Hi Unfrumped --

Well I guess this thread lets you know you aren't alone!
I do a combo of the solutions you've outlined.

I'm not not not a morning person so I strive to have a 2-minute Closet (open closet, choose at random, go from robe to dressed in 2 minutes). Most days that works IF the tasks that let that happen has actually happened.

• Combos tried on before from in to out, top to bottom (or ideally, worn)
• Laundry done and quickly checked for new holes/stains etc
• Things organized so that I can *find* everything quickly (no "oh crap I forgot that was hanging to dry/had a broken strap/balled up in my gym bag")

However, there are lots of times I need/want to have a no-surprises morning. Yet I hate the night-before outfit stuff too!

So I do a variation of what's been mentioned above -- use a time when I'm not tired etc to select for a few days/a week and put EVERYTHING together in one place. The undergarments that work best with a given neckline, the shoes, the needed belt, the tights checked for runs...all the crap that can cause last-minute scrambling.

However, I always throw in a few extra outfits or options to give me wiggle room for fickleness, weather, or health-related stuff.

I could never do 30 days at once, but I find a few days where I've pre-selected with thought and perhaps a bit more creativity lets me circle back to choosing on autopilot.

Good luck -- I'm sure you'll find the sweet spot(s)!

Wow, so many mood dressers...so little time!

I love hearing all the ways YLF'ers do this. I am finding nuggets of wisdom that I think I can use!

I'm pretty sure I like a somewhat pre-planned or thought-out outfit better, or at least for regular days, so I'm going to work more on how best to do that--probably a combination. Funny thing is, I thought I was doing that, but then seemed to deviate and get more random. So I think my system needs to be more me-brain friendly, but still be a system.

Yes, you are not alone. I also don't like to put my outfit out the night before, it just seems so final, so limiting. And I tend to rebel at that stuff
I do kind of a mix of what Vix does with her 2-minute Closet (great description), and thinking about possible outfits in the back of my mind like Aubergine does.
Not being a morning person myself, and due to the fact that at night lights are not properly showed my lamp light I do prefer to get all together in the morning.
So far I am happy with this,but iI started working in summer. I wonder when it is winter and the only thing I want is stay in my pyjamas.

I think this transitional weather may add to some moody dissatisfaction.
I actually love the weather but it's fickle, cool in morning and warm in afternoon. And yet the A/C churns out cool at work despite all. I tend to want to dress as warmly as the weather permits (which may be the opposite of some people), so that means evening "feelings" are that weather is warm, and a.m. impression is cool, so that interferes a little with commitment.
I think I like the idea of 2-3 "options" --choice and limits.