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What items did you buy in 2023 that you will now never want to live without?

936 replies

Elephanttrunk · 09/12/2023 23:38

Interested to know about everything be it luxury or mundane
I was late to the game but now use my air fryer daily. I also love my earbuds.

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Nitgel · 10/12/2023 09:11

Wella hair mask, will save me £££ from not having to go to hairdressers.

Stumpedasatree · 10/12/2023 09:11

Forgot to add I quite like the Nutribullet I got in Black Friday sales too, fantastic for houmous, smoothies, curry pastes etc

Anselma · 10/12/2023 09:12

same as you OP, air fryer and apple ear pods. If either of them stopped working I'd replace instantly.
I dithered for years not sure if I needed them.

RaininginDarling · 10/12/2023 09:13

Signia hearing aids which are a gamechanger.
Electric bike.
Air fryer

SuspiciousSue · 10/12/2023 09:15

Jewelanemone · 10/12/2023 06:31

Eyelash serum. Short straight eyelashes are a thing of the past! I love my new fluttery lashes 🙂

Which serum? This sounds like something I could do with in my life.

MeinKraft · 10/12/2023 09:16

KinS24 · 10/12/2023 08:45

This has given me some great ideas for my Christmas list (for me!).
Am interested in the eyelash serum brand please. And the mop.
My best purchase is our cat. He makes our house a home and brings so much joy to the whole family. Worth every penny of his fancy food and vet bills 🥰

It is a mop pro if you look on Facebook

Lauraa7 · 10/12/2023 09:16

Robot vac and mop system, and it self cleans the mops!

ServeMeTheSky · 10/12/2023 09:16

@Rattenbury I came to say exactly that. 😊

I had ear surgery this year to restore my hearing but now can't wear earbuds any longer. I dithered about buying the Bose headphones because they were way more than I'd usually spend on headphones but they are amazing. Worth every penny. I feel physically more relaxed as soon as the noise cancelling kicks in too.

cosypompoms · 10/12/2023 09:17

spottydinosaur · 10/12/2023 07:13

Robot hoover! Waking up to a hoovered house is amazing

What have you got?

AllWeWantToDo · 10/12/2023 09:18

Oh yes, the eyebrow and eyelash serum. I use revitalash

cosypompoms · 10/12/2023 09:18

Bird feeders. It's filled my daily life with joy and I've learned so much. I can ID birds now that I never knew.

ThreeRingCircus · 10/12/2023 09:19

Oh yes, how could I forget coverless duvets! We've now swapped all duvets in the house to coverless and love them.

BeyondMyWits · 10/12/2023 09:19

3 proper knives. Carving, bread and veg prep. Slice through everything like going through butter. Carving meat into lovely thin "pretty" slices every time... amazing.

Pandaandpurple · 10/12/2023 09:21

JudyBlumesBlubber · 10/12/2023 08:13

I also got a drying robe for my dog as well as the e-bike. Are you me?!

😂😂

Iwant2beJessicaFletcher · 10/12/2023 09:21

Over the ear Bluetooth headphones with noise cancellation. Only about £30 but they are amazing. I can't use airpods as they hurt my ears (& fall out a lot!)

I can now listen to stuff on my walk to work & also the tv when cooking without hearing the noise from the DC!

Game changer.

WowIlikereallyhateyou · 10/12/2023 09:22

SuspiciousSue · 10/12/2023 09:15

Which serum? This sounds like something I could do with in my life.

I use Revitalash, pricey but great.

HMP70 · 10/12/2023 09:23

A 30litre p/d dehumidifier. Got it initially for helping dry the washing. But Good grief, plugged it in & it said humidity was 86% in our old little bungalow. Ran it non stop for 3 days emptied 34 litres of water out of it. To get to 55%. It gets the washing dry in a couple of hours. Plus makes the place feel so much warmer, have turned heating down & little to no condensation. Now unless I've a load of washing to dry it is on couple of hours morning & night, to deal with showers etc. & empty every other day or so. I worked out it costs 15p an hour to run, cheaper than the tumble dryer & doesn't kill your clothes.

DeepEnd · 10/12/2023 09:24

Silk pillowcase. Dreamy.

wineandmaltesershappyme · 10/12/2023 09:24

chimichangaz · 10/12/2023 08:00

@NannyGythaOgg which brand of nail wraps do you recommend? I've got quite sensitive nails which didn't do well with gel nails so I'm hoping these would suit me better.

I use holy grail nail or lily and fox, both brilliant.

Rocksonabeach · 10/12/2023 09:25

This year a top John Lewis duvet - I’m snuggled in and it’s awesome

headspace app has been a game changer

as has been after many years struggling to learn about art- just popping a dvd series in before bed

ehb102 · 10/12/2023 09:26

Lakeland milk sachets. I go abroad and having these plus tea bags means I can have nice tea. The local stuff tastes different - I think it is long life. These made me so happy.

ScottishRoseGold · 10/12/2023 09:28

My Apple Watch! I love it!

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 10/12/2023 09:28

A very light carpet sweeper that picks up every bit, on hard floors too. It cost sod all, no electricity and no plugging heavy hoovers in! Unfortunately I bought it for a dd and been trying it out at home, but will have to pass it over soon.

lurkingfromhome · 10/12/2023 09:31

A Ninja mini food processor. Small enough to live on the worktop so no need to haul a full-size one from the back of the cupboard. It is so ridiculously powerful. Can literally make breadcrumbs, hummus, chop nuts etc in seconds.