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so new to workflows and need to set approval work flows for SO, TO, CM, and PO's.  I want to start with the SO any recommendations on where to start.  I feel like i have overthought it and froze

Well, SOs/POs will have a native approval flow field you can leverage that will control some actions for you.

The most effective approach to approvals I've managed over the years are more circular - have all your button showing actions generated in 1 state if at all possible - with another state controlling who gets set as next approver based on whatever logic you have in place.

As far as CMs go - there's no approval control over those that stop them from being applied to transactions so I generally accomplish that with an RMA process before hand (even if I'm not bringing anything back into stock)