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The Numbering of Dress of the Day and Posts. This is post 385b.

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 I started numbering my dress of the day when I found I was listing two posts of the same colour. Blue dress of the day. But if I numbered the second blue dress as blue dress 2 and the second red dress as red dress 2 I would have all the outfits out of sequence.  The simplest system was to number each post in sequence. However, I did not necessarily have an entire outfit for every post. This numbering sequence would be useful to find out how many posts I had written.  Comic Poems Numbering (I do this in my comic poems to find out the number of poems so I can see how many readers per post, and are the numbers of posts matching one a day.  But I try to add a poem any time I write a generic post such as how to write a poem for a Xmas card.) In the dress of the day, I do not want to give the misleading impression that I had 400 outfits when I had only 300. I need to know how many outfits I have because that is a question which readers ask.  The statistics compiled b...

How to Create A Red Santa Outfit 162 - and store and find seasonal clothes. Dress of the Day 162 Red Santa Outfit.

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  Red Santa outfit. Smile with Angela. Photo by Trevor Sharot. I had to create a red Santa outfit in a hurry for a speech to Tampines Changkat Toastmasters. My speech was entitled, How to enjoy Christmas Customs from around the world. I knew I had at least one red Santa Claus hat saved from the previous year. Fortunately, they were all in a suitcase labelled Seasonal Props and Party Items for Christmas and Valentine's Day. I had all my Xmas stuff in one place, paper plates, banners, hats and so on. Items from a year ago were a complete surprise.  I had bought some in the post-Xmas sales in supermarkets. The jingling bells in my hand were too small to be heard in a large room. However, they could be heard if I stood or sat near a microphone. They created a prop for the photo. I raided my wardrobe. Americans say Closet. I decided to hang all my red clothes together for the month of December. Once I had all the reds together, I found the perfect top. Red. With a bow. This picture...