I Confess

I have a problem.  The first step is admitting you have a problem, right?

Well this is my problem:  My twins are almost two and I am a little OCD about coordinating their outfits.  I always felt pretty good about the fact that I rarely put them in 100% matching outfits.  They had very few things that were exactly the same, which wasn't too hard because they are different genders. 

But they must coordinate.  This is how I must match them every day:  if one is wearing jeans and a long sleeve T, the other must also be in jeans and a long sleeve T.  Bonus points for similar colors and similar styles (like picture on one shirt, picture on the other).  Today, Anna has on a yellow top, and so Sam's shirt also has some yellow in it.  We have knit pants day, snap long sleeve onesie day and hoodie day; overalls and fleece days too.  I'm just a little embarrassed to admit that it's as specific as this:  If Anna has on a fleece outfit and the pants are not fleece, then Sam cannot wear fleece pants with his fleece shirt.

I think it would actually be painful for me to put them in different kinds of outfits- like if Anna was wearing a hooded outfit with matching pants, and Sam was in jeans and a T.  Or if one was wearing zipped footie pjs, while the other was in pajama separates.  It doesn't even matter if we don't leave the house and no one sees them.  Wow- typing that out makes me feel like I'm even more OCD than I thought.

So I coordinate their outfits by color, type and style.  This is challenging sometimes because most of their clothing is used and we have gotten quite a few things from different people.  This weekend, I started washing Anna's 24 month stuff and I realized she has 5 hoodie outfits... while Sam currently has none.  I'm seriously fighting the urge to go out and buy him some so she will actually wear hers.  It's hard.  I try to remember that their closet is already stuffed full and they need more clothes like they need more holes in their heads.  But then I rationalize- what's the use of Anna having 5 sets of hoodie outfits if she isn't going to wear them since Sam has none?

Please note I've already confessed I have a problem. 

I have gotten better since they were babies though... It used to be that if Anna had 8 onesies, Sam must have the same number. If Anna had 4 snap sleepers and 6 zip sleepers as infants, then you can bet that Sam's count was exactly the same.  Yup, down to the zip or snap closure on their sleepers, they had to coordinate.  At least the number of types of clothing doesn't have to be the same in their closet or dresser anymore.

Is there a 12 step program for this? I promise I won't send them to kindergarten still coordinating their outfits...

(If I had access to the thousands of photos I take right now, I'd share examples.  Maybe later I'll add some!)