What have you never bought or no longer buy because you think it's a waste of money?

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Dog accessories - they have a coat for the depths of winter but that's it.
Bath bombs - completely pointless.
Many kitchen gadgets.
Clothes/shoes that aren't a perfect fit.

Ahh. I have a gift subscription to a magazine for my mum and she loves it. She lives miles from anywhere so it nice she gets something through the door and can see what’s happening in the world.

I’ve stopped buying bread. Also means I don’t buy so much butter and stuff that goes on bread ( miss marmite on brown bread so succumb sometimes).

Me neither, made it to my fifties without it. Briefly dated someone year before last who was alarmed I didn't have any and bought some.
It's still in the cupboard as emergency loo roll.

we used to have a 'floor cloth' when I was a child, I don't know which wash it used to go in, but it was never smelly or horrible, even so, my mum wouldn't have washed it with our clothes. i must ask her.

@VinEtFromage
Did your mum have a twin tub? Obviously more time consuming but things could be washed separately in the same water and also the water used for cleaning floors or down the toilet .

@ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea

she did when I was very little, as I remember her doing the washing & pegging out my brothers nappies. Not sure between 6 and 9, then we moved overseas when I was 9 and had an automatic top loader.

Air freshener spray.

How can spaying chemicals into the air be called freshening? They set my asthma off too!

People used to keep a separate saucepan to boil wash cloths in.

(Or they owned a boiler) , similar to a mini twin tub washing machine, but a single tub with an element.

Foundation.

I had a Burco boiler when DD was a baby for washing nappies. I used to boil them up with soap flakes, take them out with wooden tongs, rinse them by hand in the sink. Wring them out by hand and dry them on the clothes line. It took ages, but the nappies were so soft and really white. I used to get compliments on my white nappies.

Blu-ray discs. If you have a Blu-ray player, they upscale DVDs to almost HD standard. DVDs cost less

Re the great cloth debate - I have a stash of various cleaningcloths made from old teatowels, flannels, cut up t shirts etc, including some I clip over the flat mop head (so I can mop more frequently). After use I let them dry on an old airer rack then put in a lidded bin in the utility. When it's full it makes a load in the washing machine. For the toilets I use a cloth to wipe the cistern, but wet wipe for the seat and rim, dried with toilet paper, both then binned. Loo brush inside.
Kitchen has kitchen roll for the odd task, but don't have much oil or grease to clean up, and a roll lasts 3-4 weeks. For other kitchen tasks I have separate cloths that live in a drawer, used for drying salad etc, wiping worktops. These are retired linen teatowels which are absorbent and dry fast. These go in a general wash. Undies and socks, we have a separate laundry bin for these and do as a full load.
For most cleaning I make up spray or squirty bottles with various mixes of concentrated flash liquid, washing up liquid, white vinegar and water. Tiny bit of bleach in the loo once a week. Most cleaning sprays are mostly water and a huge waste of money, in addition to the massive amounts of plastic bought and discarded. Not sure why they are still allowed, to be honest, same with shower gel/liquid soap, all a huge racket and vastly profitable for the companies concerned.

Could you share your recipe please?