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Well that was one hell of an impulse spend

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GetUps · 16/02/2023 15:25

I've just been to the dentist. Check up, all good, £23 on the NHS.

But the dentist did a brilliant job of up selling and I seem also to have spent £230 on being fitted for teeth whitening trays and that's only half of the total cost!

I might buy a sports car tomorrow 😆

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LookItsMeAgain · 17/02/2023 08:13

Inextremis · 16/02/2023 18:38

We came to Ireland for a short holiday and ended up buying a house and moving over - our UK flat wasn't even on the market, we had no jobs sorted out - but it all came together in the end and we've been here since 1999!

YAY!!! I hope you're having a lovely time living here (I'm in Dublin).

CryInToYourCornflakesNicola · 17/02/2023 08:15

Parisj · 16/02/2023 19:37

My optician once started my routine eye test by asking me what result I was hoping to come away with 🤔

I'm partially sighted, for years I was on the cusp of being registered blind/partially sighted, which would open up benefits and aid that I couldn't ever afford.
I'm glad they ask now. I struggled for so long, unable to really access any help, unable to properly live, unable to do my job decently. If I had been asked I would have said, make sure I'm over the arbitrary limit for help and considered in need.

LookItsMeAgain · 17/02/2023 08:17

OliviaFlaversham · 16/02/2023 19:58

I bought myself that for my birthday and it is worth it! They’re so so much whiter.

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Is that because you drive with the top down???

Oh....sorry....you were talking about the teeth whitening kits from the dentist and not how your teeth got whiter because you bought yourself a convertible sports the sports car. Oops!

Spanielsarepainless · 17/02/2023 08:22

I popped into a local carpet shop for an offcut to use as a doormat and ended up getting the entire four bedroomed house carpeted!

XelaM · 17/02/2023 08:24

well, I spent £650 on two days' worth of ski lessons for my daughter's in Scotland only yesterday 😂

Nigel in Aviemore- if you're reading this, you're a great coach but an even better salesman to a very stupid tourist 🤣

ShandaLear · 17/02/2023 08:25

DanteThunderstone · 16/02/2023 17:15

Went to buy socks at M&S, came home with a 300 pound (in 2001!) leather trenchcoat. I think the vibe I was aiming for was The Matrix but I looked more like the Gestapo guy from Allo Allo.

😂😂😂

XelaM · 17/02/2023 08:27

Oh, and my original intention was not to have any lessons 🤪

butterpuffed · 17/02/2023 08:30

I went into a charity shop to look at their bracelets but bought a two seater leather sofa which perfectly matches my one which has needed to be replaced for ages and goes with the three seater !

AngelinaFibres · 17/02/2023 08:32

Awful divorce. My children were with their dad for the night so I went back to my home city an hour and a bit away for a mooch. Bought the local paper and a sandwich from M and S. Sat on a bench and read the paper. In the houses to let section there was a 3 bed house for rent in the nearby small town where my parents live. Houses like that were never available. I rang the letting agent, went to see it and rented it. Gave notice on my other rented house and we moved just before the summer holidays in 2000. Because of that advert in that paper I got a better job, met my wonderful second husband and live a lovely, lovely life. Best 65p I ever spent. I pass the bench often and smile to myself.

Riverlee · 17/02/2023 08:36

We were meeting some friends for lunch, and got there early. Wandered around the car sales room opposite to kill time and ended up buying a Mercedes! It was an old one, but even so.

Riverlee · 17/02/2023 08:40

NeverDropYourMooncup · 16/02/2023 17:42

I went out to buy a takeaway and found myself DP.

Long story short, I decided to pop into the venue opposite the Japanese restaurant/takeaway for the first time whilst I was waiting, got talking to the guy who ran it, found myself joining a band, the usual guitarist dropped out six months later on the day of a gig, his mate agreed to dep, bounced up onto my stage, grinned and said hello...

All because I fancied a treat instead of beans on toast.

Lovely story

XelaM · 17/02/2023 08:41

AngelinaFibres · 17/02/2023 08:32

Awful divorce. My children were with their dad for the night so I went back to my home city an hour and a bit away for a mooch. Bought the local paper and a sandwich from M and S. Sat on a bench and read the paper. In the houses to let section there was a 3 bed house for rent in the nearby small town where my parents live. Houses like that were never available. I rang the letting agent, went to see it and rented it. Gave notice on my other rented house and we moved just before the summer holidays in 2000. Because of that advert in that paper I got a better job, met my wonderful second husband and live a lovely, lovely life. Best 65p I ever spent. I pass the bench often and smile to myself.

Aww that's such a lovely story

Riverlee · 17/02/2023 08:41

ZeroFucksGivenToday · 16/02/2023 17:59

Went to the rspca to look at two rabbits I was considering adopting. Came home with said rabbits and a 6ft snake!

Hope the snake didn’t eat the rabbits!

ChrisPPancake · 17/02/2023 08:42

Went to IKEA for 2 plates and 2 bowls. Came out with a sofa, sofa bed, wardrobe and 2 lounge cabinets.

Riverlee · 17/02/2023 08:44

AgnesX · 16/02/2023 18:43

Sounds like my DH trying to channel his inner Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys in the same era. The end result was more Herr Flick 😁

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Herr Flick is one one of my guilty secret crushes…

Summerhillsquare · 17/02/2023 08:45

Oh I've remembered one, not mine but my grandad, many years ago. Grandma sent him out to buy a jar of pickled onions, he got into a card game in the pub (inveterate gambler) and won a whippet! She was much loved for many years, they called her Suzy.

Why yes, we are all northern 😆

MadisonAvenue · 17/02/2023 08:46

12 years ago we were both home and had an hour to kill before getting our boys from school one afternoon, and we were cold because our house was old and never felt warm, so decided to go and have a nosey and a warm in some show houses.

We had no intention of moving house, loved where we lived, perfect for our needs etc.

The following day I was arranging for the house builders to buy our house and for us to buy one of their lovely warm ones, everything moved at lightning speed after that and we completed and moved in 5 weeks later.

romdowa · 17/02/2023 08:54

In my late teens I went to the city to go shoe shopping and I came home with a 12 month working holiday package to Australia 🙈

Eyesopenwideawake · 17/02/2023 08:55

I once took my dog for it's annual jab and came back with a 10 month old colt!

CuriousMama · 17/02/2023 08:58

BevMarsh · 16/02/2023 17:13

Went out for some curtains hooks and a reel of Velcro but was drawn to the travel agent where I booked 7nights in Ibiza.
I had been thinking about a holiday but had never been drawn to Ibiza nor knew/know anything about the Island.
Due to go to Ibiza in July and I'm still a bit annoyed at myself and the travel agent who must have somehow hypnotized me into booking

Have you tried changing it to somewhere you would enjoy? Might incur a small fee? I've done that before. A friend and I were running away to the US eons ago. Realised our mistake and changed to a holiday in Tenerife.

Ultraninja · 17/02/2023 09:01

I stopped in a village to buy a sarnie, rather scruffy after a horse training session. Saw the dream house in the local estate agents window. Asked to arrange a viewing for when my partner came back into the country in 2 days time. They wouldn't speak to me, no proof of funds, didn't believe there was no chain, clearly thought I was just being nosey... told me to come back with partner and proof of funds and they'd arrange us a viewing. Agent was doing that massively, exaggerated polite thing that's so rude.
Partner (he with the funds to buy) came home. We went to the village, had lunch in the pub before going to the agent, and a chat with the landlord. He rang the owner, who invited us over to view and we brought it privately. Agent loses lots of commission.
Coronation chicken sarnie to country house purchase agreed within a week.
My sister went to buy a car and came away with a horsebox, but that's another story. 😁

Annonymiss123 · 17/02/2023 09:01

Rebellious23 · 16/02/2023 18:55

I went food shopping and bought a sofa
Then on a bored day went for a walk and bought an apartment Confused

My friend went shopping for a sofa and came home with a donkey

My friend went shopping for a sofa and came home with a donkey
😂😂
This is probably the funniest thread I've ever read! 👏

vdbfamily · 17/02/2023 09:08

I went to opticians last week and was delighted when she told me my eye tests are now free as I have annual check ups at the hospital for glaucoma. However, my prescription had changed and she talked me into new vari- focals at a cost of £600. My DH was curious that I had not been active enough to just take my prescription and buy on line. I have promised to next time but like the op, they were so kind and helpful!! I have had to work 3 extra Saturday shifts to pay them off.

Intelligenthair · 17/02/2023 09:08

I’m just lying in bed with a cuppa reading this and I feel dangerously close to buying a new car now!

Prettypaisleyslippers · 17/02/2023 09:13

I know someone who impulse bought a horse… they only wanted a pack of sausages.

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