Things you only use once a year

[TeenPlusTwenties]

As I was putting away the washing up this morning, I realised we have some things we only use once or twice a year.

My example - pumpkin carving kit.

What do you have?

Anti freeze test kit.

Only used the spare wheel once in three years. Comforting known it's there though.

Christmas tablecloth

Rosary beads.
I'm not a practising Catholic but my mother is and so we have a compromise that my sisters and I will do confession once a year, to reassure my mother. It's a sort of spring cleaning for the eternal soul.
We tend to do it around New Year so if the Catholics are right then, providing I die between new year and maybe early March, I think the odds are in my favour.

My food processor is a once a year use too. I use it to make bread crumbs for bread sauce to go with the turkey. Best bit of Christmas lunch.

We have some 'birthday girl' banners that get used 2x per year for the DDs.

Most of the stuff in our garage is used ~ once per 10 years...

I have a Mason Cash pale blue bowl that I use once a year to soak mixed fruit in brandy - ready for my Christmas cake. Very Gormenghast.

My glass fruit squeezer

I so want that After Eight carriage! 🤣

Electric Lawn raker.

I so want that After Eight carriage!

Me too. I've absolutely got to have one - off to look on Ebay now.

Electric lawn raker?

The radiator key. I can't stand the thought of having a house of stuff that would get so little use unless absolutely necessary.

A plate with a Christmas tree pattern on it - we use it for mince pies on Christmas day.

And I have a mint sauce boat that gets used with the roast lamb on Easter Sunday.

Make-up. Well probably 2-3 times per year.
It's having 2020 off though!

@ViciousJackdaw

After Eight carriage. A dreadful silver metal holder which fits one box of AE. I think DM got it from an Argos catalogue in the early Eighties and it has passed on to me. It's still in the attic atm but it looks just like this one:

That is GLORIOUS.

@ViciousJackdaw

I always wondered what that thing was -mum had one. Long term mystery solved.

Bathroom scales, it takes a year to recover from the trauma

My fluffy cat ears.

Carpet shampoo machine.

I want an After Eights holder now. I might go and have a look on eBay.

Just came on to say I want an after eight carriage! #jealous.

£25-£28, apparently!!

Christmas cake box
Muslin square to put pips in when making marmalade

Christmas tree decs and stand obviously, tho to be fair they are up for a couple of weeks.

Birthday candles and candle holders - strictly for DCs' birthdays so 3x per year.

Sledges - less than once a year actually; I think we may have finally binned them.

Bodyboards and wetsuits - only used on seaside holiday so a fortnight a year.

I don't think I own anything I literally only use once a year.