So, I am apparently a dork. As many of you know, I have a pretty strong OCD streak going... Lists and schedules are incredibly soothing, and advance planning is super... For the most part I think this can be OK and leads to fantastic time management, but there are times when my advance planning goes off the rails... Two examples surfaced this past week as I tried to make lists of things that I will need to buy initially when I move into my apartment... Reasonable things include a shower curtain, a cage and other supplies for Rico and Pedro, a washer and dryer, a gas grill (which some stores seem to think is a "seasonal" item around here and thus don't stock when your yard is buried by 2 feet of snow), and seating for the living room and guest room... Ridiculous things that keep showing up on my list?
1) A "puppy play pen." I don't think Rico and Pedro are necessarily going to stick around if I let them loose out in the yard, so a nice big (collapsible) puppy play pen that I could put out in the back yard would allow them to hop around eating grass and enjoying nature without fear of predators or getting lost under a fence... Brilliant, right? The thing is, do I really need to buy that right now when the backyard looks approximately like the picture below?
1) A "puppy play pen." I don't think Rico and Pedro are necessarily going to stick around if I let them loose out in the yard, so a nice big (collapsible) puppy play pen that I could put out in the back yard would allow them to hop around eating grass and enjoying nature without fear of predators or getting lost under a fence... Brilliant, right? The thing is, do I really need to buy that right now when the backyard looks approximately like the picture below?
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well, brandon just dug us a new veggie bed and composted it, and well, you can't plant anything in it until about april, so we know a thing or two about shopping out of season... also, i always want a new jacket at exactly the time that the style of jacket i know want is out of season for the year...
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