7 quirks I have

I've been tagged, so here goes:

Quirk #1: I own, and proudly wear, this long canvas trench coat whose flowery print resembles an old lady's parlor wallpaper:


Quirk #2: I'm probably the only person on the planet who actually uses the "delay" setting on my dishwasher so it goes off as close to midnight as possible (to save on energy costs...pennies, if anything...and to cut down on kitchen noise during prime family time).

Quirk #3: I like to try to use "big" words in conversation, even though most of the time I neither know what they mean nor how to say them.

Quirk #4-A: I love accessories, but I don't care so much about earrings. In fact, I only own one pair of silver earrings...which, when I wear them, means I never ever no never am able to wear gold anywhere on my body.

Quirk #4-B: My phobia of mixing gold with silver or brown with black (as in accessories/belt/socks/shoes) is totally quirky. I'm kind of anal about that and have been known to scrap a perfectly good outfit over something as lame as a single gold bead in a bracelet.

Quirk #5: I often, without meaning to, drag out stories with way too many unimportant, unnecessary, and pretty boring details - speaking paragraphs when the whole gist of my idea could've been summarized in about 2 sentences. Unfortunately, I don't usually realize I'm doing this until it's too late, like when several hours have passed and I'm just barely getting to the point of the story. Much like I'm doing right now...

Quirk #6: I have piles of library books scattered all over the house, which is great and chaotic and all, but when it comes time to return them, the stack must be organized from largest on the bottom to smallest on the top, with some books turned sideways as needed to facilitate the "flow" of the book pyramid. If one of my kids rearranges these before we get them back to the library, I'll start all over in building the stack "correctly."

Quirk #7: I go through life creating stupid internal little competitions and games for myself - like "how few wipes can I use to change this diaper hygienically?" "where will I end up after the next 100 steps of jogging?" "can I empty the van-full of groceries in as few as 2 trips?" etc. etc.

There you have it. Quirky.