You pay A LOT for said sweatpants.

...you have some angst that your new helmet won't match your leathers or your bike because you didn't consult fabbers before buying! But seriously, we all have our "junk", right. Some of my women track friends are like, eh, who needs furniture, I can sit on my bike. Why clean the house, I'd rather be riding, etc. And we won't even start on the subject of my nail varnish collection

...when you analyze the color of people's clothes and have a thought process like, "Hmm, I think that's closer to a blush than a light salmon," or " I think that's more ink blue than navy."

...when you see a complete stranger dressed spectacularly and you want to go up and compliment her on her outfit.

...when you know more than the average SA about sizing (petite vs. juniors' vs. misses').

I'm laughing so hard at people's responses!

Gigi, I totally compliment strangers on their outfits! They are almost always thrilled!

Oh- relate-relate-relate!
When you are thinking about fashion during a conversation with your DH.
When your DH asks you what was just just said on you fav TV show and you didn't hear either because you were thinking about fashion......

When your DH laments about where all the money goes each month and you blame it on the exorbitant cost of food ;0

When you are in a tornado warning and are wondering how much of your wardrobe you can manage to move to the (relative) safety of the basement.

...when you walk down Madison Avenue in NYC counting how many people are wearing white pants before Memorial Day... and knowing they are the ones who are really on trend.

What a fantastic thread!! Laughing out loud in recognition.

I do so many of these. YLF first thing in the morning and last thing at night? Guilty as charged. And, yup, I admit it, YLF participants' names pop into my head when I see stuff in stores (waving at Deb). And I plan outfits in my head when I can't get to sleep (hey, it beats counting sheep, right, Joy?)

And I loved the point about over saturation! Yup, been there, too! Also, ID'ing other people's clothes and footwear...and complimenting them on it. (Waving at Gigi and MaryK).

Here are a couple more:

You know you're really into fashion when....

When anything happens in your life -- trip, new job, meeting, new baby, award, dinner with old friends, dinner with new friends, concert, wine bar date, and especially a YLF meet up -- and your first (and pretty much your only) real question is: What will I wear??

Your frail and nearly blind mother looks forward to seeing your outfits as much as she looks forward to seeing you!

Yes Suz- my Mum ALWAYS notices and comments on my outfits

Rae I love this thread... my answers would be a repeat of so many already mentioned:

...when the first thing you do each morning is check YLF

...when your child is writhing on the floor in hunger while you are checking out
YLF saying "I'll cook dinner soon"

...when after a deep and meaningful with your DH/SO he asks what you are
thinking about ... and it's YLF related

I could go on.... lol

Complimenting strangers outfits or better yet offer honest feedback in dressing areas, which is always appreciated! And dreaming of getting the guts to offer a makeover to those Mom jeans with white sneakers women in the grocery store.

OMG I am a HUGE enabler in the dressing area!! LOL

When your favorite way to relax is closet therapy (aka playing in my closet).

Oh, Deborah -- I have been there! (And so have DD and DH!!) <blushing furiously...>

Here's another that occurred to me, in relation to those:

When you buy something new and your DH says only, "What do the Ladies say?"

Or, better yet, when HE buys an article of clothing for himself and he says: "What would the Ladies say?" or "What would Angie say?"

When you meet your sister whom you haven't seen for a year, and you look at her daisy cardigan and not her face. (And she notices and says, "Up, up, look up.")

When in church you're solving fashion problems in your head instead of listening to the sermon.

LOL, Hillarious!:-) ...and all...ALL... SO TRUE (for myself, too:-)).

I have no idea what any of you are talking about.

When you decide a guy is a keeper based on him saying this "Just my opinion, but I think these shoes would work better than those, as they'd give you more flexibility with your wardrobe" - yes this happened

I can relate to soooo many of these! I also semi tuck my sleep wear.

I also know I'm into fashion when I talk about it so much to hubby that he actually knows the terms PPL and the color blush vs. pink.

A dressing room enabler here, also. Oh, and if I see a great haircut, I always compliment. I will even walk across the street to say something. I figure that counts as exercise.

Some of these crack me up and I can relate to many...semi-tucking sleepwear or lounge wear... thinking about rescuing specific clothing in case of a tornado or fire...worrying more about what 's new on YLF than what's on the news in the morning...

Oh and being SUPER excited to hear the UPS truck coming down the road :-).

Fun thread!

When you have certain painting pants that going with certain painting tops. And designated painting/cleaning the crawl space earrings.

lol crawl space earrings... hahahahaha

I so relate.

"cleaning the crawl space" earrings - may just take first prize. Sounds so cinematic, as though there's a whole backstory as to how a stylish person like you came to be there and doing that.

Aw, you guys made me smile today! Thank you for brightening up the morning once again.

Haha, I'll third that one about the UPS man!

...when the doorbell rings and you run the high hurdles over furniture, cats, and husband alike to make sure nothing goes wrong with your delivery.

That's the best line ever, Rae - those are my business sweats!

I think the flag went up for me when, many years ago, my best friend took a little spill on his motorcycle... and we both wailed together, "No, not your/my leather jacket!"

So many of these are so relatable and how many of us have TEXSTYLE"s elation at hearing the UPS< FED EX of Mail Truck?????

.... When you fry your phone (and the backup) and loose a year's worth of outfits you've been tracking on Stylebook and go into a frenzy trying to reenter all of the pictures and data, so you have an accurate item cost per wear.

...... think about what YLFers would say when you put an outfit together and actually hear the voices in your head.

.... think of your closet as "my happy place".