Welcome aboard from central North Carolna, U.S. Now is a good time to decide on a pipe purchase strategy, whether to accumulate a full rotation at mid- or lower prices or to buy pipes gradually at the higher end, whatever that means in your budget. Most of mine are at the mid- and lower range, with a few higher end (to me) pipes like Ferndown, Ser Jacopo, and Kemperling. You may want to play this by ear, but you have more of a choice starting out. Happy smoking.
I seem to prefer non aros which is convenient as my wife likes the smell of latakia but so far thinks aros stink.