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I don't have a tool budget mostly because I have pretty much every tool I can use. Most years I end up buying one or two small things that turn up to be needed, but I haven't had to make any big expendiatures for quite a few years now. I did buy a dust collector in 2021, but that is the largest purchase in quite a few years. It cost around $500 with all the hoses and connectors.
But, I spent a lot more than that for hardwood in 2021, so maybe I need a "wood budget" to keep things in line.

I put in my order for 2 hand planes

1. Stanley 60 1/2 Low angle Block Plane (refurbished)
2. Stanley #5 Jack Plane (refurbished)

The only other thing I'm thinking about is a 4" Dust Deputy Cyclone.

I budget from what I sell - I bought $100 worth of scrap 2x4s and turned half of it into reindeer worth $200.

Unfortunately - the 2 planes alone are $135

My Wife says, "You might have too many tools IF you look in your toolbox and find tools you didn't know you have."

That happened to me yesterday. I was installing a tonneau cover on my pickup and needed a really small pliers, preferably with a curved jaw to make an adjustment. I looked in my plier drawer and found a 3" long Channellock shaped pliers that I have no idea where I got it from. It worked perfectly, so I probably should thank whoever gave it to me.

Hmmmm. Who did you borrow it from?

when find it, and you remember the last time you used, it but not where you put it ??

The one that gets me is fastening items like screws/nails/etc .

I am always running out to home depot or lowes here to buy a box of #8, 2" wood screws only to
come home and find that I already have 1000 of them on the back of a shelf