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  • slowlyfading
    slowlyfading Posts: 13,429 Forumite
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    :hello:

    can i join? 22 year old list-a-holic ;)
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  • Pips_Mum
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    KTjazz wrote: »
    MrsA2b - are you as surprised as me that Andan hasn't posted on this thread yet? The "small DFW" queen of lists...
    (ok... I am picturing DFWs all under a certain height now I've called it the "Small DFW" thread!)

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Andan is the QUEEN of lists!!!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    MrsA yep overdue and fed up now :mad:
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  • MrsA- I am exactly the same with the whole colour co-ordination! :rolleyes: The only time i allow myself to use colour on a list is when i'm running out of notepads, they're colour-coded christmas lists, so i know EXACTLY what i have bought for people or what i need to buy for them!!! Oh and when i am on the computer, although i tend to stick to the same colour scheme throughout the list, except the title!!! :D :rotfl: :rotfl:

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  • I thought i was the only nutter who makes endless lists! Its a way of relieving stressful times for me, helps me get things done!!

    I love the stationary too!! The pens!! Its a strategy that works for us but i bet you guys get alot of jokes like i do!!
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  • Another list maker checking in! I too have a book of lists for just about everything. I have my to do at work list, my to do at home list, my to buy list, my to sort list..... it goes on!

    It is good to know that I am not alone!

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  • joanie
    joanie Posts: 113 Forumite
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    Ahhh! - friends who understand!

    i love stationery and notebooks and pens (gell coloured ones if possible).
    I often come accross a new notebook in the house and then find myself thinking what can i use it for - can't bear to see it empty!

    I currently only have 2 lists (shakes with withdrawal)....
    one i start each week of things to do that week - somehow things get moved onto the next week's list :confused::confused: and then one of all my housework routines - I can always cross off here because some of them are so basic that i cannot fail to do them :j :j plus one of them on here is to refer to the first list - thats easy!!!

    But i must confess that actually making the list gives me pleasure - i can then easily NOT do the things on it - safe in the knowledge that it is on my list for sometime in the future ;);)
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  • I'm so glad I'm not alone, I love stationary and making lists. For my birthday I bought a Paul Smith notebook as I was given some vouchers and its lush. I've a Paperchase journal and I've just bought a lovely little diary which has a finance bit in it, doing my finances is another obsession of mine (although none of this has ever made me good with money!)
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  • frugallass
    frugallass Posts: 2,320 Forumite
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    I made a mini list on the back of my hand today because I wanted to make sure I saw it when I got home - is that sad?
  • brummiebabe
    brummiebabe Posts: 1,894 Forumite
    Can't believe there are so many of us out there!!:rotfl:

    I'm another one who loves lists (well - how else do people remeber all that needs doing??:confused: ) and ADORE stationary!!! People think I'm very strange because I love buying new notepads (I quickly get bored of them - give them to the kids - then buy another one!) and could spend hours in Staples/Paperchase looking at blank pages in a book or some new pens!! Think I get it from my Dad - he had a beautiful moleskin notebook for his birthday last year - has still not written in it (because it's so nice) but loves to flick through the pages etc:rotfl:

    As for me...I have a work diary (which I write weekly 'to do' lists in) a home diary/organiser thing (fab - from John Lewis) and notebook/diary in my bag.....maybe it is a bit over the top? I don't care though - love it!!! Might get a new notebook over the weekend actually to keep track of my money - tend to rely on Intenet banking, but can't get online everyday....keeping track in a little book would be much easier....well, that's what I'll tell DH anyway!!;)

    Oh..by the way...I'm 36 now..but have been like this as long as I can remember!!!!
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  • cozza123
    cozza123 Posts: 197 Forumite
    Another checking in at only 24 years old. Not sure but i Kinda think im one of the really bad ones

    • I have a list of what bills come out
    • A list of what money I have left
    • A list of things I need to do
    • Things I need to Buy
    • List of when my debts finish
    • All of which are in notebooks,two diaries, control debt book,iphone
    Think I need some help lol
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