<rant> I'm on the roller-coaster again...
Sighhhhhhhhhhh. :rant:
My family had finally started to get ahed of our debt to the point that I had been able to start purchasing some decent razors and supplies, as well as "shopping" the B/S/T forum on a regular basis. It REALLY felt good to have expendable income.
I guess I'm supposed to always live up to my nickname, because my wife lost her job and we're back to tightening the belts again. We've been here before so we know how to manage our expenses and shuffle funds to meet our obligations, but it's really frustrating to have to put a hold on my plans to purchase some quality supplies and return to the debt desert again. :cry:
Thanks to Nickelking and Syslight I've managed to get my hands on a couple of shave-ready razors and a strop, so I have the basics, but I was looking forward to sending out some others I had found locally to be honed after rescaling them, getting a nicer two-sided strop and a few other soaps, creams, etc.
Please don't read this as an attempt to get some free stuff out of pity. I just need to vent and this seemed to be a good place for it. I can be patient, and we'll bounce back in a bit, but I HATE having to rein in my expectations when I was so close to getting some of the stuff I wanted. Thanks for providing a spot for my rant, and for the sympathetic ears (eyes?). </rant>