Salvation

[Lemur]

In regards to cost, my current electric razor cost about $100 new, and new blades are about $35-40 every 6 months.

Ignoring the fixed cost of the razor, you're spending $37.5 (I'm averaging) per six months, or roughly $1.44 per week. I use one disposable razor blade per week, averaging $1 per week, and my fixed costs are zero, since the handle thingy was bought for me by a girlfriend about fifteen years ago. It's not like they wear out.

A straight razor is certainly an option.

I can't do an electric razor because of a cruel genetic joke; my father had a thick, curly beard, while my mother had soft, tender white-girl skin. So I got her skin and his beard. It's like growing barbed wire over rice paper. I've never met the electric that could handle my hair/skin combo. So it's shave with a razor in the shower or grow a tangled afro on my face.

Also, try the soap I linked to if/when you shave in the shower again. It's great stuff, a single bar will last you about six months, and it kicks shaving cream's booty.