AKA Panic Shopping the night before a work trip after you decide you have nothing to wear.
POV: My flight leaves at 6:05 AM on Monday. It's currently 2:30pm on Sunday as my fiancé and I are driving to Dillard's. I have a 5 day business trip with two different states included in the itinerary. It's going to be very, very cold in Nebraska and likely quite warm in Las Vegas.
I had determined that neither of these trips would be appropriate for a full suit. As a woman this is the ultimate challenge. I needed that business outfit that's right between a full suit and jeans. What I now lovingly refer to as the Business Casual enigma. When my fiancé asks what's on the shopping list, I give the vaguest of answers, because my internal voice told me I'll know it when I see it. That's likely the best description of ADHD shopping in existence. A near plan that ultimately relies on the ADHD impulse and hyperfocus.
I did declare that I needed a new winter coat nice enough for business trips (I had one too small and one too big), and I hinted that I needed a minimum of two outfits... What he didn't know is that I'd do my "usual" trick of walking the floor picking up anything (and everything) that catches my eye and haul it all back to the dressing room. Once inside a flurry of cardio occurs as I quickly try on each article, only emerging with a slim margin of survivors. And THAT is an ADHD Haul. Three pair of pants, two sweaters, one turtleneck and a partridge in a pear tree (actually a long coat).
Side note: I asked my fiancé a minimum of 4 times if he was sure that he wanted to actually come with me on this excursion. He bravely said yes... partially I think because we had literally gotten engaged the night before.
And the final rule of an ADHD Haul AKA Panic Shopping is: DO NOT REMOVE THE TAGS. Partners and spouses who are trying to be helpful please pay special attention. Never, ever resist the urge to remove the tags to wash them or to put them away. Pro Adult ADHD-ers know that you leave the tags on right up until the minute you are ready to walk out the door in the clothes. Why? Because we might change our mind, several times even. Until we swap combination of outfits several times or walk around the house in them, and/or try them on the next day (or a week later) we can't be sure we're going to keep them.
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