Shirts

[woodwardiocom]

Most of the shirts I wear daily are either from Blair.com (two buttoned chest pockets, somewhat more rugged) or L.L. Bean (one chest pocket, more dressy). Some are long-sleeved, some are short-sleeved. I used to buy regular (non-tall) shirts, but now I get strictly talls, so they don't come untucked if I choose to tuck them in. So, that's three binary axes of difference, making for eight categories of shirts.

For a normal work day, primary sort is talls over regulars, since I wear my shirts tucked at work. At the moment, secondary sort is short-sleeve over long-sleeve, since it's so darn hot. Tertiary sort is the rugged Blair shirts over the dressy Bean shirts, since the Bean shirts wear out faster, and I thus try to spare them trips through the washer. Quaternary sort is first-in, first-out.

(This means that the last group of shirts to get worn would be long-sleeve non-talls from Bean or Blair. As it happens I don't have any of those anymore, as they've all percolated into the giveaway bin or to girlfriends.)

So this morning, in a fit of organization, I sorted out my closet so that the shirts are in the order:

1. Tall short-sleeve Blair
2. Tall short-sleeve Bean
3. Tall long-sleeve Blair
4. Tall long-sleeve Bean
5. Regular short-sleeve Blair
6. Regular short-sleeve Bean

And now I can just grab the shirt on the left when I get dressed in the morning.

(Yes, I'm deeply insane.)

Comments

[jesshartley.livejournal.com]

I think I love you.
No, seriously. This is just the sort of freaky OCD hyper organization I would do, given the time/opportunity.

*grin*

You are not alone!!!

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

what about when you do laundry? Do you sort the Bean shirts to the right of the shirts you haven't worn yet, to save them a trip through the laundry? Do you do any sorts by color? If you have two identical shirts, even down to the color, do you make sure that they're not next to each other in the closet? Am I asking too many questions?

(I periodically organize Blue's tee-shirts. I can't tell if it matters. Sometimes I try to sort them so no two of the same color are next to each other, and sometimes I try to sort them by color. But all of his shirts for daily wear are solid color pocket tees in blue green or (occasionally) purple.)

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

Shirts out of the laundry are, nominally, divided into the six different categories and filed to the right of other shirts in the same category.

Bey sorts by color to do the laundry (e.g., a load of reds), so I don't need to.

Yah, I'll separate shirts that are too much alike.

[mizarchivist]

We're rubbing off on you.

You know you like eeeeet

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

Well, who wouldn't?

[drwex]

I think what makes you deeply insane is not that you have a categorized preference system, but that you took the time to write it up in this level of detail.

It makes me believe that you're pining to be writing more gaming books.