Obsessive Compulsive Decorating Disorder
is different from DADD which is
Decorating Attention Deficit Disorder,
Symptoms of OCDD May Include:
1. My inability to sleep until I've planned out
_________ . (fill in the blank with these examples:)
a. The table setting for Thanksgiving.
b. How I'll decorate for Christmas this year.
c. What color I should paint a room. etc.
a. The table setting for Thanksgiving.
b. How I'll decorate for Christmas this year.
c. What color I should paint a room. etc.
2. My need to adjust something not level,
even if it's not in my house.
3. Needing to drink all hot beverages
(coffee, tea, cocoa) in a Christmas mug
from after Thanksgiving until Christmas Day.
4. Traveling with Christmas mugs
just in case the family I'm visiting
for Christmas has no Christmas dishes.
(audible gasp)
just in case the family I'm visiting
for Christmas has no Christmas dishes.
(audible gasp)
6. Always imagining what changes I would
make to a room I'm visiting.
Pretending to give it some thought
if asked so as not to look like
I've already been thinking about it.
make to a room I'm visiting.
Pretending to give it some thought
if asked so as not to look like
I've already been thinking about it.
7. Wanting to see everybody's house.
Checking out their good ideas.
8. Seeing out of season decor makes me
crazy(er). Summer potato salad in a
Halloween bowl? That's worse than ants at a picnic.
crazy(er). Summer potato salad in a
Halloween bowl? That's worse than ants at a picnic.
9. Rearranging while staying in
vacation rentals. Who can sleep
when the couch would look
vacation rentals. Who can sleep
when the couch would look
so much better on the other wall?
10. Loving a movie because of the house in it.
11. Needing to have the chairs pushed into the breakfast table after a meal. Needing the couch pillows aligned. Doesn't everybody?
(Men are not counted here as part of everybody.)
12. The M~A~Y printable monmograms in frames are hanging along the side of the fridge. I'm using my monogram mugs for September. I'll change out the style of the M~A~Y monograms with the seasons, but you already knew that.
11. Needing to have the chairs pushed into the breakfast table after a meal. Needing the couch pillows aligned. Doesn't everybody?
(Men are not counted here as part of everybody.)
12. The M~A~Y printable monmograms in frames are hanging along the side of the fridge. I'm using my monogram mugs for September. I'll change out the style of the M~A~Y monograms with the seasons, but you already knew that.
Living with OCDD
there's also RDS
Restless Decorating Syndrome
I think these are all very contagious!
Links: French Country Cottage,
At The Picket Fence,
My Romantic Home
nice
ReplyDeleteThis made me laugh (not that I could relate to it or anything!). Love #6. Ha. I'm linking to this from my blog today--thanks! :)
ReplyDeleteOh ya, I've got this disease for sure! None of my friends are obsessed like me! I can really relate to #9 as this past year when we stayed at a house in the Outer Banks I really wanted to rearrange it. Nice to meet you.
ReplyDeleteI'll add to that-
ReplyDeleteSlowing your car down while driving after dark when a house has their drapes/blinds open so you can see how they've decorated.
Oh, my I have the same disease!! So funny.
ReplyDeleteWe must be twin sisters separated at birth! I feel the same way about each of your obsessions! It's nice to know I'm not alone. Cute post!
ReplyDelete2, 6, 7, 10, 11 are mine too! Love the post, Sally xx
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