Watching my dad build our deck taught me that same lesson. He'd buy way too many nails or an extra bundle of shingles every single time, and our garage became a weird museum of leftover projects. It creates this permanent, slightly guilty proof that your math was off, just sitting there for years.

Man, that carabiner trick is solid. I saw a guy on a barge job use a big plastic spring clamp from the hardware store. He clipped it right to his weight belt, fed the hose through the handle. Looked dumb but it worked. Said it was softer on the hose than metal and he could just toss it in his bag.

My old roommate was super into this and got these detergent sheets made for cold water. They worked fine, but the real game changer was finding out you can soak stained stuff in a bucket with some oxyclean before the cold wash. Saves a ton of hot cycles for sure.