What tat are you trying not to buy??

At first I thought it was great when I started knitting and my OH did too. We can share this fun hobby together!

But we're terrible about encouraging each other to make more yarn purchases. There's no social disapproval or limitation from that direction at all.

They kinda are when you still have over 70 books on your shelves that you previously bought and haven't read yet.

I’m trying not to be an enabler, but even if I have bought storage boxes for one place. Then later decide I don’t want the storage in that place anymore, I always find use for the storage elsewhere e.g to organise my DIY cupboard. 😊

Anything and everything to do with my hobbies. I already have enough stuff to probably last me a lifetime, but I have to struggle against the compulsion to buy more.

I have more than 25km of yarn. It takes me at least a month to use up 400m in knitting. I therefore have a minimum of five years of knitting already in the house. And that's just for knitting.

But look at these colours. Aren't they gorgeous? I don't even know what I'd knit with them, but they are lovely and I want them. Ugh. Buying compulsion is so bad.

I think I read that the first rule of decluttering is to NOT buy organisational items. But I have rearranged some bathroom storage and legitimately want to buy some (handy, attractive, not tat) organisers. I think I'm going to give in. If that's tat then I don't want to be tatless.

A large amount of plants from a slightly suspect site. The would work well in my north facing border, if they are good. However, I would first have to remove all the plants currently not doing well, and spend hours preparing in the cold and wet. I think my purse is in my swimming kit. I’m trying not to find it.

beauty advent calendars

came across a 'this years top ten' article yesterday - most are £££
I know I'll end up with a drawerful of sample sixed products I'll never use.

Books are absolutely NOT tat!!

Yes it is difficult

I have some cross stitch incomplete

I prefer crochet and tend to finish the projects

Christmas stuff.

a) it’s October

b) I already have lots of Christmas stuff, in the attic.

I’ll have to get the Christmas stuff out at some point in Nov just to avoid me buying loads more.

I have an entire wall of shelving with yarn, patterns and cross stitch kits. In my defence, it’s a small room. Some of the cross stitch has been started, in fact, most hs been started, then left to wither. There are baskets with unfinished knitting, mostly because I hate sewing up and doing button bands and necklines.

Why do I now want to buy more chunky yarn, to make a throw for the bed? It’s ridiculous. There’s really only one thing stopping me. Well, two, one of which is the look on DH’s face when a large box appears, but the main reason is, I can’t afford it. At least it means I’m not cluttering up the house with more unfinished stuff.

Pretty much everything.

I'm trying to declutter and while things come into the house the pile never goes down!

Don’t do it. I spent £25 on a toy mystery box after seeing an advert on Instagram for some stocking fillers etc. I had relatively low expectations anyway but it was nothing like the examples they had shown on the advert and was all cheap, flimsy tat and nothing branded. I sent it back and took the brunt of the postage charge.

Brushed cotton gingham bedding for colder weather. It’s actually a luxury but I love fresh bedding.

Trying to resist the urge to buy another coat just for it to be new this season, I have plenty that are still perfectly fine.
I have today given in and bought a hair keratin spray, skin serum, a loaf tin, a mascara (ignoring the other 5 I already have) and coffee pods.
I also half want a air fryer to see what the fuss is about but resisting the urge for now.

I’m trying not to buy the following:

Lego sets

Books until I read the numerous I currently own, which are unread.

Notebooks… I can’t resist a nice notebook, though I do have several.

I wouldn’t describe any of these as that though.

@sangriaandsunshine mine is exactly the same! (although he does tend to put kitchen gadgets on his Christmas list)

Books: whatever your current system, change to the one where you alternate buy-and-read with read-old-one; and (here's the kicker) you're not allowed to buy another until you're back to the buy-and-read phase.

I’m determined not to buy any Christmas tat this year.

Junk journal supplies, yarn, fabric and kindle books. I'll never live long enough to use what I already have 😂. DH has already offered to bury me with my Kindle and charger.

I resisted the lakeland sale but so tempting

They can be passed on.

I'm trying to get my wool stash for crochet under control

I try hard not to buy stuff but I love clothes so have bought a few new pieces

Do it! Start now and you'll get 'hooked' and everyone you know will end up with one inside their Christmas card this year. Takes up no space, uses very little wool (which you can buy in charity shops), you can pop it in your bag and crochet on the bus... I love a pre-Christmas project like this!

Would you like to borrow my DH? He's very nice, a good sense of humour and an excellent cook but he does stand outside any sort of shop other than a supermarket muttering "it's tat" or "it's expensive tat" or, on being shown something which I have bought, asking "but what is it for?". This has rather cramped my love of tat buying.

Cosy, 'fall' (or autumn) tat. Pumpkin decorations. Orange cushions, cosy throws. Pinecones, candles. Anything cinnamon/pumpkin/gingerbread spiced.

I don't need any more tat. But they do look nice.