Organization: Figuring out what photos are organized into albums

I can't seem to work out a straightforward way of organizing photos once I import them into Aperture 1.5. I shot 2Gb of shots today and imported them. As I start to create Albums within my Project, I drag them to their appropriate places. But sometimes I'll miss one or get interrupted by a phone call, etc.
Or I'll start out with five albums of different categories, say Front Façade, Interior Lobby, etc. (architectural shots). Then I realize that I've got so many Stair shots that I want another album just to keep those organized. But then some shots are stairs in the lobby and I can't figure out if I've put them in one of the albums or neither. I have to scroll through tons of shots to figure it out. It's always confusing.
Has anyone figured out a good workflow for bringing photos in and ensuring that each actually winds up in an album?
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I've finally figured out the solution to tracking which images have been 'assigned'...it's through the use of keywords and smart albums, not regular albums. It also lets you know whether you've missed assigning any images:
Create a Smart Album called "No Keywords". In the Search HUD that comes up when you do this, click on the "+" drop-down menu and select "IPTC". Click the checkbox next to the new IPTC line that's added to your search criteria, and select "Keywords" and "is empty" from the two drop-down menus. By using this or the "is not empty" or the other criteria in different/multiple combinations (you can add the IPTC line more than once), you can sort for anything.
Once you've set this up, start applying keywords to images. They will 'disappear' from this Smart Album. When the Smart Album is empty, you've assigned a keyword to everything. Keep this Smart Album in case you import other images or to check periodically to see if any images have been 'orphaned'.
Then use your keywords list to create Smart Albums that have keywords singly or in combination. I do this now and don't create regular albums at all.
One great piece of advice I've come across and will repeat here is that it's REALLY best to create ALL your keywords BEFORE you start applying them. In my first couple of projects I created them on the fly and realized that they were not perfect, started modifying, realized that some images needed more specificity, etc. Simply put, I made a mess. Now as I scan through an imported shoot I create the keywords first. Then I apply all the keywords I've made before creating any new ones or renaming ones I created in the first round.
Only then, once all the above-mentioned Smart Albums are created, might I add or adjust keywords. At this point it won't throw a wrench into the works and make me lose my bearings.
I'll continue to improve my workflow, but this finally works well for me, and it's pretty time-efficient.
Anyone have any gems to add to this thread before I mark it answered?
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