Ok, wow. Doing laundry takes alot of knowledge and strength. Darks with the darks, and whites with the whites, polyester, cotton, permanent press, casual, knits, air dry, hand wash.. lol, my mind is about to explode!!

Ok, so i was attempting to do my own laundry today. I seperated the colors, and i did my denims first -- extra small load, cold wash & rinse, and tumble dry -- and now I am moving on my to blacks.

The only problem I have is, some shirts say wash & rinse cold, while some say wash & rinse hot. Does that mean I have to do seperate load?(dude, im not rich, and it's only like 5 shirts -- 2 loads would be wasting like alot of water)

Also, when they say, "bright" colors, can i just put, pinks w/ greens, and blues, or do I have to do each load color by color?
(I don't have alot of laundry this week)

Also, when doing underwear && socks, what setting do you do for washing and drying (what temp, setting etc etc) and do you really seperate em by color!!

Help!