30th birthday party

For my 30th birthday, I threw myself a DARE party. I asked each of my guests to send me a dare in return for food, drinks and lots of fun.

"send a CHALLENGE/DARE for me to execute on the night or in the coming year"

I really wanted to be challenged so I had shared my fears with them. It felt a little weird and personal doing that but I wanted to play fare as after all, I can set myself easy challenges any day. The biggest fear I asked to not include was anything to do with jumping out of anything or going into closed up places. I don't like heights but it's one of the things I wanted to conquer.

So each of them sent me a dare which you can see below. On the day of my party, I planned to attach all dares to 30 helium balloons and then read them out to everyone. What I ended up doing though was putting random names in the balloons and once I read the dare attached to a balloon, I popped it and dared the person inside to do the dare with me. It was so much fun and already on the night, I completed a few dares with friends.

TO DO

:: I dare you to find the UK's biggest/ longest zip-line and go on it (Simon +Aga)

:: How about a Zuzana crafty creation makes it into a famous London gallery exhibition?? You have to of course go put it there in person (Roshni +Paul W)

:: I dare you to do the Hot Wings challenge - http://www.reddogsaloon.co.uk/ (Paul W +Simon)

:: Complete a triathlon! :-) (Jess +Keegan)

:: Climb the London monument. Instagram the sh** out of that view (Catherine +Simon)

:: Organize and host mini crafts fair at your house. Sell or present your own creations, and invite your crafty friends to show off their skill too :) You might even want to run some classes that day! (Lenka +Mirko)

:: Pick three people to design and make an outfit for, it could be either casual wear or fancy dress. Do a catwalk show afterwards, share your thoughts what inspired you. (Lenka)

:: I think you would be great going to speakers' corner in Hyde Park and for 5 minutes lecturing on a subject matter of your own choice (Paul B +Sarah M)

:: Another London themed dare for you here (and I think it sounds exciting so I'd love to come along for the ride!) - I dare you to walk across the top of the O2: http://www.theo2.co.uk/upattheo2 (Sara +Tim)

:: Sign up for street dance classes by the end of March 2013 (Agnieszka +Sara)

:: It's a bit weak, but since I can't suggest sky diving (you should consider it - helps with heights, low risk, and you're soooo far up you can't actually make out the ground so not too terrible), I dare you to go on the "Air Line" gondola over the Thames and back. To make it extra special, do it in a separate gondola to anyone you know! (Keegan)

:: I dare you to create cushions with me for our houses, we can go to your house or mine and invite other people to make it more of a sociable event (like somebody else coming to your birthday suggested). The idea is to create beautiful cushions (it could be something else also) and have fun. I have fabrics. (Virginie +Mirko)

:: I dare you to learn snowboarding & come with me next winter to France to ride black/ freeride slopes. (Mirko +Lenka)

:: žužu i dare u to make 3 course meal menu 2 of each with prices and set up a "restaurant" at home,invite friends willing to pay for it :) and money you make give it to charity. you can get someone to help you and don't worry about VAT.:D (Victor)

:: Throw a boomerang to return to you. Simon will demonstrate and we need a photo for The album. (Helen & David +Heinz)

:: Go to Paris for a romantic weekend & eat snails & frog legs. Take pictures and post them on your blog with the details of your experience (Virginie +Victor)

:: I dare you to learn the rerun dance. Once you have perfected it, you have to do it somewhere public. End of a volleyball match perhaps. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2rDgZWqvhY (Thea +Paul W)

:: This one is too naughty to publish online! :P (Claire +Elena)

:: I dare you to get your whole or part of your body painted! (Simon +Alan)

COMPLETED

:: Get everyone to Harlem Shake in your living room on the night (Chloe +everyone)

:: A Londoners dare from me, I dare you to eat Jellied Eels! (Heinz +Jess)

:: I dare you to sign up to volunteer once a month with the elderly (Annabelle +Virginie)

:: Run 10k with me in July (Agnieszka +James)

:: Sarah dares you to drink a shot of pear brandy and I dare you directly after to spin in a circle 10 times (and that's 10 times quickly!) (Sarah and Alan +Victor)

:: You got to sing happy birthday to yourself at the checkout of Tesco when buying your lunch on your own and film it on your iPhone (James +Thea)

:: I dare you to sing the first line of your favorite musical on the night in front of all your guests (Simon)

VOID

:: I dare you to write a design related blog post that does not relate to your home fortnightly for the next year (not that I don't enjoy it as it is) (Ashley +Jo) - no longer own a blog

:: I dare you to dress up as the Easter bunny for the whole of Easter Sunday irrelevant of where you are going! Ps, fancy the pub that day? :) (Jo +Annabelle) - celebrated their engagement instead!

:: On Sunday morning you will play from Beethoven- For Elise. Can't wait xxx (Pav +Jo) - everyone left at night

:: Soooo as discussed before I dare you to do surfing before the end of the year (Elena +Lenka) - wanted to but was cancelled last minute by E&M