Putting off easy tasks forever?

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Does anyone else do anything similar to this?
I really need to purchase a new pair of jeans or a few pairs, I currently have only one pair of jeans that are actually my current waist size thanks to losing a little weight recently.

Now to most people this would probably be a situation where they would just rush into town and buy some, but for me it's always a case of trying to put it off for as long as humanly possible and I can't understand what makes me do it.
I'm perfectly capable of walking to town as it's only 10-15minutes walk from my home, I don't tend to feel nervous or anxious when I'm in town as it's usually not very busy so it's not a huge deal.

The only thing that could possibly worry me is a person trying to make small talk with me or someone being overly friendly with me which always makes me feel uncomfortable and my mind tends to go blank when I'm anxious so I either say something stupid or say something stupid and 2 minutes later think of some really witty answer I could have gave.

But I go food shopping solo all the time so it can't be that.

I never feel like putting it off when I need a haircut either but threes something about the thought of buying clothes which really doesn't appeal to me at all.

BTW, If you do this what was the last thing you put off on the never never?

I do this and I do it more often than I would like. I am tying to think of the last thing I put off. I need a new clothes iron. It's been months. I have one in my closet I just need to get it out of the box. I just can't seem to get my head around to doing it.

I function best when I use the one-touch method for everything, meaning that as soon as I start something, I finish it completely. If I open an email, then I reply to it and file it away at the same time. If I bring home laundry, then I put it away immediately.

As soon as I set a task aside, I have no way of knowing when I will ever get back to it. I've spent 10x as much energy in negative self-talk about unfinished tasks than I would have spent in just finishing the darn things.

Is this an Executive Function thing?

I do this too.
I find it helps a little bit to plan what I have to do in advance, for instance instead of just thinking "I should buy some jeans" I'll write down "wednesday, 4 pm, buy jeans".

LOL...Autistic Guy, that sounds pretty much like the typical NT heterosexual.

Could it be the hassle in having to pick the proper pair of jeans? As for me, I don't like to go clothes shopping--it takes up too much of my time.

I guess, what you should do, is just "get it over with," so you won't have to shop again for jeans for at least a little while.

I just pulled out the big list of Asperger's Syndrome functions and procrastination is right there. I remembered it because it's something I'm really bad at and sometimes projects will sit unfinished for months on my workbench whilst I do other things.

As for shopping for clothes, yuch! I do it once every six months and buy everything from underwear to shoes all in one go, that way I can forget about it for a while. It's probably my least favorite activity.

I do this too...

My biggest flaw is that when faced with a problem, I try to ignore it and hope it goes away. This has gotten me in trouble many times and yet I still do it.

Very bad about this. Based on personal experience and some of what you said, it sounds like the social aspect is what's getting you. If you could go out and buy jeans and not see any people at all, would you be more quick to do it? If the answer is yes, then I say give yourself a break on the social stuff and just make up your mind to not interact with anyone you don't have to. For those you have to, don't care what they think of you. Just be yourself and if they don't like it, tough.

You could always just order some jeans online. I order all my clothes online because I know exactly what I want anyway, and the selection is better online.

It is easy for me to shop. I just do not like it so I put it off.