We are having a baby! It's due ~May 11th! We are calling it Tonka on the internet (inside joke from Creepcast). Family and Friends are elated! Also I didn't realize the photographer caught me making weird faces

So i had this thought what are the things or Gadgets you need to buy to be a Complete Man. Not just related to Dressing but all general life stuff which will improve the quality of life. I will share mine looking forward to yours. ✅Dressing: Dress Pants , Old Money Clothes Styles On Pinterest. Classic Shoes ( bought two recently, My style improved) Watch Good Perfume A drawer for rings , watches , bracelets and all Man jewelry. ( i haven’t bought it yet) Collections of everything watches or Mans jewelry? ( i don’t have it yet ). A Good Suit. I have 2 but haven’t wear them for long. Long coat, i did a photoshoot recently and damn i am tall and long coat really looks Hot on me , i need to buy one . Peaky Blinders Suit ( haven’t buy yet) Cow Boy Dress ( Just bought the Hat ) Good 2 or 3 skin oils , but herbal , i bought Coconut oil recently, its good, ✅General Life Air Fryer, ( bought recently , fast cooking improve life ). Bahoor ( Arabic Room Fragrance ) Its game changer. Humidifier ( haven’t buy yet ) Pair of good bed sheets & pillows cases ( bought few recently) . Buy dozens of Toothbrushes 🪥 change them after 20 days . ( I learned the hard way. ) Dental Floss , ( so important , bought recently no body told me ). Kitchen Shelf ? Someone recommended it to me, ( my kitchen looks good now). Separate alarm clock ( haven’t bought it yet ) Stainless steel or copper Tongue cleaner ( haven’t bought it yet.) Xilthol Bubble gum , for dental health ( bought recently) Zinc supplements ( it improved my sleep ). Thinking to buy more Magnesium or Vitamin D. I also eat organic diet and fruits but i realize they are not enough. Meat Grinder. Power bank, Buy basic stuff in bulk, eggs, meat , milk , 2 or 3 months, keep the lifeline of each food in mind. Alot of socks, Shoes shelf out side my room. Door mat ( i haven’t changed it for years it just occurred to me while writing this ). Standing table ( haven’t bought it yet , because sitting is killing you )

Last week my wife and I decided that on our vacation to French Lick, Indiana (her hometown, hometown of Larry Bird, and home of two very beautiful historic hotels) we decided we were going to elope. We had a very small, quiet, and beautiful ceremony. The only bummer was I couldn't wear my self tie bow tie because I couldn't get my hands to not shake (damn TBI)

I’m curious how others plan their clothing expenditure. Is it an annual percentage of your house hold income? A monthly amount? A seasonal amount? A spur of the moment thing (when I see what I like- I just buy it)? A wad of cash to the thrift store or mall (when it’s gone I’m done buying)? What’s your approach? I would like to tell you that as a financial advisor I have a well documented system but that simply isn’t true. Fortunately I worked in quality mens stores when I was 15-24 so I developed a sense of buying long lasting quality both in style and material yet my method is less systematic. Since joining this community I have attacked the economics of my wardrobe and thought I might share my journey to trigger discussions about your own: A year ago I went through my closet with a pen and pad and estimated that if I replaced everything of mine in there at today’s prices it would cost $40k. Some items are 30 yrs old. I even have a few 40 yr old items. So if I were to average 40k by say 25 years average life of each garment, thats $1600 per year or $133 per month. Full disclosure, I didn’t spend that much. I look for sales, some are gifts, and for the really old items I got the store discount. Furthermore all these numbers are extrapolated up to today’s price for example the shoes I wore yesterday are over 42 yrs old- today they would cost $850. They were $200 in the early 80s when I got a 40% discount so about $140: still a lot of money for a poor college student but clearly I’ve gotten my money’s worth. Also my career over 40 plus years has had big swings in income. It has been a long road of big feast followed by shallow famine. So I buy when I’m flush. Lastly I like to travel and buying things on trips helps me remember the trip every time I wear them. Recently I’ve been “blessing others” with poor fitting items. The most expensive clothes are those I won’t wear. So thats my journey. Basically when spending -what to me are bigger amounts (custom suits, quality shoes) I try to be ruthlessly timeless to exacerbate their value. My goal is to keep my outfit below a $6.00 per day average wearing costs by buying quality timeless style. The pics are the 1982 shoes and 1982 green tie I wore yesterday and the silver tie I wore in my wedding in 1985 that has been in one of my OOTDs

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