Goodwill's out of style clothes are next decades' vintage clothing finds. (Think of it as the Circle of Life Apparel.)

(Think of it as the Circle of Life Apparel.)

That's hysterical.

I was thinking the same thing. One person's out of style is another person's hipster glory.

Makes me think of the part in Malcolm Gladwell's Tipping Point about how Hush Puppies made it back from the brink. You just never know who wants what.

At a clothing exchange last year, someone brought an enormous, purple fleece...thing. It's sort of a cross between a long swing coat and, okay, a snuggie. It even has an attached length of fabric that could arguably be called a scarf.

Everyone laughed at it. But, you know what? That thing saved me this winter. I'm warm all the time and I even get compliments on the street. Maybe people comment because they are appalled. Who cares! I'm warm.

I guess the moral is: Old and odd could save a life. You never know.

Clothing organization:

- storage things out of season
- storage anything too big or too small (really unless very basic pieces, these should be tossed)

For me, dresses, skirts, jackets, button up shirts, and nicer pants hang in the closet. All other shirts, sweaters, jeans, exercise clothes, pjs, all forms of underwears, and socks go either in one big dresser or on shelves in the closet.

Friends sometimes marvel at my closet. It's small, but super organized by type and color. From left to right...evening wear, dresses, trousers, skirts, then black, green, red and purple shirts. Lastly, sweaters. (Coats are downstairs in their own closet)

I have wired drawers in the closet that are also organized by type and color. Top to bottom left: scarves, pjs, green tops, exercise wear. Bottom to top right: tshirts by color, grey tops, black tops, socks by type and color, undies by type and color, bras and hosiery (pretty mixed up)

I have a short hallway that doubles as a storage area with a rack that holds specialty clothes, business wear, small stuff. Then three bins for too small/hopeful stuff I really like, seasonal tops, intimates and trousers. I have one more bin with stuff I really should get rid of that I classify as 'costumes.' That's just me being weak.

I started putting my clothes back in the closet in the order I wore them, so I see what I'm really wearing AND don't wear the same 6 things all the time. It's working pretty well.

Oooh. Smart. I should give that a try. But I'm not sure I can give up my color coded, all facing the same direction regimentation. I may actually have a problem.

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(Think of it as the Circle of Life Apparel.)

And I LOVE that circle of life. The previous trends for Victorian-esque military jackets and ruffly blouses? Starting to hit the thrift stores. Now I just need the Thrifting Gods to bless me with an ivory version of one those jackets, and a pair of Fluevogs that fit me.

Cameras: Here's a thing. I got sick of wrestling with my little digital point-and-shoot cameras, because when I point, they don't shoot; they whiz around for a second trying to get the right light and focus, and then I miss the shot I wanted. So I went back to using my Pentax point-and-shoot film camera. And I'm taking a lot more photos! The quality of the photos may not be as good, but I'd rather have a grainy photo of the moment I wanted than a crisp photo of the moment after.

Does anyone know of a digital camera that will actually *take the photo* when I press the button? One that doesn't have a control panel more complicated than a 747? If I can't find one, I'm selling all my digital cameras and going back to my old Fuji manual SLR, which I loved, knew how to use, and with which I happily took many photos. (So there. *flounce*)

My Canon T2i powers up and can take a photo in less than 2 seconds if my memory is right, but it's a full DSLR. I'll have to check on my little Canon point and shoot, but anecdotally it takes pictures pretty quickly as well. I don't think the camera flailing has often caused me to miss a shot.