Photoshop 7 and Zbrush. Or something similar.

Any Dark Whisper hair and free Koz/Maya hair, any Sharkey/Phil C/Traveler free stuff. but especially Trav's light sets, utility poses and skin tones. Oh and SteffyStax03 so V2,V3 AND Stephanie can all be dream pin-up girls -I finally understand how magnets work because of this package !
And then some clothes- very personal taste area of course but Billy T and Digital Intoxication stuff works so beautifully that they are a very encouraging area to start as many clothes are so fiddly to get looking right. ( Could be I'm just short on patience ; )

That free 'delete all lights' python script.

Traveler and Dr Geep tutorials.

A Japanese translator so you can figure out the wonderful Japanese sites by more than trial and error.

Your own bank account ( so NO ONE knows exactly how much the new hobby is costing ) and plastic with loads of credit on it and a family with much, much patience.

" Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations."
-Monty Python