Brown paper packages tied up with string

I’m in a terrible mood. I’ve had a bad attitude all day, one of those days where nothing goes right and the slightest thing sets me off. So, I’m spontaneously making today List Day, on a topic already on my mind.

20 Slight things that set me off (in other words, Pet Peeves):

• Grown men who say “little boys’ room.”


• Opera singers singing musical theatre. (Dawn, if you’re reading this, I don’t mean you. You’re lovely.)


• People who pick their nose while driving. You’re not invisible, you know.


• Directors who find it impossible to make a schedule. Ahem.


• The way jeans never fit quite the same after you’ve washed them.


• People who forget the difference between a blog and a personal journal.


• Reduced fat cheese. What’s the point?


• Name dropping. Ugh. Save it for your résumé.
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• Visible panty lines. There’s really no excuse.


• The way women’s sizes run differently at every store, so you’re forced to try things on even when you’re not in the mood.


• Cliques. Unless I’m in them.


• People who are obsessed with their weight and try to bring you along with them.


• When you go to a movie and realize that all the good parts were in the trailer, and some of the best parts of the trailer didn’t even wind up in the movie.


• Flaky friends.


• People who make every conversation a competition.


• When Kroger is out of Ben & Jerry’s Half-Baked ice cream, so I’m forced to buy the lowfat frozen yogurt, only to discover that it totally sucks... Well, I guess that only happened once, but it’s fresh in my mind.


• People who are far too aware of how good-looking they are.


• Frozen dinners. I don’t know why, but I can’t get on board with these.


• Being hot during the night. I would much rather crank up the air-conditioning and burrow under a down comforter.


• People who don’t know when to shut up. Hmmm. Is it bad when you’re your own pet peeve?

I’ll shut up now. 6 days to my birthday, 2 to my party!