What is the most ridiculous thing you have bought, then forgotten about?

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During the sleepless nights when my children were small, I used to buy things then forgot I bought them until they arrived.

Most ridiculous was a very expensive weighted blanked, which is now shoved in the loft because I hated it.

I was browsing amazon for a lovely back flow waterfall incense burner, saw one which was shaped like a mermaid and the smoke poured out of its nipples. I accidentally one click bought it and didn’t notice until it arrived. It went to my student brother for Christmas,

Here she is in all her glory!

We were on holiday in Germany and families had these little carts to tow around their kids and belongings. I was a bit drunk one evening and bought one from the German Amazon site. Totally forgot about it until it arrived at home about 6 weeks later...!

www.amazon.de/fuxtec-bollerwagen/s?k=fuxtec+bollerwagen

A bespoke corset. When I walked, I looked like the Tin Man.

A Caligraphy set. Its been gathering dust for years.

A spiralizer.

Various pieces of exercise equipment.

[quote RNBrie]We were on holiday in Germany and families had these little carts to tow around their kids and belongings. I was a bit drunk one evening and bought one from the German Amazon site. Totally forgot about it until it arrived at home about 6 weeks later...!

www.amazon.de/fuxtec-bollerwagen/s?k=fuxtec+bollerwagen[/quote]

I saw two families with those at the zoo. I've told DH I'll get him one for when DS no longer uses the buggy!

I bought a belly button bar for my navel piercing.

Six weeks after I had DD1.

I'm not entirely sure what the thinking was as it was purchased during one of MANY night feeds. My stomach looks looked like blancmange.

@FelicityBeedle

I was browsing amazon for a lovely back flow waterfall incense burner, saw one which was shaped like a mermaid and the smoke poured out of its nipples. I accidentally one click bought it and didn’t notice until it arrived. It went to my student brother for Christmas,

That's brilliant

I love all these.

When ds was born I bought an expensive handbag on eBay. Forgot til it arrived. Didn't even like it, put it back on eBay!

I bought some liquid melatonin online, not realising it came from America. 3 weeks later a mysterious package arrived from America.

Unbeknownst to me, I had somehow clicked on 'subscribe', so next month another bottle of melatonin arrived. By which point I had forgotten the first one arrived. I thought oh there it is.

Later that month I found the two bottles in the same place and thought 'aha, something has happened, I must check this'.

I then forgot and the following month another bottle arrived. I am not joking, it would take me a year to get through even one bottle, its a tiny pipette.

I finally got online after that and stopped the parade of melatonin bottles.

@FelicityBeedle Haha brilliant Is that a penis coming out of the head?

Oh that has made my night

I dreamt I’d bought two pretty floral mugs on eBay. A few days later they turned up

@ChocsAway2 No that’s the incense! Which we didn’t realise was special incense so we spent Christmas morning drilling holes in normal incense so we could have smoky titties

The clichè - a foot spa. I bought it during the first lockdown and have used it twice.

[quote RNBrie]We were on holiday in Germany and families had these little carts to tow around their kids and belongings. I was a bit drunk one evening and bought one from the German Amazon site. Totally forgot about it until it arrived at home about 6 weeks later...!

www.amazon.de/fuxtec-bollerwagen/s?k=fuxtec+bollerwagen[/quote]
You need these in your life. Otherwise known as a radio flyer in the states. I don't know why they're not more mainstream here.

Once, when high on E after a night out clubbing, I bid on - and won - a 38-piece set of Midwinter Spanish Garden crockery on eBay. It languished in my parents' attic for a decade until I came home from living abroad and suddenly remembered it.

@FelicityBeedle you win 😂😂😂

Not quite the same format as the other stories but I bought a pack of five phone charging leads.

Put them somewhere. Where? Couldn't find them. KNEW it was a blue box. Looked everywhere. Nope.

Went back on to Amazon and repeated the purchase. Arrived - a white box, incidentally.

Have used one of the leads. Wanted another one last weekend. Now, where did I put them . . . ?

Somewhere in my house there are nine phone charging leads. In white, or possibly blue, boxes.

I anticipate I will find them the week after I finally replace my phone.

I recently went through my kindle library to tidy it up and found about 20 books about baby sleep bought during the first year of DS’ life. 😑

Bought a baby sling for my 1st, kept forgetting to use it so sold it when hed outgrown it. Decided to give the sling thing another go with my 2nd. Bought 2 different types. Still keep forgetting to use them.

A target sticker for the toilet. Bought in lockdown because my children apparently aim their wee to the left or right of the loo but never inside the bowl. Bought it after cleaning up yet another puddle , forgot to stick it in, forgot where I put it ! confused]

I bought a tooth whitening kit. It arrived and I could never be arsed to use it.

A but like when I joined weight watchers and thought I've joined and paid now I will lose weight. Not really how it works.

@Elladisenchanted ping pong ball in loo to aim at. Doesn’t flush. The way forward!

I bought something at a wedding show a few years ago, that's been hiding at the back of my bathroom cupboard ever since. I don't even know what you call it but it's a hair removal thing that's like sandpaper that you rub over your leg and all the hair comes off. It looked really good at the demonstration but I never used it again for some reason. I sometimes wonder how many thousands of people bought one without ever using it.

I don’t know. I can’t remember!

This David Bowie Labyrinth picture disc. Drunk ebaying about 20 years ago.