Well, I guess everybody but me is not confused by the original post. I was somewhat understanding, until the original poster said he'd like some dress shirts to get him through. At that point, I realized I don't understand what's going on. Around my parts, dress shirts are nice, relatively uncomfortable shirts (compared to T-shirts) that are usually worn to go to business meetings, weddings and such.

However, if the idea is he wants to have things that are familiar, but unnecessary in the general sense, then I get it. Since the original poster is talking about an urban environment, the BOB is probably extremely limited in space. There is probably room for packing one luxury item. For me, I would pack hard copies of photos. I think that would pull me through the uncomfortable times and help fill the gap of missing niceties.