The list maker

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That's me! The queen of lists, the listalicious, list maniac , the list freak! Husby and I have our share of name calling and we are not proud of it. Some of the names he has for me are bag freak, sweater freak , belt freak (you see the pattern!! ) and among a few more names my husband has given me, the recent addition to it has been the 'list freak'. And for once, I am ok with the name ! 

I make a list for everything.there, i said it. There are notepads everywhere in my home, on the fridge, on the side table, on my night stand and ofcourse there is the notes app on my phone. It makes me a little more organized and makes life a little more simple. Especially for someone like me who forgets things so very easily. 

And what kind of lists do I exactly have? Well, I have the basics. The grocery list , Indian grocery list, and to-do lists for the day . And apart from that, I have a list for movies I love (especially Bollywood) , I started making this because I' d watch some really great movie but I wouldn't remember the name when I have to recommend it to someone . I have a list for my' house schedule' that includes laundry day, cleaning day, sheet change day, dusting day! Anal much ?! I have a list for the money we spend everyday. And then I have my wish - list. I jot down things I want  ( note my choice of word , NOT need) and check it off as and when I buy it! Not only does it give me the satisfaction when I check things off but it also has stopped me from making the biggest shopaholic blunder of 'impulse buying'. Just writing it down kind of quenches my thirst for going out the door and buying it asap!It is almost as therapeutic as window shopping.  And husby doesn't really have any complaints about this particular list! Surprise!

But seriously for a scatterbrain like me, listing has really worked for me. Now, I don't forget things and I am a lot more organized . And it has also helped me keep track of our finances in a much better way. I know it's not the best timing for this post because I had a conversation with a friend of mine only yesterday and she told me that I am actually turning into Monica Gellar! Ouch!!! Don't go judge-y on me , yet. I am pretty sane otherwise!

Where I quote Seinfeld

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We all know one of  'those' couples. You know the kind you see in the posters picnic-ing  with their perfect  blanket and the perfect picnic baskets raising their glasses to toast something along the lines of  'Here's to you ,You complete me' . Atleast, that is what I think they are toasting to, in my head! Sadly, I realized we are not one of them! sigh!

This is the exact conversation that happens between my husby and I sometimes on a saturday afternoon!

JERRY Why do I always have the feeling that everybody's doing something better than me on Saturday afternoons?
ELAINE This is what people do.
JERRY No they don't. They're out on some big picnic. They're cooking burgers. They're making out on blankets. They're not at some mall in Jersey watching their friends trying to find the world's cheapest air-conditioner.

Except Jerry would be ME and ELAINE would be my husby! And replace 'They're not ...." withsome equally boring thing like "Except they are not watching back-to-back movies on Netflix or except they don't get up at 11 in the morning and cry that the entire day is gone " or something like that.

We (atleast I) have been planning to get out early on a saturday and just go sit in the park with a blanket and some sandwiches and have a 'picnic' . But little did we know it is a long process.

First, you need to get up atleast before 10 on a saturday ( and that has never ever happened)
Second, You need to buy a picnic hamper and knowing you and your tendency to get bored of things so easily and quickly, your husband would refuse to spend on a picnic hamper .
Third, you need to get up and make sandwiches or some 'picnic-ky' snack . Refer to point 1.
Fourth, you need to dress up nice and not spend your saturday in sweats.

So, we will let you know if one day we do manage to get our lazy asses off the couch and pose like this couple ..One can dream right ?;)