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Truth be told, I’ve never had a longterm plan for Well Spent; no specific goal for the site, much less any kind of eventual exit strategy.

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Final Thoughts and Favorite Things

December 23, 2019 | By Brad Bennett

As I’ve said in the past, I’m not good with serious situations because I’m quick to get emotional so I mask it with goofiness. So when we made the decision to shutter Well Spent, it hurt, but I swatted the seriousness away by thinking of all of the fun I’ve had writing with Brad, Reed…

Final Thoughts and Favorite Things

December 23, 2019 | By Nick Grant

Well, it’s been fun here at Well Spent, and to all of you out there, thank you for reading.

Final Thoughts and Favorite Things

December 23, 2019 | By Reed Nelson

The moderately and (very) immoderately priced goods that I’d rather spend it on this month.

Instead of Rent: December, 2019

December 11, 2019 | By Brad Bennett

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This Week’s Sale Quick Picks

December 20, 2019 | By Brad Bennett

BET YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU’D SEE THE NEWS GUY’S OUTFIT OF THE MONTH, OR MAYBE YOU DID, OR MAYBE YOU NEVER CARED, WHICH FINE, BUT THIS IS MY LAST POST OF THE YEAR SO WE’RE DOING THIS!*

Screw the News, I Made an Outfit!

December 19, 2019 | By Reed Nelson

I have a hard time coping with loss because I have an even harder time being serious about things.

ERKN. Article 002 Shoes

December 18, 2019 | By Nick Grant

Well, there appears to be an absurd amount of actual trash — like, literal refuse — listed for sale on Amazon, or so says the Wall Street Journal, which has basically turned Digging up Questionable Shit on Amazon into its own vertical.

Amazon is Full of Garbage, Literally

December 18, 2019 | By Reed Nelson

Welcome to Cool Dads™, a series in which our resident cool dad, Nick Grant, helps us all get dressed.

Cool Dads™ | Thank You

December 18, 2019 | By Nick Grant

I’ve always been a bottom guy. When I see a nice, curvaceous one, my eyebrows raise in wonderment and my heart has a little slight arrhythmia.

Needles Cut-Off Bottom Shirts

December 17, 2019 | By Nick Grant

Sale Quick Picks

A handpicked selection of marked-down items from some of our favorite brands and retailers.

Gitman Vintage Camp Collar Shirts
~~From $216~~ From $87

Reigning Champ Polartec Fleece Pants
~~$170~~ $102

Epperson Mountaineering Climb Totes
~~$100~~ From $60

Stan Ray Cord CPO Shirts
~~$104~~ $91

Save Khaki Light Twill Easy Chinos
~~$140~~ From $84

Norse Projects Adam Lambswool Cardigans
~~$184~~ $148

As has been reported (and reported and reported), the 2010s were an especially rough decade for retail, and with the decade nearly at a close, Vox asked some its favorite writers to eulogize the now shuttered companies that meant most to them.

A Look Back at Some of the Brands We Lost This Decade

December 17, 2019 | By Reed Nelson

Years ago, my wife and I were in London, and we stumbled into this store called Sunnysiders (totally go if you get the chance – it’s fantastic).

Fujito Fleece Blousons

December 17, 2019 | By Brad Bennett

According to The New York Times, Fashion Nova — Instagram’s star fast-fashion outlet / plagiarist extraordinaire — is allegedly using Los Angeles’s most off-the-books, most sweatshop-adjacent factories to pump out their absurdly cheap designs.

Fashion Nova Found to Be Using Some of LA’s Worst Sweatshops

December 16, 2019 | By Reed Nelson