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I don't manage a sock drawer. I wear sandals all year. SheltieLover Feb 28 #1
I know. I have too much time on my hands. Nobody looks funny at me. I gotta get a grip... CTyankee Feb 28 #2
I believe at least for a while, it was a trendy thing to have mismatched socks. Like they sold them in pairs that way. SheltieLover Feb 28 #4
A few years back, most of the school age girls I saw... 3catwoman3 Feb 28 #15
Sounds cute, but I guess the fad didn't last. SheltieLover Feb 28 #16
Throw some away, others can be dusting cloths. (I dust like 5 times a year.) Captain Zero Feb 28 #3
what a great idea! I'll try that! CTyankee Feb 28 #7
I used to have a sign hanging from my closet door knob that said - 3catwoman3 Feb 28 #17
Best thing I ever did was buy a huge bag of matching socks from Costco. Intractable Feb 28 #5
good idea. I'll start by throwing some out first. CTyankee Feb 28 #9
Wear hi-tops, mismatched socks won't show? NoMoreRepugs Feb 28 #6
I don't. All my socks are different so I have no trouble finding pairs. Ocelot II Feb 28 #8
Sometimes socks make a run for it somewhere during the laundry cycle. pandr32 Feb 28 #10
Keep 7 pairs and re-home the rest! MLAA Feb 28 #11
About every 6 months I go in my drawer and rematch the socks the strays ones kimbutgar Feb 28 #12
good idea about a zippered bag. CTyankee Feb 28 #13
Wait... What? They're s'pposta match?? WestMichRad Feb 28 #14
Yes. That's why you buy them in a pair, not singly. CTyankee Sunday #18
This may be why I have so many Phentex Sunday #20
I have the same issue Skittles Sunday #19
Tie them all in a long rope tavernier Sunday #21
All black some_of_us_are_sane Sunday #22
I have to hold my navy and black socks Tree Lady Sunday #23
This makes sense. I got into confusion by saving all of my socks, rather than "weeding" them out now and then. CTyankee Sunday #24
I hate to disagree but your sock draw is possible. NNadir Monday #25
;-{)...SHOE ILLUSION SOCKS Goonch Monday #26
Matching socks isn't complicated for me anymore, TexasTowelie Monday #27
I have a honeycomb sock storage unit in the drawer about $10/kohls irisblue Monday #28
i roll my soxks, unders and shirts toghether and stuff them in a hanging shoe rack. :) AllaN01Bear Monday #29
Years ago I started buying the same brand of black sox fargone Monday #30
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