Perfectionist Explorer Gifts

"Stock photo, right?"

'It feels like I'm very much in a good place these days. That is, aside from the grammar.'

Bullseye!

"Gals, you know I hate being the center of attention, so for the next 45 minutes I am going to monologue about all the minute details of my wedding planning."

"Various entrances to the gates of Hell."

"Even though I wasn't always perfect, I feel deep down that I am now."

"I think you might need to start again."

"I think we should try something a little simpler."

"We find it as long as you manage the inputs, the outputs will look after themselves."

"Hmmm, this might just be not funny enough for The New Yorker."

'The project is a little behind schedule. It was proactive, now it's retroactive.'

'Then it's settled. We'll make 7 million with blue handles, 5 million with red handles, 4 million with purple handles and 2 million with green handles.'

'I told you, you were missing a decimal point.'

"I've heard of being organized, but isn't this a little obsessive compulsive?"

'We're almost 1/8th of the way there.'

Perfection

Lessons from the Blakely Art School (Now Defunct)

"No, I'm still getting too much banjo."

"I'm afriad we had to cancel the 'perfect planning ' seminar. We forgot to book the hotel until it was to late and the speaker we hoped to use died in 1958."

'Regarding our deadline - have we moved to long-range planning or still stuck in short-term excuses?'

'Daft title. How could you have 'backward' planning?'

'I'm a narcissist? - Are you saying I'm not perfect?'

'You should have ordered one. This is the only one left in the shop!'

"You're welcome."

"Being happy with one's work is the kiss of death."

Cuts, Measurements, Certain, Sloppy

"This is Heaven, you idiot. Everything's perfect. There is no suggestion box."

A tailor measuring a jacket.

Desk trays - 'Do it' and 'Do it right this time'.

"Now you can send it."

"After thoroughly researching all the details, I think we can now safely throw caution to the wind..."

Forward Planning - The key to Success

Woman trying to straighten a picture of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

'I'm afraid we had to cancel the 'perfect planning' seminar. By the time we got around to booking the hotel was full and speaker we hoped to use died in 1967...'

"Come on, we're late. Your crosshatching looks fine."