I’m Good at Nothing if Not Procrastination…

There’s a reason I make lists. If I don’t have something visibly in front of me, taunting me, showing me that I have things that need to be done (preferably today) then they won’t. There’s something ridiculously satisfying about crossing a completed task off the list and I’ve been known (on several occasions) to add things JUST for the sake of drawing that beautiful little line through them. The way I see it, if there was something else that took up my time, pulling me away from the other (probably more important) tasks that I was supposed to be accomplishing, then I should get credit for it, damn it! I have yet to write “watch craploads of useless reality television” to any To-Do lists I’ve created. But I’ve thought about it.

In addition to procrastination, I’m also REALLY good at changing my mind. It’s not often. But I do it. Although I’m fairly certain that my Capricorn tendencies (oooh! My necklace came in and it’s FABULOUS) say that I am the kind of person who sets their mind to something and does it, I’m going to blame this new “you have a different Zodiac sign than the one you’ve been told over and over that you fit to a tee for the past 29 years” thing.* Because you know what? I changed my mind. I changed something on my list.

I know… I was shocked too!

  

Let me explain myself. #23 on my list was originally “Give up Facebook for a week (use on iPhone included).” I could do it. Really. I’m also vaguely aware that most addicts say those same exact words about giving up their substance of choice on their own. But honestly, I didn’t delete it from my list because I thought I wouldn’t be able to complete such a silly little task (read: this was probably going to be one of the most challenging things I did). I actually found something I wanted to do even MORE! Plus, I really don’t like that Facebook doesn’t have the option of being able to approve what people decide they want to post on your Wall for ALL 48,000 (give or take a few) of your “friends” to see before you do. What if I went a whole week with a post that says I smell (or something worse)? Or if someone just lobbed out a secret of mine that I wasn’t ready to tell? (Don’t read into that – I’m not harboring any big secrets that I would be waiting for an opportune time to share). I can’t handle that kind of pressure! Plus, I use Facebook for work. It’s a done deal. I’m not giving it up unless I shut down my account (and who are we kidding?).

 

Plus, I’ve got a much better idea. I’m going to learn how to Yard Sale! Yeah, yeah… I know what you’re thinking.

 

“Ummm… Darcie? You know yard sale-ing (I didn’t think you would know how to spell that either) is nothing more than picking through other people’s junk and paying 50 cents for some cheap crap you can use to clutter your own house with, right? You don’t have to learn how to do it.”

Yeah… kind of like this.

Well then I say – YOU’RE WRONG! And you know why I know this? Because one of my best friends is a Yard Sale-ing GODDESS! She can find the best stuff in any pile of junk. She’s like Captain Jack Sparrow looking for the Dead Man’s Chest… and finding it for less than $10! Whenever I go to her house, I’m in awe of her style. She’s like Martha Friggin Stewart on a Scrooge budget! I don’t know why I bother asking where she got things anymore. Those beautiful stemless wine glasses? Yard sale. Great cloth napkins that match everything in her kitchen in a complete set of 8? Yard sale. Adorable decorations that adorn her little boy’s nursery? Yard sale. Vitamins that cost $50 at Whole Foods? $1.50 at Mardens (I consider Mardens a yard sale, it’s just inside and the price tags aren’t hand written – most of the time). A 9′x11′ wool rug from Pottery Barn? YARD. SALE. It’s an art – an impeccably perfected ability to find the best sales using a planned agenda and maps in order to find the most amazing deals among the 25 cent books and clothes from the 1970′s.

 I bought mine for $130 at Macy’s.  And you look better in it.  Awesome.

 

I yearn to be her. I want this skill. I will have it… before I turn 30! She’s on-board with my quest. It’s going to be a weekend to remember and I better come home with something epic. And the best part? I could probably find a TON of treasures and this will still be one of the least expensive adventures on my list.

 

How’s that for frugal?

 

And the reason for this rambling post of self-justification? There’s laundry to be done.

Write another blog post.

 

* http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/13/new-zodiac-sign-dates-oph_n_808567.html#s223863&title=kristin_leigh

For the record, I’m sticking with the tropical zodiac (which is what we all go by anyways) and I’m keeping my Capricorn necklace!

  

“The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.” ~ Flora Whittemore