It really felt like Autumn this morning! My house was down to 67 when I got up. I had my grocery pickup scheduled for this morning and my son came out to help bring things in with his fleece pajama pants tucked INTO his tall socks and his hoodie tucked into his pajama pants. All with the hood up of course. Oh and in sandals. DD came out in leggings and a long sleeve shirt at first but then went back for an extra long hoodie I found at an outlet store. She also had the hood up and an extra fleece blanket around herself for good measure. 
I had a t-shirt and hoodie on with jeans. It wasn't THAT cold. 
I purposely left early for the grocery pickup because I needed a card for my stepmother's birthday later this week. I wanted to add a gift card with it but I got distracted by the Christmas trees and took a wandering through the toy aisles on my way there. And I wanted a coffee from the place in the store. I realized almost as soon as I checked out that I'd forgotten to get a gift card!
Oops!
How do you prefer to tackle errands? Do you try to get them all done in one day or do you prefer to spraed things out? Fit them between work and regular outings?
I try to do things in one trip whenever possible. But sometimes I need to fit things in or a reason to go out. I can also use the time when my kids have extracurricular stuff to make quick stops so I'm not just sitting there. I feel like I get more done when I can just be home all day; especially during the school year, so I try to limit whatever interrupts school.
My mother is probably the opposite. She likes to have a reason to go somewhere instead of sitting home. So she seems to run out on an almost daily basis. She is way more extroverted than I am. She always used to be going to see one of her older or disabled friends or just catching up with someone. All that go-go-go would wear me out! She said that was one good thing about moving away; it forced her to slow down. (Having her car totaled this summer helped too.
) But I guess it's also good because she is staying active in her retirement. The new church they found has an exercise group once a week where she is by far the youngest person. They sit in chairs to do most of the exercises. And once a month they go out to lunch afterwards. And that means she doesn't need an errand as an excuse to get out and do something.
I had a t-shirt and hoodie on with jeans. It wasn't THAT cold. I purposely left early for the grocery pickup because I needed a card for my stepmother's birthday later this week. I wanted to add a gift card with it but I got distracted by the Christmas trees and took a wandering through the toy aisles on my way there. And I wanted a coffee from the place in the store. I realized almost as soon as I checked out that I'd forgotten to get a gift card!
Oops!How do you prefer to tackle errands? Do you try to get them all done in one day or do you prefer to spraed things out? Fit them between work and regular outings?
I try to do things in one trip whenever possible. But sometimes I need to fit things in or a reason to go out. I can also use the time when my kids have extracurricular stuff to make quick stops so I'm not just sitting there. I feel like I get more done when I can just be home all day; especially during the school year, so I try to limit whatever interrupts school.
My mother is probably the opposite. She likes to have a reason to go somewhere instead of sitting home. So she seems to run out on an almost daily basis. She is way more extroverted than I am. She always used to be going to see one of her older or disabled friends or just catching up with someone. All that go-go-go would wear me out! She said that was one good thing about moving away; it forced her to slow down. (Having her car totaled this summer helped too.
) But I guess it's also good because she is staying active in her retirement. The new church they found has an exercise group once a week where she is by far the youngest person. They sit in chairs to do most of the exercises. And once a month they go out to lunch afterwards. And that means she doesn't need an errand as an excuse to get out and do something.
