to do list

Y’all know how I love a good list or two…or three if I really have some time on my hands! I’ve tried different systems over the years with my most recent and highly successful system being an archaic pen and paper. Yeah, I know, I’m relevant.

To show you just how relevant I am, I have a handy dandy app to share with you today called Don’t Forget Your List.

Don’t Forget Your List is an app that you create your shopping lists in and link it through GPS to the store your list corresponds to. Then you set an alarm to go off when you’re near the store, in effect, reminding you to run your errand. Genius I tell you. As much as I love my composition notebook, it doesn’t alarm when I drive by RedBox with a movie in my purse. Nor does it sing to me when I’m getting close to the bank. Don’t Forget Your List does!!  There’s nothing more frustrating than running out with a list full of items while toting a thirty-five pound preschooler who is the SLOWEST walker in the world so ends up being carried most the time, then getting home to realize I forgot to pick up someone’s prescription. Not that I’ve ever done this. I’m only imagining how horrible it would be. For realz.

 When you open the app, you are met by a list of things to do.

It’s really instructions on how to use the app, but if you love a good list, you’ll like the instruction page. The first thing I did was find all the stores I go to on a regular basis and plug them into my app. Then I created a few lists to keep a running tab of what I need, for example, cumin. I ran out of ground cumin while making pork carnitas the other night, and I’d hate to not be able to make them again. So cumin made the list.

Then I went into the settings and set the alarm to ring when I’m a quarter mile from any store that has a list attached to it. You can choose something soothing, but I chose one that says in a sports announcing sort of way - "IT'S TIME TO SPEND MONEY!" because I knew that a) I'd never pay attention if it sounded the same as getting an email (the default system sound) and b) I have a hard time spending money so I need someone to yell at me to do it. Eh-em.

If you’ve made notes in a smart phone, you’ll know how to make a list in Don’t Forget Your List. The set up is pretty similar and user-friendly. The only thing that threw me for a loop was searching for nearby stores. It works better to click on this arrow to search (sometimes I had to tap the arrow twice for it to work):

Instead of the search key on the keyboard.

The cool thing - other than the thing alarming to let you know you've almost forgotten to run an errand - is that you can look at a list of your lists (that one really got me) and the stores they're link to, in one screen. 

Or you can look at a list of your stores and see if you need anything from them (indicated by a number)

And lastly, with the new update, you can share your list via email and text with say, your husband, if you need him to pick up the dry cleaning or some milk on the way home. 

It's a really neat app and for $1.99 a great deal. So if you really love lists, or keep forgetting to return your RedBox movie on the way home, Click here to purchase it on iTunes. By this time next week, I'll have more cumin!

*I was given a free app to review and compensation for this post. However, all opinions are mine. I only review products I feel are congruous with the posts on this blog and are good fit for my readers.