The $431 Wool Coat I've Worn 700 Times
I bought a charcoal wool overcoat from COS in the autumn of 2022 for $329. I have worn it, on my best estimate, 700 times. Including $102 in alterations, the total spend is $431. By any cost-per-wear calculation I have ever done, this is the cheapest piece of clothing I own.
The $399 Router That Saved My Work-From-Home Life
I spent, in 2024, eleven hours of meetings lost to a Wi-Fi signal that could not reach my desk. The ISP router, in its little cardboard sleeve, was not going to fix it. The $399 Eero Pro 6E three-pack I bought on a Tuesday did.
Teaching My 73-Year-Old Father to Use Email
My father is 73, a retired English professor in Pittsburgh, and had not, until last autumn, sent an email. I spent four weekends over the winter teaching him. The lessons cost me approximately $400, eight round-trip flights of patience, and one hard truth about the modern interface.