In just shy of an hour, I’ve dealt with one entire pile – all the dresses, blouses/shirts, and suits.

• Divided closet into a casual side and a can-be-worn-to-work side. Blouses and shirts are hung on four of those multi-hanger space-saver gizmos: one each for short sleeves and long sleeves on each side of closet.

• Seven items are in a to-be-stored pile – awaiting my emptying of the Rubbermaid totes that are currently holding my summer stuff.

• One dress is serving as the start of a to-be-mended pile in the living room, where (in theory) I can mend it while I watch TV.

• A small pile of jackets (outerwear) is all that’s left on the bed. Just need to move those to the hall closet, where they really belong. I’d stuck ‘em in the bedroom closet back when I was still sleeping on the couch, because at that time it was easier to keep my business clothes in the hall closet – which, in this tiny apartment – is between bathroom and living/dining area – and get dressed from there every morning. Now that I’ve got an actual bedroom again, I can just keep clothes in that closet and outerwear in the hall closet.

• So far, nothing for the donate pile.

Next steps (none of which will be done today, I suspect, ‘cause I need a nap before going out for dinner with a friend this evening):

• Empty the summer bins and go through the same process with those clothes. I’ll bet there are a few items in there that can go to charity. The rest are mainly casual stuff, because office air-conditioning means that my office stuff gets all-season wear.

• Clear off and reorganize the closet’s top shelf, which currently serves as storage for a bunch of unfinished knitting projects and assorted other craft-y stuff.