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Start Date: 8th April 2011
End Date: 3rd January 2014

Personal Goals

  1. Get a job - Completed 26/07/2011
  2. Buy myself some lovely new clothes just because - Completed 26/08/2011 
  3. Move out of the flat - Completed 25/02/2012
  4. Put £20 into a savings account every month for a year (0/12 months saved)
  5. Read 30 new books (12/30)
  • Dagger Star
  • Magic Bites
  • The Crimson Petal and the White
  • A Game of Thrones
  • A Clash of Kings
  • A Storm of Swords (part one)
  • A Storm of Swords (part two - I don't care if these books are technically one, I've got two physical books here and they're bloody long so two books they are!)
  • A Feast for Crows
  • A Dance With Dragons (part one)
  • A Dance With Dragons (part two)
  • The Boleyn Inheritance
  • 50 Shades of Grey
  • 50 Shades Darker
  • 50 Shades Freed (Do not judge...I needed to see what the fuss was about!)
  1. Get back to college for some course or another
  2. Participate in, win and complete NaNoWriMo
  3. Write a love letter for Ben and send it in the post
  4. Write down my worst memories and burn them
  5. Write a short story - Completed 02/09/2012
  6. Join a campaign group for something I’m passionate about
  7. Write a letter/email to my MP about something I feel passionate about
  8. Obtain and watch last two seasons of Battlestar Galactica
  9. Hang up fresh mistletoe at Christmas
  10. Say yes to everything for a whole day

Spiritual Goals

  1. Successfully give something up for lent
  2. Go to confession
  3. Pray the entire rosary
  4. Finish reading the RC Bible (5/73 books read)
  5. Attend some kind of religious study class
  6. Learn to meditate, and do so for at least 20 minutes a day for at least twenty eight days (0/28)

Health and Fitness Goals

  1. Loose 146 pounds from my heaviest weight (134 to go)
  2. Sign up for the gym - Completed 03/10/2011
  3. Work out for at least 30 minutes every day for twenty eight days (2/28)
  4. Attend a fitness class (eg Zumba, Yoga, Pilates etc)
  5. Take my vitamins every day for at least twenty eight days (28/28) - Completed 22/07/2011
  6. Find out my blood type
  7. Drink only water for at least 28 days (0/28)
  8. Eat fruit every day for at least 28 days (28/28) - Completed 15/04/2012

Shopping List Goals

  1. Sofa - Completed 24/02/2012
  2. Brand new computer - Completed 27/03/2012
  3. Kindle - Completed 22/04/2011
  4. An actual bed - Completed 25/02/2012 
  5. Buy seven new items of clothing – one in each colour of the rainbow (4/7)
  6. Nativity scene for Christmas
  7. Heeled shoes that are comfortable - Completed 04/05/2011

Arts and Crafts Goals

  1. Make those new cushion covers I bought all the gear for
  2. Make wedding album
  3. Complete spiral bracelet
  4. Make weight loss tracker bracelet - Completed 15/08/2011
  5. Go to Laila’s for a crafty day
  6. Start a scrapbook
  7. Complete bathroom embroidery sampler
  8. Make matching friendship bracelets for me and my closest friends
  9. Complete Unicorn cross stitch
  10. Draw a self portrait
  11. Make my own cosmetics
  12. Use my bead loom to create a beautiful wall hanging
  13. Take 1001 photographs (400/1001)

Good Deeds

  1. Volunteer regularly somewhere (at least 3 months) - Completed 16/01/2012
  2. Donate Blood
  3. Donate £5 to charity for each item on this list that I do not complete (£385 currently to be donated)

Fun times to be had

  1. Go to a concert - Completed 29/02/2012 
  2. Go to see an opera - Completed 28/10/2011
  3. Go to see a ballet
  4. Go to see a musical - Completed 16/06/2012
  5. Go on a weekend break to an as of yet unvisited city on the continent
  6. Take Ben to Holy Island
  7. See a movie in The Gallery
  8. Take Ben to Blackpool
  9. Host a Murder Mystery Party
  10. Build a big fancy sandcastle with a moat - Completed 24/04/2011
  11. Have someone else read my tarot cards for me - Completed 10/03/2012 
  12. Attend a BTCC race day
  13. Go camping
  14. Visit five new museums (0/5)
  15. Host an afternoon tea party - Completed May 2012
  16. Visit a new art gallery
  17. Go to the movies with my family - Completed 03/08/2011
  18. Listen to 26 bands I’ve never listened to before, starting with each letter of the alphabet (1/26)
  • Deathstars
  1. Complete the original three main Assassins Creed games (0/3)

Food and Drink

  1. Try six new cocktails (5/6)
  • Marzipan
  • Jeremiah Weed Sweet Tea
  • Antiguan Yellow Bird
  • Fireball and Apple
  • Jellybaby
  1. Cook ten new recipe’s (10/10) - Completed 07/01/12
  1. Take Ben’s sisters to the Jamie Oliver Italian
  2. Try some French Cheese that I haven’t tried yet
  3. Learn to make Granny’s corned beef and potato pie from scratch
  4. Try 5 different tea’s that I haven’t before (4/5)
  •  Teapigs Marakesh Mint
  • Chamomile and Honey
  • Chamomile and Spiced Apple
  • Green Tea and Lemon

  1. Go on a picnic
  2. Make a birthday cake for someone like the ones I used to for my baby brother and sister - Completed 28/04/2012
  3. Get a blank journal and turn it into a personal recipe book to be handed down and added to through the generations - Completed 22/04/2011

Classics that I haven’t read but wish to read

  1. Dracula - Completed 27/07/2011
  2. Frankenstein
  3. Pride and Prejudice
  4. Animal Farm
  5. Brave New World
  6. Wuthering Heights

Movies I still need to get around to seeing

  1. The Godfather series (0/3)
  2. Fight Club
  3. Gone with the wind
  4. The Breakfast Club
  5. Das Boot
  6. Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Completed 20/06/2011
  7. Fiddler on the Roof (or better yet, see it on stage?)
  8. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Blogging Goals (To be completed on any blog)

  1. Reach 100 followers
  2. Host a giveaway
  3. Host a blog swap event
  4. Make a Vlog
  5. Write 30 reviews (2/30)
  6. Complete “50 questions that will free your mind” - Completed 20/02/2012
  7. Write 350 new blog posts (135/350)
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