CLOSET BREAKTHRU or, hanging solution for difficult clothes

Went to WalMart to return the exercise mat with the "carcinogens" label.

Found my dream footstool (read Rubbermaid plastic stepstool.)  Note to self:  sometimes you have to go to a store where women work.  Guys don't understand concepts like: No, not a step ladder.)

But on to the other solutions:  first a little dish that clamps on the side of the round bin in my top drawer.  This little thing will corral all the ear plugs, miniature bottles of calendula cream, and lip balm.  Or the earrings, when I'm too sleepy to walk over to the little jewelry box.

Big finish:

They have the hangers I've always dreamed of and didn't have the sense to invent.  There is a rubber (okay, it's probably just non-slip plastic, work with me here.)  line across the top edge so the necks of my knit tops don't stretch out every few minutes.  The have (oh, this is too wonderful)  a tiny line of rubber between shoulders so a scarf will stay anchored there.  And more!  There is also rubber along the bottom that I think will keep my long, black knit skirt from rolling into a ball in the corner of the hanger or on the floor.

They look feminine enough and the price, my friends, is right.

CAN'T FACE THE CLOSET? Make molehills out of mountains

Okay, what am I talking about?  Maybe you never been accused of making mountains our of molehills.  As you can see, it just means exaggerating, blowing things out of proportion.   Maybe your closet looks to you as if the entire women's department of a giant store has fallen out of a truck.

You want it fixed now, but you'd rather go to the dentist.  And you're a girl who's been told, possibly by me, to finish what you start.

So divide up that mountain of clothes. Make a Section One.  I knew a very smart man who did his closet six inches at a time (and he liked clothes.)  Knot a red ribbon around the clothes pole six inches from the door, or eight inches from the left wall.

You will need a large bag.  Don't skip the bag.  It's useless to make a pile of clothes you don't want and then put the pile back in the closet until whenever.  The rule is DON'T PUT ANYTHING BACK IN.

If you can't make up your mind about last year's orange top, have your friend Coco keep it for you. It's kinda like how to avoid overeating. If we keep food by the tv, we keep eating it.  And If that pair of dreary slacks doesn't need ironing,  you grab it every morning, and  think you need it.  But if you have to go to Coco's house to get it, you'll know it's not worth the trip.

Anyway, with only six inches to do today, you can take everything out and even try it all on--someplace where you can see the back.  If you can't see the back at home, wear it to Macy's or someplace and look at yourself from the back in the fitting room.  

When you've sent the maybe clothes to Coco's, and the rejects to the charity bag, put your shoes on and take your favorite, but wrinkled outfit to the cleaners.  The better care you take of it, the more you'll value it, and yourself.  If it's midnight, put the outfit on a chair by the front door for the cleaner's tomorrow.

Now you've finished something!  And maybe even found a blouse you'd forgotten about, to wear tomorrow.