How ANAL are you when it comes to trivial things?

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Aunt Marg

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So this morning I cut the wrong end off on the bag of brown sugar. I cut the bottom off instead of the top. :mad:

Oh, I know... I can hear it now, Marg, it's not going to change the flavour, it's still going to taste the same, big deal, so you cut the wrong end off the bag, yada, yada.

As crazy as it sounds, it's going to bug me now until I empty the bag.

Anything you can think of that sets off your anal ways?
 

Another for me is seeing canned goods in the pantry with the French side facing out! :mad:

My husband will go in a rummage around for this or for that, turning cans upside down and wrong label side facing out, so I have to go back in and reorganize after, though he's getting better at doing it for me.
 
Although I'm a casual housekeeper, I'm anal about my closet. All black tops have to be hanging together, all blue tops together, etc. Empty hangers have to be in a certain spot. Casual t-shirts hang in a special place, arranged by color of course....

It's like all my compulsive behavior is concentrated in my closet, leaving me to be a slob at will every place else.......except maybe my kitchen cabinets which are very regimented as well.
 
Yesterday I shopped for some food in an expensive place because of convenience. I forgot I had 2 coupons with me that would have saved me $6+ bucks. I had come from a long, 2 hour walk and was tired; I didn't have the coupons in my wallet where I would have seen it but in my rarely used front pocket. :cry:

I condemned myself terribly for this mistake. It's stupid, therefore I must be stupid and I'll never change, I'll always be stupid. :oops:

Is that a good example or did I fail this question too? :unsure:

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jujube said:
Although I'm a casual housekeeper, I'm anal about my closet. All black tops have to be hanging together, all blue tops together, etc. Empty hangers have to be in a certain spot. Casual t-shirts hang in a special place, arranged by color of course....

It's like all my compulsive behavior is concentrated in my closet, leaving me to be a slob at will every place else.......except maybe my kitchen cabinets which are very regimented as well.
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I organize closets the same as you (for the most part), JJ.

Like things together, and loose hangers to the left all by themselves.
 
@Aunt Marg I feel for you. I'd be here all day if I had to list the things that drive me crazy.
Your brown sugar bag reminds me of how I bang and tap containers to get the last drop of flour, granulated sugar, or anything else I store in plastic or glass containers. Most of the time I get it to fit because the last bit ends up all over the counter top and then I grumble when I have to clean the mess up.
 
Ruth n Jersey said:
@Aunt Marg I feel for you. I'd be here all day if I had to list the things that drive me crazy.
Your brown sugar bag reminds me of how I bang and tap containers to get the last drop of flour, granulated sugar, or anything else I store in plastic or glass containers. Most of the time I get it to fit because the last bit ends up all over the counter top and then I grumble when I have to clean the mess up.
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Thank heavens, Ruth, my list of anal things is limited, otherwise it would be an endless battle for me, too. :giggle:
 
Pepper said:
Yesterday I shopped for some food in an expensive place because of convenience. I forgot I had 2 coupons with me that would have saved me $6+ bucks. I had come from a long, 2 hour walk and was tired; I didn't have the coupons in my wallet where I would have seen it but in my rarely used front pocket. :cry:

I condemned myself terribly for this mistake. It's stupid, therefore I must be stupid and I'll never change, I'll always be stupid. :oops:

Is that a good example or did I fail this question too? :unsure:

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Good news is, Peps, you'll get to use those coupons the next time you go. :)

Putting a positive spin on the situation... you were saving for the future. ;)
 
Aunt Marg said:
Good news is, Peps, you'll get to use those coupons the next time you go. :)

Putting a positive spin on the situation... you were saving for the future. ;)
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I wish. The coupon expires tomorrow. Blah on me. I'm the dumbest person in the whole wide world. I hardly shop there and don't presently need anything. It's too late! It's Over! :giggle:
 
Mike said:
Naw, I don't upset about very much, most things
can be put right around the house or at work.

No good worrying about it.

Put the sugar in a kilner jar, I do, or a mason jar.

Mike.
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I try not fretting about the little things, and for the most I do well, but there are still a few things that tend to tip the scale with me. :)
 
Aunt Marg said:
Another for me is seeing canned goods in the pantry with the French side facing out! :mad:
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Just curious- what is the "French side"?

What makes me anal? The crubs DW leaves everywhere in the kitchen. Cross contamination of all conceivable kinds makes me crazy.

What else makes me anal:
When the supermarket discontinues a cheaper, healthier product, forcing me to buy their more expensive, less healthy selection.
 
Nathan said:
Just curious- what is the "French side"?

What makes me anal? The crubs DW leaves everywhere in the kitchen. Cross contamination of all conceivable kinds makes me crazy.

What else makes me anal:
When the supermarket discontinues a cheaper, healthier product, forcing me to buy their more expensive, less healthy selection.
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Here in Canada, Nathan, all goods sold have to carry both English and French labels.

Even bugs me when I'm shopping and see that goods on shelves have been set out wrong label out.

LOL, about the crumb thing!

When hubby and I first got married, I remember an occasion where I asked him to wipe the counter down for me, and as I watched him all he was doing with the cloth was spreading the mess around. I grabbed the cloth from him hastily and said, "all you're doing is pushing and smearing everything all around, this is how you wipe things up properly", and I proceeded to show him how not to wipe the counter.

That was hubby's first lesson as to homemaking 101. :giggle:
 
I try to follow a basic three-day rule on leftovers. I keep an old envelope next to my chair where I jot down my personal expiration date for leftovers and perishable foods. The little ritual helps me to plan my meals and eliminate waste.

I've also become pretty anal about the expiration dates on various meat and dairy products.

IMO much of it is because I have absolutely nothing of value to occupy my mind. It seems that I'm slipping into the rigid daily rituals that come with old age and isolation.
 
Aunt Marg said:
So this morning I cut the wrong end off on the bag of brown sugar. I cut the bottom off instead of the top. :mad:

Oh, I know... I can hear it now, Marg, it's not going to change the flavour, it's still going to taste the same, big deal, so you cut the wrong end off the bag, yada, yada.

As crazy as it sounds, it's going to bug me now until I empty the bag.

Anything you can think of that sets off your anal ways?
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You don't wanna pour the sugar in some large enough plastic sealed container? lol
 
Elsie said:
You don't wanna pour the sugar in some large enough plastic sealed container? lol
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LOL!

With brown sugar, Elsie, I like to keep the sugar in it's original plastic bag that it comes in, then I set the bag into a Ziploc bag, then the Ziploc bag goes into a lidded ice cream pail.

I find the sugar remains soft for it's entirety when kept in the manner I describe.
 
Aunt Marg said:
Another for me is seeing canned goods in the pantry with the French side facing out! :mad:

My husband will go in a rummage around for this or for that, turning cans upside down and wrong label side facing out, so I have to go back in and reorganize after, though he's getting better at doing it for me.
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Upside down cans & or labels turned backwards -- arg!
 
Aunt Bea said:
I've also become pretty anal about the expiration dates on various meat and dairy products.
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Are you talking ā€Use byā€ or ā€Best beforeā€ because thereā€™s a world of difference. Use by you should definitely follow because the food can become unfit to use after that date but Best before is flexible. Just because milk has a best before date of say May 1st doesnā€™t mean it suddenly becomes unfit for human consumption on May 2nd which many people including many of my friends unfortunately believe. I was taught the following: if itā€™s passed the best before date and looks OK, smells OK and tastes OK then it is OK. I regularly use dairy products that Iā€™ve had in the fridge after the best before date and havenā€™t been poisoned yet.
 
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