I scored a pair of Edward Greens for about $400 in a sale rack. Had no idea what I was getting, but saw the original price >$1200. They will out last my feet.

That let's ya become old and dirt poor....everything else is just baggage :)

I can never seem to get past the research phase and onto the purchase phase. I can buy nice stuff, it's just that I have to research it to death and by the time I'm done researching it, I've moved onto something else.

I was more focused on the becoming old part. Expensive gear is why I’m still alive.

That was exactly what I meant....best $ ya ever spent...totally agree imo.

It was my birthday recently. The smokin' hot babe who puts up with my sch!t went way overboard. She gave me a kilt from Stumptown Kilts:

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Some folks think kilts on men are femmy. I notice that girls think they look cool and that Scottish men throw telephone poles for sport. Just sayin'.

She also presented to me a Filson medium duffel bag. Filson stuff is the theme I used to start this thread. If you want manly, outdoorsy, well-built (in the USA) stuff, consider Filson. Buy things once. It's actually less expensive.

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I can't seem to get myself to invest in pricey, quality things. I have an old, cheap sweatshirt a friend gave me almost thirty years ago. I still have a Woolrich shirt from 1960, and a pair of Frye boots from 1970 along with a few other things that weren't overly pricey. The $40 I spent for the boots would be $266 in today's dollars, so I guess they were a decent outlay for back then especially considering I was in college. I have to admit I've never thought of paying in the hundreds for articles of clothing, but I bet they would be nice to have.

Since I retired, I usually leave the house with a camera. So this past birthday I treated myself to a new Sony A7iii.
Probably be the last new camera I ever buy.