Down to San Angelo for a meeting then back to Lubbock after that. Lots of windshield time today. - black short sleeve button down with company logos - Brown leather belt - Slim straight blue jeans - Brown oxford shoes

My mostly thifted outift today are some grey lucky pants (bought from Sierra for $15 or $20), Alfani shirt (estate sale - $4), Florsheim cap toe shoes (just got these last weekend for $5 - haven't even polished them yet). The watch is a Rado Xeramo that I bought years ago on ebay. All ceramic which is nice because the black doesn't wear off like an anodized case - I believe I paid about $250 for this if I remember correctly - it was a while ago. I need a haircut but the rest of it looks decent. Hahaha.

Walking both girls down the road, Eldest to catch her 0730 bus then the youngest to be at school by 0830, plus Tuesday’s regular chiropractic appointment and today a Dr appointment for a new script for my medications and to get the tip of my middle finger checked as it seems to have developed and internal blister where the lower chopped it 4 months ago. Also a quick photo shoot between appointments as it would be ridiculous to drive home to then turn around and leave again. I did take over 20 photos and will try to get the best and add the most with the outfit, but J am only on my phone. I also tried something a little different with the cap matching the suit and shoes and not the overcoat this time. Today’s outfit consists of: Brixton Brood Snap Cap in Oatmeal and Charcoal houndstooth M.J.Bale Pascal Navy Peacoat M.J. Bale Collins Suit in Brown OTAA Beaufort Riviera French Cuff Dobby Shirt OTAA Bondi Navy Blue Pinstripe OTAA Shining Silver Tie Clip Mitch Dowd Monkey Cuff Links (chosen by my youngest) Van Heusen Sky Blue with Royal Blue Flowers Youngest daughter made me a colourful band bracelet OTAA Jack O’ Cups Shattuckite Skull Bracelet OTAA Dark Coffee Brown textured socks Sparrods & Co Oslo Double Monkstrap in Espresso SOTD - Azzaro Wanted by Night with Mancera Amore Caffe overspray. WOTD - Erebus Ascent 41 Blue MoP

My latest addition to the traditional wet-shaving collection — another Simpson Chubby 3, this time in Manchurian Badger. And yes… I already own a Chubby 3. 😂 My original is a Silvertip, and I absolutely LOVE that brush. In fact, that’s really why I bought another Chubby 3 rather than going looking for something completely different. Sometimes when you find something that simply works, there’s no reason to reinvent the wheel. What interested me this time was experiencing the same iconic Simpson brush with a very different knot. Simpson has been making shaving brushes since 1919, and the Chubby has become perhaps its most recognizable design. It is big, incredibly dense and unapologetically substantial. My original Silvertip has that wonderfully soft, plush feel that makes building and applying a lather almost ridiculously luxurious. The Manchurian, however, is a different animal. It has the distinctive two-band appearance you can see in the picture, but more importantly Simpson's Manchurian hair has noticeably stiffer shafts and greater backbone while still having exceptionally soft tips. So even though these are essentially two versions of the same Chubby 3, they should behave quite differently. My thought is to initially use the Manchurian primarily with my shaving soaps, where that additional backbone should be wonderful for loading the brush and working a harder soap, while keeping my original Silvertip primarily for creams. Not because either brush can't do both — they absolutely can. It's simply another little opportunity to enjoy the differences. There's also a practical side to having two. A natural badger brush should be thoroughly rinsed and allowed to dry completely after every shave. Alternating between them gives each brush plenty of time to dry and spreads the use between two brushes that, properly cared for, I hope I'll be using for a very long time. And that probably gets to the part of this hobby I enjoy most. I don't really collect shaving equipment just to accumulate more things. I enjoy the ritual.