Wednesday, May 24, 2006

A Touch of OCD

I've heard it said that everyone has a touch of OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Behavior). Mine kicked up on Monday. Andrew slept in until 9am. Miracles DO happen. Ha ha! I spent the morning eating a quiet breakfast, cleaning the kitchen and reorganizing my coupons.

Here enters the OCD.


I used to use a recipe box with dividers (see picture). I had a ton of categories, and the box was big and bulky. Dropping it was a tragedy, because things went everywhere...more often then I care to recount. I put everything into my new organizer (see other picture) and used a label maker for the labels. I had fewer tabs available, so I had to condense some categories. I also put the tabs in order of how my favorite grocery store's aisles are set up. Each category's coupons are filed in order of their expiration dates (always have, always will be). Why didn't I do this years ago??? Just think what I could accomplish if I had the whole day to myself! Be afraid, be very afraid. :)














I'm not sure what's worse. The fact that I spent a few hours being obsessive, or that I'm taking even more time out of my life to tell all of you about this.

1 comment:

busymomof3 said...

OOOHHHH! I like it! I need to be organized like that with my coupons! Great idea!