Rainy Day

I took these two photos on a beautiful and perfect fall day two weekends ago:


Today is anything but beautiful - instead, it's rainy and dreary! And to make matters worse, I'm having a flare-up of an eye condition that I have that makes one eye red, puffy, and painful - so fun!

Therefore, today's a good day to check a few items off my to-do list. First up, finishing my fall closet cleanout. Last weekend I began taking out fall and winter items, trying them on, deciding what to keep, what to give to charity, and what to bring to my local consignment shop. I also did the fall switch of my shoes: putting flip flops and peeptoes in the far reaches of my closet and bringing ballet flats, pumps, and boots to the front. Complicating my cleanout and fall organization plan is the fact that (happily) I'm going to Florida on vacation in January. That means I'll need 9 days of summer clothes at the ready in the middle of this winter. My closet is quite small, so I normally don't just move my summer clothes to the back as you would be able to with a typical walk-in closet. Usually, summer and spring items are relegated to inevitable unorganized plastic storage bins. So, I reviewed my flip flops and sandals and set aside a few pairs I thought I'd want to bring to Florida and put those in one small, clearly labeled bin that shouldn't be hard to find when the time comes to do my packing! I haven't quite come up with a similar strategy for the clothes yet . . . I'm going to try to leave a small number of polos, shorts, and capris at the very back of my closet.

Also on my list: organizing Pink Maple items for our first fall fair in two weeks; making the Martha Stewart wreath I posted about earlier this week; paying bills - yuck!; ironing work clothes for next week - double yuck!; and finally, catching up with the shows on my DVR.

Have a happy Saturday and weekend!