I ask, how should I organize my closet so I can see what is in it and season appropriate? What are you thinking as you organize yours to be season appropriate? Where does the excess go? Any help at all may just save my sanity!

And what about purses and jewelry?

As for organizing--since you have the room, designate two clothes for your clothes. The walk-in in your bedroom for currently in use things, and another closet elsewhere for everything else. Put the clothes you use the most in the most accessible part of the closet in your bedroom. At a guess, you'd have a section for work clothes, a section for casual clothes and a section for lounging around the house clothes. Put the shoes you wear with these clothes in that closet. And any belts or scarves or other accessories.

In your spare closet elsewhere in the house, put out-of-season storage. Winter clothes in the summer, summer clothes in the winter. That will give you more space in your main closet year-round. Also create a section for those clothes that you only use on cruises. Put the shoes and other accessories that go with these clothes there as well.

Do you have a coat closet anywhere in the house? Put all the winter coats and any other outerwear there. Hats, gloves and scarves should go there, too, in bins or on shelves. Snow or rain boots go there, as well.

Then, twice a year, switch out the seasonal clothing. If you're like me, there are some clothes that get worn year 'round--jeans, tees, socks. Leave those alone, and move the rest. In the coat closet, move the winter stuff to the back and move the spring/summer stuff to the front, or vice versa.

If you need to put things in boxes in the closets--label the boxes. Either a written label or a picture of the contents.

I'd try to avoid lots of boxes--it's hard to see what's in them and, as you say, you tend to forget about them. If you can keep the bulk of your clothing in three closets--the one in your bedroom, the spare closet and the coat closet--you will have fewer places to look for clothing. You'll be able to see everything in each storage space at a glance.

I would suggest that both of you look at downsizing your wardrobes a bit. You have a walk-in closet and boxes under the bed. He has 2 closets, two wardrobes, and a dresser for his stuff.

In comparison, I have a 40" wide, 16" deep closet, a dresser and a shoe cabinet, plus 1/2 of the coat closet for my coats. While you probably need more clothes than I do because of the demands of your job and the cruising, do you need everything that you own?

If there's so much clothing that you forget completely about what you have, then maybe it is time to let some of it go.

Are you really wearing all those clothes on a regular basis?