Things you finally did, that just ended up a bit...meh...

[willowmelangell]

For years(10+) I finally justified buying a wardrobe for me. £17.99 cloth diy assembly kit. Like a wendy house. Tubes and brackets. For 48 hours, amazing. Clothes on hangers, actually hanging. Socks, pants and bras on little shelves, all neatly sorted. Lovely. Shoes and handbags, sorted. Top roof, craft and yarn in storage boxes. Perfect.
Two cats later. Shredded. Ripped. Torn. Two surviving shelves of motley bundle of undies. Ah well. Cats are happy.
Over the years, various old furniture bits, broken or unused. Stored away. For years I yearned for getting rid of. How much nicer would my house be without this old, stored away tat? Finally had a bit of spare cash. Local man with a van. Out with the old chair, table, bed frame, mismatched chairs etc. Wow, amazing...nope. I had so many years of ignoring them, that when they went, I barely noticed.
Had a coffee table. Small, 2nd hand. Always full of just everything. I convinced myself, If I just had a large, new coffee table, my downstairs would look smart, nice and neat.
Bought a brand new coffee table(a first) but the clutter just seems to have spread sideways. If I am brutally honest, on table top I have 24 things. Similar on the shelf. The cats like to sit on it though...
So, what did you do or buy or organize that just really didn't live up to your expectations?

[2020GoingForward]

Bought first house - ten years hard saving towards.

Seller forgot to hand keys over day it was ours - then we got burgled shortly after moving in. Then it was just a time and money sink - all the fun decorating stuff we never got to and what we did get to do it was towards an eye to selling. Also had a terrible neigbour who spread nasty gossip and lies and had a shit fit everytime we tried to use our backgarden.

Second house has been much nicer all round.

Going to Victorian market - heard about local one to where I grew up from teachers never got taken. There was one in nearby city quite a big one - we went and it was decidedly meh.

[BlueEyedFloozy]

Got married. It's really not that exciting and tbh some days I forget because it's made no difference to us :o

[ArthurDentsSpaceTowel]

I've come to the conclusion that most crafty type projects turn out junk, no matter how carefully you make them. Knitted stuff pills up in 5 minutes or after the first wash. Dressmaking projects fail at the first zip insertion. Who on earth needs a crocheted acrylic blanket in lurid shades of lime green and chocolate? And good luck with finding a jumper pattern that isn't frumpsville.

I am similarly disillusioned with cooking from scratch. Yes, the home made pizza sauce made from home grown tomatoes and garlic may have tasted divine, but after an hour and a half spent skinning, deseeding, peeling, chopping and painstakingly reducing it down on the hob, it had better bloody do. Next time it's Dolmio and tomato puree. Or even Domino's.

[willowmelangell]

@2020GoingForward Ah yes the cutesy market hype. Somehow I found myself paying £5 for homemade fudge for dd. I didn't even get one square!
@ArthurDentsSpaceTowel garrr don't say that about dressmaking! and gotcha on sauce....35p passata carton every time, my hard learned lesson.

[Bluewavescrashing]

Christmas markets full of tat. Look cute and festive from afar but mainly were overpriced rubbish and horribly busy.

New year's eve.

[Bluewavescrashing]

Also, having gel nails done. I always changed my mind on colour the day after and then couldn't change for 2 weeks. Can't remove easily at home. Another thing to book and pay for. Don't bother now.

[starlingsintheslipstream]

Kitchenaid mixer. The first 2 cakes I made in it flopped. It doesn't do half the things my 20 year old Kenwood food processor does so I've ended up keeping both. It looks nice but a bit underwhelming 🙁.

[alliejay81]

I think unfortunately this is just human nature. I'm doing a course on the "science of wellbeing" and basically the things we think would make us happy don't make us anywhere as near as happy as we think they will. However, the good news is the things we think will make us unhappy don't make us anywhere near as unhappy as we think they will.

[ammarry]

Parachute jump.
Hated every second of it then landed funny and my knee has had problems ever since.

[Avelinebread]

Jumble sales, not shabby chic bargains, just grubby dead man's pants

[FinallyHere]

Chocolate Oliver biscuits

Read about them in lots of historical novels. How amazing they were. Finally had enough money where I could buy a tin of them and still have enough for bread and water for the rest of the week.

OMGoodness.

Imagine a water biscuit thinly covered in dark chocolate. Really not in a good way.

[Freshstart40]

A silk hair wrap..... kept slipping off, felt claustrophobic and looked so daft. Plus at £60 not cheap.

[discusstin]

Hot air balloon ride. Feels way too hot on the top of your head. Noisy. Squashed in with too many people and then the faff having to help pack it all away at the end is annoying.

[JillAmanda]

Honeycomb - as in fresh honeycomb. Watched ASMR videos involving people munching on it and it looked amazing.

Bought a jar of honey with a piece of honeycomb in and the honey was underwhelming and I was still spitting out little bits of wax 4 hours later.

[ArthurDentsSpaceTowel]

For years my DM was cross about missing the Queen's Speech on Christmas Day because of our very distinctive family rituals. Then the day came when DGPs decided to have Christmas with the other side of the family. We had Christmas Day at our house, and the Queen's speech, featuring Indira Gandhi. My mum's response was 'Is that it?'

[WhatTiggersDoBest]

Flew to another country for a The Who concert several years ago. So excited. Walked out part way through. Their setlist was like lounge music instead of the classics I'd been expecting and the sound distortion in my seat at the back of the venue made it sound like dodgy drunk people doing karaoke.

[pigdogridesagain]

@JillAmanda yes mine was honeycomb as well 😂 absolutely rank!

[RedRed9]

@Freshstart40 did you pin it? £60 is a massive amount to just give up on!

@2020GoingForward what’s a Victorian Market?

[NeverGotMyPuppy]

Group sex. It was shit. Wish I'd left it to fantasy.

Quad biking. 45 quid to ruin a pair of shoes and spend 5 minutes thinking it was going to fall on top of me before I gave up.

[Bluewavescrashing]

Jimmy Carr. I thought he was very smart and funny on 8 out of 10 cats does countdown. Shelled out £60 plus taxi plus babysitter to watch him do stand up. I'm quite liberal but bloody hell he is a fucking prick live and not that funny. Bit of an awkward night for me and DH but hey ho.

[karencantobe]

Christmas markets. Look lovely on photos. The reality is over priced tat, large crowds and queuing for ages to pay a lot for a german sausage in a bun and a cardboard cup of watered down mulled wine.

[Freshstart40]

@RedRed9 no, I gave it away and got a silk pillow case which actually when I remember to use it, is rather good! Less hair frizz and face creases.

[Bluewavescrashing]

Another one- sponsored rainbow run. I raised about £200 for charity which was great but felt a bit shitty asking friends to donate. On the day I ruined my favourite sports bra and sprained my ankle. Not the end of the world but won't do it again.

[TheWildWoods]

I finally saved up money to do my front room up.
I had a dizzy spell and tripped over my own foot, my brew went up the wall and I knocked my clock off the mantel... My clocks broke and while I was cleaning the wall I wiped half the paint off🙄

[Paddy1234]

Christmas Markets win hands down as utterly miserable and crap