Jayne (Husband): Oh, I think you might wanna reconsider that last part. See, I married me a powerful ugly creature. Mal (Wife): How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people? Jayne (Husband): If I could make you purtier, I would. Mal (Wife): You are not the man I met a year ago.

'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Sue - Mar 26, 2011 1:13:06 pm PDT #447 of 30001
hip deep in pie

My clothing organization system as far as it goes: I have a small walk-in closet in my bedroom. On side has pants, skirts, dresses on it. The other side had tops and jackets. Shelves above for scarves, some hooks for belts, bags accessories. A dress outside the closet for undies, socks, swimsuits, yoga stuff, pjs. Closet in the spare room has whatever is out of season...I trade stuff in and out twice a year.

Truth is there's usually a laundry basket with a big pile of clothes on top of it on the floor, which I pick through in the morning.

I try to be ruthless about purging clothes on a semi-regular basis. Often I am more less than ruth. But it does help a bit with space. There is only one thing I have ever regretted purging...a black wool dress. Otherwise I always find it freeing to get rid of stuff. I also try to go through phases where I don't let myself buy any more clothes unless I have to. I have two closets full of clothes...I can probably find something to wear.


-t - Mar 26, 2011 1:16:21 pm PDT #448 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That is one thing I am pretty good about, most of my clothes go with each other. Looking at my wardrobe, you would think I spent a lot of time in resorts or on cruises or something - everything can be put into little mix-and-match sets to cover several days with a few pieces. Somehow it all adds up to way too much clothing, even so.

OTOH, I haven't bought new clothes or even wished I had something I didn't have in rather a while, so maybe this is exactly the right amount of clothes for me.


Amy - Mar 26, 2011 1:20:52 pm PDT #449 of 30001
Because books.

Often I am more less than ruth.

Heh. I love this.

I purged so much stuff before we moved. And right now I can feel the things I didn't wear all winter sitting there, judging, taking up room. I try to purge every time I switch over, and it's been incredibly freeing to do it every time.


Typo Boy - Mar 26, 2011 1:36:49 pm PDT #450 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

"Someone is wrong on the Internet." Someone tell me to let it go.


Jesse - Mar 26, 2011 1:38:14 pm PDT #451 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I feel like the closet in my bedroom is big, but that's just because it's about twice as wide as the basically door-width closet I grew up with. So I have that and a dresser and a small set of shelves with sweaters in it, and that's where my clothes are. And I'm still getting rid of stuff I don't wear!


Jessica - Mar 26, 2011 1:38:28 pm PDT #452 of 30001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

I haven't been able to do a proper wardobe purge in almost 2 years due to being pregnant and not wearing anything but maternity clothes. In theory, I do the thing where once a year I turn all the hangers in my closet backwards, and only turn them around again once I've worn that piece of clothing so it's easy to see at a glance what I haven't worn in a year and get rid of that. In practice, I wear about 5% of the clothes I own and ignore the rest in hopes that they will go away on their own.


§ ita § - Mar 26, 2011 1:41:19 pm PDT #453 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I am the unpurger. I have clothes that I've owned for more than 20 years, and as long as they keep fitting, I probably will. But I've been lucky to be close enough to the same size since the end of university. The clothes I have from when I gained weight I can probably get rid of, but part of me is sure I'm going to gain weight again, eventually, and I liked them...which is pretty stupid.

I lost a bunch of clothes in Katrina, and although I could tell you only two or three precise pieces, I miss them terribly. Also, considering the amount of time it's been since I did *all* my laundry, well, I'm overstocked. But I still want it all.

I'm pretty sure I let the tea store rob me. On the other hand, the jasmine dragon pearls smell *really* nice. I am looking forward to this cuppa.

I sorted the spreadsheet for my sister and didn't mention to her it was trivial. Because I'm passivecool like that.


Jesse - Mar 26, 2011 1:43:04 pm PDT #454 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I still look at stuff I haven't worn in years, and think, but I might!


§ ita § - Mar 26, 2011 1:46:31 pm PDT #455 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Gimme half an excuse to bust out the leather pants, and I will. It has easily been 15+ years since I last did. That half excuse is elusive.

Why am I looking at pictures of Batman/Superman wondering if they'd really leave on that much of their costumes? Characterisation? ita? Really?


Jesse - Mar 26, 2011 1:51:47 pm PDT #456 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Superman must rip a lot of clothes, huh?