Saturday, April 21, 2007

Pandora's Box

I have seen the enemy and it is my closet.

I am simply dismayed at the amount of brown clothes I own. Don't get me wrong, brown is good, I look good in brown, brown is my friend. But I only have ONE yellow sweater in a sea of brown. Oh yes, there is the ubiquitous black and white, some navy (no baby blue for me I look pale and unusual in baby blue) quite a bit of red, and a lot of coral and turquoise, but brown seems to dominate. I mean, I have 5 brown tank tops; all various shades of brown. We are not talking just my fall and winter wardrobe here either. Brown is a big player in my spring and summer stuff as well.

This is sad indeed.

Therefore, I resolve to but the kibosh on brown clothing for the next four monthes. Steve always steers me to more color (periwinkle, I believe, is his favorite color on me) and I am going to follow his suggestions from now on. Of course, his suggestion will be that I put the kibosh on shopping as a whole. Silly boy.

The good news is that I have arranged my closet in such a way that even my little friend Abby would be proud of! Suits and dresses on one side, pants and skirts on the other followed by blouses; everything grouped by color, natch. Shoes on racks and arranged by color and function. Purses artfully arranged on the shelves along with the scarf/pashmina (are we supposed to be still wearing those? I do every once in a while and the Fashion Police haven't given me a citation yet) stack.

So see what the red shoes hath wrought? Organization at its finest.

Off to buy some colorful clothes....

4 comments:

Erin said...

I find the same thing happening in my wardrobe..

Abby said...

I'm so proud of you. I actually bought my first brown tank top 2 weeks ago. It's not yet a very functional piece because it's only been worn with one outfit (oh but what a fantastic outfit it was). I'm looking to integrate it more in my wardrobe. Stay tuned...

Erin said...

The best part is that I KNOW you are actually ACTIVELY looking to integrate it into your wardrobe. It's not just something you said.

Abby said...

Well, yes. ;-)