Cigars have been an obsession with me for about 10 years now, even more so in recent years. Since I am 50+ miles from the nearest decent tobacconist, I generally rely on mail order. A few weeks ago I set out to order a box of 25 Montecristo No. 3s (5.5x44). The box of 25 automatically came with a small box of 5 free, and I added on an order of a dozen Te-Amo Magnificos (7x50) that were on close out. This ended up adding 42 cigars to my humidor that was already two thirds or more full.

At last count, my humidor is stuffed with 90+ cigars. At an average value of about $5 per cigar, you figure I have $450 tied up in cigars alone. (The humidor is worth another $300) I had to stack them three high just to get them in there, which means I'll have to rotate them more frequently.

I have a very nice humidor that does the job quite well, but just to be safe, I've taken to regulating the humidity in my entire apartment. My apartment is much smaller than my house in Atlanta was, so I got out the humidifier and brought the relative humidity up to 50 to 60%. This is sustainable during the fall since I don't have to run the air or the heater too much. The A/C and heater cause the humidity in my apartment to drop to 30% or lower, which in turn, sucks the humidity out of my humidor very quickly. I could just put a plastic bag over the humidor to prevent this, but I'd rather just run the humidifier.

The really sad thing is that I don't smoke cigars that often. Maybe one or two per week.