Name the 10 most recent things you bought - does it reveal your income level?

[allquiettonight]

Do you think by listing the ten most recent things you bought and for whom (apart from food, transport/petrol etc) over what period that you would be able to tell a lot about someone? This is since the being of Jan - here goes:

• cello spike holder for dd
• Uni law textbooks for ds
• Skin cream for DM
• Toothbrush heads for me
• Toothbrush charing cable fo rme
• Jewellery case for DSIL b'day
• Card for colleague who has just had baby
• Present for baby
• Vinted Whistles dress (bargain at £10)
• Bunch of tulips for DM

Pencils for dc for school
wine (for me)
diesel for the car
Lego for ds birthday
match attax cards
laptop charger (spare to leave at work)
curtains (on sale from next)
paint (basic white paint for spare room)
dry shampoo
hair powder

Stanley knife and spare blades
Bike cleaning brush set
Thermal coffee mug for work
Leather work bag (arrived yesterday, it's gorgeous)
Chain lube for bike
Pack of Inkjoy pens (black)
Petzl headtorch
Burt's Bees lip balm
2024 diary
Ds2's passport renewal

My list would just demonstrate that dh is heavy handed. It had been an expensive month for fixing broken household objects. Hob, hoover, bath, gate, two door handles. Nothing at all fun for me.

Two £1 raffle tickets
Cinnamon sugar for dd who likes cake making
A diamond and ruby ring
Two second-hand jigsaw puzzles off Ebay
A bath mat in the Next sale
A Paul Costelloe holdall/overnight bag
1 night in a Premier Inn
Annual subs to a gardening club
Basil in a pot
Veterinary treatment for cat

If a phone upgrade counts.. then a new phone
a phone case
some Apple Watch screen protectors for DS
a pack of 3 chopping boards
a ninja frying pan
a videl mop and bucket
3 in one charger
charger cable
a glue gun
stickers for dd to scrapbook
a morphy richards electric salt and pepper grinder

List illustrates dd is getting married and I needed a new bra to go under the new dress I bought for it!

This week I have bought:
Huda loose powder (after doing a google search on the best loose powders I decided to treat myself)
Bad Gal mascara
M&S pants
vitamin B12 supplements
iron supplements
magnesium supplements
paper cutter
folders
more folders
poly pockets
top of the range dog food for elderly DDog

from this list you would ascertain that I am a knackered stressed teacher buying her own school supplies and trying to make herself look better buying posh make up, I also have a elderly dog who is on palliative care so has top of the range wet food as she hasn’t the teeth for kibble anymore

Cardigan from Sainsbury's TU
Yum perfume sample from Etsy
Sainsbury food shopping
Meal in a pub (Newport, Wales)
Aldi shopping
Thermal socks for me - B&M
Moisture humidifiers from home bargains
Replacement passport
Theatre Tickets for 2
Tribute night/curry tickets x 3 people

Bar supermarket shopping

1/ Pyrex pouring jug
2/ Chocolate
3/ Face cream
4/ Eyecream
5/ Paint
6/ A4 envelopes
7/ Printer ink
8/ Other stationary
9/ Dressing
10/Swimsuit

Animal spends seem v high - re-thinking my puppy dreams I think.

Tickets to a women’s football match
Ferry ticket
Socklets with sticky back
Sink plunger
Ticket to immersive exhibition to see Connections at Lume in Melbourne.
Key ring from museum shop
Blister plasters
Metal pegs for clothes line
Coolcabana beach umbrella 40% off

2 birthday cards to post abroad

3 books for £1.00 from charity shop

Joe Brown cardigan from charity shop £2.00

Small rose gold basket/storage thingy from charity shop for our campervan £1.00

Chocolates for DD birthday

New gel nails ( if that counts)

3 x outfits for DGS from Vinted

Daffodils

£18.00 worth of hair care and dyes for granddaughter's birthday ( made it into a little hamper)

Waterproof seat cover for DH's bike

That is a very very interesting mix!

2 x pairs of shoes for DS (young adult) as he really, really needed them.
A new battery for the smoke alarm.
2 x bags of coal to mix in with the scavenged firewood.
A pack of firelighters.

Ring doorbell
Wedding gift( contribution toward honeymoon)
Aussi shampoo
Aussi conditioner
Play doh for grandchild
Jigsaw for grandchild
Walking shoes
Insoles for walking shoes
Small tin of Vaseline for my lips
Bunch of flowers for a friend

shampoo and conditioner
hair serum
hair vits
top
picture frame
chewing gum
kallex unit
socks
jumpsuit

Do you have a Kindle? I borrow all my books as e-books from the library.

Cat food
Multipack of pants for me (Asda)
Radiator bleed keys
Memory games for school (Aldi)
A couple of secondhand novels for DC
Teddy
Handful of craft items (Hobbycraft)
Socks for me (also Asda)
Printer cartridge
More cat food

What it says about me - I have cats and my underwear is falling apart.

This week:

An air source heat pump heating system
Horse feed
3 coats for DD (ebay)
Clarks shoes for DD
2 plants in dinosaur pots for DD
Replacement microscooter wheels for DD
A toiletries bag for DD
A water bottle for DD
Some Paw patrol activity books for DD
Cat food bowls

Fuck knows what that tells you! Disclaimer - heat pumps are not a regular purchase.

@determinedtomakethiswork I have just re-discovered my local library - it's fab. They even have a library of things so weirdly excited about borrowing some tools like window vacs that might scratch my "new stuff" itch.

Westworld (1973) on dvd
uniqlo t shirt
Gail’s flat white
Gail’s porridge
m&s banoffee sauce
book in a charity shop
uber eats whopper meal
miscellar water
mac blusher
mango coat

Since January

Love to Dream Sleeping bag for newborn grandson
Personalised Jellycat bunny for grandson
2x Rod Campbell books for grandson
Bouquet of flowers for MILs birthday
Gel Nail kit for DDIL’s birthday
2 pairs of trousers for DH for work
Pair of dungarees for me
Heated gilet for DH’s birthday
NorthFace slippers for DH’s birthday
Chocolate birthday card for DH

Hmm, let me think, something like:

• Kindle edition of Great Expectations for 70p
• Scented candle from M&S
• Lush shampoo bar
• Lush massage bar
• Pack of smints
• Refillable deodorant
• Salted almond milk chocolate
• Tickets to a BBC Singers concert
• Mac lip gloss for my niece's birthday
• Music Theory book for 15 year old

Yeah, bourgeoise as fuck, that's me!

A country park membership
Jigsaw puzzle of John Derians palette
Index cards
3 lip balms (for each bag plus car)
A construction themed sticker book
4 toddler reading books
A new fence
A new floor
Other tradesmen: Electrician, plumber and a plasterer
And quite a bit of crypto

A watch battery replacement with lifetime guarantee

A single bus ticket for me and DS

Passport photographs from a booth for my passport renewal

Train tickets to London and back for me and DH

Train track event ticket for DS (half term)

A Covid test for me

A balance bar for DS' bike

Two sets of phonics flashcards for DS

Replacement keys for the set I lost

Mesh laundry bags for delicates