, Hunting for Shauns with Lexie
3. Get engaged to my Katie – COMPLETE September 2014
4. Be able to recognise ten constellations (0/10) – FAILED: Life got in the way
5. Stick with Glee to the very end – COMPLETE March 2015 😦
6. Watch Roger Federer play tennis – COMPLETE Wimbledon 2015
7. Bake edible brownies – COMPLETE March 2015!
8. Write something – COMPLETE (I wrote a blog for almost a year)
9. Pay off at least one Credit Card – FAILED: Wedding & Speckle costs 😦
10. Trade Speckle in for something more roomy – FAILED: Change of plan!
11. Get a library card – FAILED: Kindles and technology have taken over my reading habits
12. Have a movie marathon – FAILED 😦
13. See Nadal win a tennis match – COMPLETE (Wimbledon 2014)
14. Go to the Christmas market with Lexie each year (2/2) – COMPLETE
15. Buy a mop… at last – COMPLETE
16. Leave the country again – New York Aug 14
17. Have Thanksgiving! – FAILED: Again, life got in the way. Also, it’s on a bloody Thursday
18. Be internet-less for a whole weekend – COMPLETE whilst on QM2 for a whole week!
19. Go to the dentist, at least once – FAILED. I’ve got nothing.
20. Get involved with something I really care about – Baking? Maybe. Let’s call it a draw.
21. Treat Katie to afternoon tea – COMPLETE Feb 2015
22. Make a 2013/14 photo book – FAILED
23. Go hang out in London – COMPLETE August 2014
24. Take a trip to Manchester – COMPLETE August 2014
25. Get ACA qualified – COMPLETE December 2015
26. See a movie at the Little Theatre – FAILED. And they even gave us free tickets as a wedding present.
27. Buy an NYU t-shirt – COMPLETE, September 2014
28. Go to the American Museum – FAILED
29. Don’t spend any money for a whole month – FAILED. I don’t think this is even possible.
30. Go out and take cute photos of Bath – COMPLETE (Sort of).
31. Start making pension contributions. Like an adult – COMPLETE (August 2014 Paycheck)
32. Go to the Thermae Spa – COMPLETE August 2014
33. Go on 25 dates with Katie (16/25) – Captain America, McBusted, TFIOS, Wimbledon 2014, Newquay Zoo, Guardians of the Galaxy, Trafford Centre, Back to the Future Secret Cinema, Thermae Spa, Jamies Italian, Wicked at the Hippodrome, Wimbledon 2015, Alton Towers, Thermae Spa (again), Ask Pizza, Ask Pizza – Half Complete.
34. Run a 5k – COMPLETE (Every week during Running Club)
35. Make edible French macarons – COMPLETE March 2015
36. Pay off loan – COMPLETE
37. Climb Glastonbury Tor – FAILED
38. Get a Bath Discover Card and go to three things with it (0/3) – FAILED
39. Be in a TV show audience – FAILED
40. Do Davina’s 15 minute work-out 50 times (14/50) – FAILED
41. Read 25 new books (2/25) – Two Boys Kissing, Life & Death (Twilight) – FAILED (due to excessive FanFic reading)
42. Drink 50 Starbuckses (50/50) – COMPLETE
43. Have a fun beach day in Bude – COMPLETE (With Katie & Amy, Widemouth Bay, July 2014)
44. Wash Speckle three times (1/3) – June 2015 at Milvers – FAILED
45. Start a Char/Kate Christmas tradition – COMPLETE – Advent Calendars, NYE Board Games
46. Road trip to nowhere – FAILED
47. Write 20 reviews on TripAdvisor (7/20) – Bellagio Fountains, Great Pulteney St, National Lobster Hatchery, Newquay Zoo, Thermae Bath Spa, Jamie’s Deli Bath, Bill’s Manchester, Ayala’s Apartment NYC – FAILED
48. Cook ten meals from the recipe books on the shelf (0/10) – FAILED, haha
49. Take couple photos in a photobooth – COMPLETE (Sugarpova, Wimbledon Village)
50. Harry Potter Studio Tour at Christmas – COMPLETE (January 2015)
51. Have two perfect Valentines days (2/2) – COMPLETE
52. Drive Speckle through the lions at Longleat – FAILED
53. Invest in a new HD video camera – COMPLETE
54. Get three new board games (3/3) – COMPLETE: Monopoly National Parks Edition, Frustration, Pictionary
55. Spend Christmas with Katie – COMPLETE (December 2014 at Milvers)
56. See Amy three times a year (8/8) – COMPLETE: Widemouth Aug 2014, Mom & Dad’s House Oct 2014, Dec 2014 in Pyworthy, Wedding Dress Shopping April 2015, Dinner at Milvers June 2015, Hen Party planning Milvers Nov 2015, Hen Parties x2, Wedding
57. Get a US State scratch map – FAILED
58. Make 5 cute things for the house from Pinterest (0/5) – FAILED
59. Bake 20 delicious things (20/20) – COMPLETE – Nutella Star “Bread”, Epic Chocolate Cake, Speckled Macarons, Vanilla Birthday Cake, Lemon Meringue Fudge, Key Lime Pie Fudge, Battenberg Cookies, Valentines Cookies, Lemon Cookies, Lemon & Lime Drizzle Cake, Chocolate Cherry Brownies, Chocolate Birthday Cake (Dad), Chocolate & Cherry pie, Chocolate Moustache Cookies, Caramel Sandwich Cookies, Coconut Macaroon Bites, Chocolate and Vanilla Star Cookies, Coconut and Raspberry Sandwich Cookies, Pistachio and Cranberry Biscotti, Stem Ginger and Cherry Florentines, and so much more…
60. Jump in a fountain – FAILED (and I live really near one)
61. Go camping – FAILED
62. Drive a Convertible around California – FAILED, but plans changed
63. Have an amazing Hen Weekend – COMPLETE June 2016
64. Eat at 10 new restaurants in Bath (3/10) – Tilley’s Bistro, Turtle Bay, Dough FAILED
65. Make gluten free pizza – COMPLETE
66. Watch 50 new movies (13/50) – Captain America 2, TFIOS, Guardians of the Galaxy, Frozen, The Amazing Spiderman 2, Gravity, Dinosaur 13, Mockingjay, The Hobbit – 5 Armies, Dallas Buyers Club, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Jurassic World, Spectre, Fantastic Beasts… FAILED
67. Complete a Sims Legacy – FAILED
68. Sort out my wardrobe – COMPLETE (January 2015)
69. Start a baking blog, and post weekly for the rest of the 1001 days – COMPLETE(ish)
70. Watch all of The West Wing or Pretty Little Liars – FAILED
71. Picnic in the park – COMPLETE August 2015 with Jexie & Soph B
72. Back up my laptop every 6 months – COMPLETE – Set up Google Drive backup
73. See a Movie at midnight – FAILED
74. Cook Katie an awesome three course dinner – COMPLETE 12 August 2014
75. Get a new laptop – COMPLETE August 2014
76. Actually grow things in the planters – COMPLETE May 2015
77. See Jack once a year (3/3) – COMPLETE: May 2014, June 2015, June 2016
78. Learn basic Dutch – FAILED
79. See a show on Broadway – COMPLETE – Book of Mormon, September 2014
80. Donate/sell things we don’t need – FAILED (such a hoarder)
81. Take a course/class in something unrelated to my work – COMPLETE (Dutch online course)
82. Go out for dessert – COMPLETE (Ice Cream parlour with Jexie)
83. Spend a week pretending to be a New Yorker – COMPLETE, September 2014
84. Open top bus tour of Bath – FAILED
85. Be on time for work for a whole week – COMPLETE August 2015
86. Send a postcard to Postsecret FAILED
87. Learn how to do eyeliner – FAILED
88. Host a dinner party – COMPLETE – May 2014 Sunday Lunch with JP & MR
89. See Josie once a year (3/3) – COMPLETE: Exeter August 2014, Exeter January 2015, Wedding times 2016
90. Get contact lenses – COMPLETE December 2016
91. Buy some shares – FAILED
92. Have less than 20 alcoholic drinks in 1001 days (19/20) – COMPLETE
93. Win a game of Monopoly against Katie – COMPLETE (Christmas 2014 – National Parks Edition)
94. Eat a Sally Lunn Bun FAILED
95. Go on a treasure hunt – FAILED
96. See Mom & Dad 5 times a year (14/14) – COMPLETE [Apr’14, Jul’14, Aug’14, Oct ’14, Nov/Dec ’14, Feb ’15, Apr ’15 x 3, Aug’15, Nov’15, Dec 15, Feb 16, May 16, June 16 x2]
97. Finish painting the kitchen table – FAILED (we just bought a new one)
98. Make home made lemonade – FAILED
99. Conquer my fear of flying – AS COMPLETE AS IS POSSIBLE… I got on a plane
100. Earn over £(secret) a year – COMPLETE (January 2016 promotion)
101. Save enough money for the wedding of my dreams – COMPLETE June 2016
Charlotte & Katie 