IK, good on you for bringing out the big guns and hectoring that closet into its place! That's channelling your frustration into productivity!
I like Laura's of forcing the orphans especially out into the open. Last week, I cleared and tidied by drawers --- and put out all the ifs, buts and maybes to sit on the bench with my jeans-in-use and my workout gear. This pile sits in a corner of my bathroom, which is especially helpfully, because now they're the first thing I see when I'm about to get dressed. I've really been squeezing them into outfits all this week (some horrors I will NOT post), but it's also helped to *write down* clearly why the garment is problematic. Going to give them a couple of months before I shut shop on them for good.
Loving Nicole's distinction of potholes vs holes too. As I remix more (and boy it is hard to see those poor orphans in a new light some days ::waving at Kelly::), I'm realizing I have fewer holes than I'd feared and more potholes --- can drive around them, and indeed MUST until I fill the true holes. Unless it's a really cheap fix (::cough:: bought camisoles again! ::cough::).
Waving at Shannon too, because I've just started drawing up capsules in my head and on a spreadsheet (also, thanks for the nudge, Christieanne!) --- more out of necessity in my case, because as I split myself more equally between places, my wardrobe has to split into encapsulated halves too, at least if I'm to avoid being a snail with an oversized, overstuffed shell each time I travel! But it's kinda nice. Same number of clothes, but feels like *different* wardrobes, as you say.
