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Hahaha….I feel ya. I have way too much stuff. I think 2025 will be the year to liquidate a lot of items. I’m running out of closet space and starting to get the stink eye from the misses.Then you log onto this damn place.
I can't do anything by halves - but very recently I've had to temper my buying impulses because I've run out of room and spent £20K-£30K on sharpies in 3-4 years which is bad but not as bad as cars and stereos which I could afford with a good job - now I'm retired I have to learn some sense and restraint.View attachment 1972760
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I bought this many in one day which is total overkill.
I can't do anything by halves - but very recently I've had to temper my buying impulses because I've run out of room and spent £20K-£30K on sharpies in 3-4 years which is bad but not as bad as cars and stereos which I could afford with a good job - now I'm retired I have to learn some sense and restraint.
How would I know? I have 900.…now that my wife isn’t reading this over my shoulder anymore, Is 200 blades enough?
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Good job I stopped buying kitchen knives and scissors because it got ridiculous - this is about a quarter of my sharpies to fit in a 12' x 9' kitchen - totally mad.
At least you can count your stash and I can only guess at how much I spent on shaving tackle just since October - not a clue lol !How would I know? I have 900.
Over 20 soaps/shave creams.
Five brushes.
Sixteen razors.
I'm fine. I don't need any more.
Really.
I swear it.
I ... I'll never buy another blade or razor or anything. Pinky swear. TOTALLY! No kidding. I can guarantee it ...
... kind of.
Maybe.
Your "disorder" looks like peanuts, compared to mine: 40 soaps, etc. But I broke through. I finally came across the absolutely best shave combo yet, so I am contented. I'll list it here:
--Fatboy
--GSB blades
--Vintage Floris badger brush
--Utilemud lather bowl
--Martin de Candre Rose soap
--4711 Cologne as an AS splash
--Geo. Trumper Coral Skin Food
Maybe 100 AC blades, just to be sure.200? You gotta be prepped for armageddon!
Now if you've got 200 DE, 200 injector, 200 Gem, but absolutely no AC blades you are both prepped and obviously in control of your urges.
You're so right Mike M ; you can have too much choice and then you get the paralysis of analysis etc.Yeah, I thought I needed to try everything and it wasn't until I got 27 soaps, 15 razors, 14 brushes and near 60 types of blades in that I finally realised that maybe I was overdoing it a little. I found that no new razor beat the shave and feeling I got using my Rocca and I knew I just had to stop.
I've been in recovery nearly 2 years, I haven't bought anything since valentine's day 2023 and I'm gradually reducing the den to a manageable size, although it would probably be easier if people would stop giving me aftershave as I only managed to kill one this year.
Really it is about coming to the realisation that if they stop making your favourite soap, or blade or whatever the world won't come to an end (unless nuclear war is the reason they stopped making your favourite product) and you can always find a replacement. Just learn to be happy with what you have, I found the hoard rather stressful as I could never decide what to use and it took up too much of my time thinking about it. Now I feel better every time a product leaves the den for the last time. Don't get me wrong I don't ever see myself as a true minimalist with just one of everything, but knowing I don't have to try everything is a relief.
You win!At least you can count your stash and I can only guess at how much I spent on shaving tackle just since October - not a clue lol !
I looked at one bank statement - it was $1200 in nine days and then I gave up - haha!
I'm Johnny-no-socks from ManchesterYou win!
You win!
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Trust me ... I know!I'm Johnny-no-socks from Manchester
Haha - No Lockback - I lost - I needed it all like a hole in the head - I had plenty of lovely tackle before I joined B&B - it's just overdoing things - going over the top!
Normal people don't need to do that lol !