Clothes. When I was basically down to three pairs of pants that were going threadbare, a friend paid generously for a show I put on with my banjo. For $200 I managed to minimize the amount of trips to the laundry room and really feel good about how I looked.
Other things are kitchen appliances on the fritz and a good stock of convenience food should your burnout kick in too early.
For $200 I managed to minimize the amount of trips to the laundry room and really feel good about how I looked.
I’m just going to glom on to your comment to pass on some of the best advice I ever got: if you can afford it, buy enough socks and underwear that you only need to do laundry every 3-4 weeks. For the other stuff you can get away with wearing it multiple times, spot cleaning etc. Socks and underwear are the real limiting factor.
(This is especially for people who don’t have in-home laundry and therefor must waste time to travel somewhere to do laundry and pay per load. And obviously YMMV depending on job, lifestyle, body, geography etc for the other clothes.)
It might sound crazy to spend $500 on underwear alone but consider the following that lets you get away with 3 weeks between laundries:
Utility Underwear $5-10/ea x 20 = $100 - $200
Utility Socks $5-10/ea x 20 = $100 - $200
Nice Socks $30/ea x 2-4 = $60 - $120
Nice Underwear $30/ea x 2-4 = $60 - $120
TOTAL Range ------------------------ = $360 - $640
This doesn’t even account for bras, which for some people could spend $500 on alone. But if you have spare you can always get undershirts, long johns, stockings, jocks or whatever. And on top of that there are more specialized items some people need/want due to health or gender reasons.
If you have a stable housing/storage situation, and a moreorless stable ass size, you’ll never regret having extra socks/underwear, or having extra good quality of either.
Clothes. When I was basically down to three pairs of pants that were going threadbare, a friend paid generously for a show I put on with my banjo. For $200 I managed to minimize the amount of trips to the laundry room and really feel good about how I looked.
Other things are kitchen appliances on the fritz and a good stock of convenience food should your burnout kick in too early.
I’m just going to glom on to your comment to pass on some of the best advice I ever got: if you can afford it, buy enough socks and underwear that you only need to do laundry every 3-4 weeks. For the other stuff you can get away with wearing it multiple times, spot cleaning etc. Socks and underwear are the real limiting factor.
(This is especially for people who don’t have in-home laundry and therefor must waste time to travel somewhere to do laundry and pay per load. And obviously YMMV depending on job, lifestyle, body, geography etc for the other clothes.)
It might sound crazy to spend $500 on underwear alone but consider the following that lets you get away with 3 weeks between laundries:
Utility Underwear $5-10/ea x 20 = $100 - $200 Utility Socks $5-10/ea x 20 = $100 - $200 Nice Socks $30/ea x 2-4 = $60 - $120 Nice Underwear $30/ea x 2-4 = $60 - $120 TOTAL Range ------------------------ = $360 - $640This doesn’t even account for bras, which for some people could spend $500 on alone. But if you have spare you can always get undershirts, long johns, stockings, jocks or whatever. And on top of that there are more specialized items some people need/want due to health or gender reasons.
If you have a stable housing/storage situation, and a moreorless stable ass size, you’ll never regret having extra socks/underwear, or having extra good quality of either.