Talk to customers first to see if I am even working on something they want.

Then I like to create the html mocks first, it gets the ball rolling and you can visualize the progress.

then its either work on the css or the database design.

I try to keep things bare bones so I can iterate quickly.

lots of crying followed by brief periods of joy when either a task was simple, or the requirements were well known from the beginning. :D

I particularly enjoyed the sarcasm at the end.