What item have you bought that you adore and use a lot?

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I bought an Amazon Alexa and I can honestly say it's saved me. My life is so much less chaotic! I have ADHD and I can..

Add things to my shopping list just by shouting them out! So I don't have to remember to write anything down, or forget what it was that I was going to write, I just say it there and then

I can ask my Alexa to play brown noise to help me sleep

I can say 'Alexa, start my day' - and she will tell me a random fact, tell me the time and the weather outside, and then put on my favourite radio station

I love her! Not an advert as I don't particularly like Amazon - never really 'same day delivery' and they put their prime costs up

I also use my omelette maker a lot. I suffer from executive functioning issues, big part of my ADHD. This means I get a half decent bit of food that's easy to make

And this! ☕️

The defrost setting on my cars wing mirrors

Ninja

Slow cooker

& the new kitchen with everything Wi-Fi connected so I can Pre heat the oven on my way home, turn the washing machine/ dishwasher on & have a coffee ready

I got a Klean Kanteen bottle as a gift a few years ago. It is absolutely amazing. DH took a fancy to it, but baulked at the price when we looked it up. I was blown away by the generosity of the gift giver.

Lumie alarm clock- for same reasons as pp. Like many with adhd, I find waking up hard and love the sunset feature just as much.

Electric blanket and brushed cotton sheets - keep me so snug this time of year

My car - for the freedom and independence that comes with it - public transport is so expensive now!

China teapot. Not a fancy one but tea tastes so much better from it :)

Opi nail polish. It lasts so much longer than the high street brands I used to buy.

I would like to add a rather boring and practical parenting one: Cheeky Wipes.

Started using them just as wet wipe-replacements for my son, to try to cut down on the amount of baby waste we were producing. But then I got the brightly coloured and patterned ones to use as face and hand wipes when he started eating solids. They’re lovely! They stay quite soft, you just wet them and they work a wonder for wiping off anything from poo to bolognaise.

As DS has gone through a long period of a bad sharty tummy (sometimes he’ll go through 7 or 8 nappies a day) and it’s become hard to dry stuff with the damp weather, we have mostly returned to wet wipes for his bum. But we use the lovely hand and face ones at every meal and between meals.

They are quite expensive but I really like them. And for the number of times we’ve used each, they definitely work out as good value for money. Recommend.

Oh - and we’ve never had nappy rash. May just be luck.

@fernz @RhubarbFairy which bottles do you have? I have a selection of Chilly bottles which are nice but you have to unscrew for each sip.

Kettle in a lovely shade of blue. It cheers me up every time I make a cuppa.

Nuxe Huile de Prodigieuse Riche body oil. I've been using it for years but absolutely love the stuff.

Flexitol heel balm. I have feet as soft as a baby's because of this balm.

Mine is this one, I only use it at home and then have a water bottle for when I'm out.

www.babipur.co.uk/klean-kanteen-range/klean-kanteen-entire-range/klean-kanteen-sale/klean-kanteen-insulated-tumbler-klean-coat-16oz-2019.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwk5ibBhDqARIsACzmgLSDYSVrPjhDmC6tWOS9tjdpVY2Nx-lGzPQi7TvD01EpAKm-rSoU2rcaAueEEALw_wcB

My stovetop coffee maker.

Cost less than a tenner (it's not a bialetti but it looks like one) about 20 years ago and I've used it most mornings since. It's just bits of metal that you put together to brew then take apart to wash so it can't break or develop a fault but the shape and design means it makes perfect coffee (for me).

I absolutely love it and I swear the coffee tastes better now than when I first got it because it's had flavour worked through it so many times.

I did splash out on a little handheld milk frother to go with it a couple of years ago and I use that a lot too especially at weekends when I get rash urges for cappuccino.

My MacBook,it’s so fast!
slow cooker
Sensai ‘s lotion and moisturizer
erborian bb cream

My dogs

Aldi do a nice West Country butter with salt crystals. I've sadly gone over to Flora, butter is too expensive now

Does are rescue Whippet and lurcher. Can't believe pp paid 1500 for a lurcher there's so so many in rescue. Was it a Hancock ?

Pixie coffee machine.

I love it so much that I have one in the kitchen and one in the bedroom, like a hotel room, where I first used one. ☕️

Which coffee machine please? I have sent back several because they coffee is not hot enough, too much of a faff or can’t work them!

Thermomix. Could NOT live without it.
La Marzocco coffee machine
Ugg boots

Which machine please?

A melitta caffeo solo. Don’t bother with the one with a milk frother, you have to pay ridiculous amounts to get a good one. Just get the version that only makes coffee and buy a separate milk frother.

Again, which machine please?

The coffee machine? I have a Delonghi coffee corso. It's 4yrs old and love it. They are a lot more expensive now than when I got mine but if mine died, I'd replace it tomorrow.

Alexa
Good, properly fitted, walking boots.
Ditto running shoes.
Açai casual stroll pants (walking trousers)
Aftershokz bone conducting headphones
Belibdst

DH would say the Aeropress I gave him

Belibdst - should say "Blundstone boots". Been wearing them for more than 25 years. A pair last about 6 years of heavy use, they seem to go with everything.

A few!
Pizza oven
Velvetiser
Air fryer (big double drawer one)
Roomba

Kindle Paperwhite
Ninja air fryer
Huawei watch
Vax carpet cleaner
Gtech cordless vacuum

Not only adore but bring such joy, fun, laughter and happiness ever single day:

My mini Shetland foal, my horses and donkey, dog and my puppy 🥰🥰🥰