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

2 x buns from home buns
mini eggs
Baby toothpaste
top and trousers for dd1 and jumper for ds1
washing basket
2 x rugby tots trial classes
Box of cupcakes for nephew’s birthday
Heart napkins, straws and chocolates
Inner tube for pushchair wheel
Bibs for ds2

• Coke Zero (multiple)
• Pret coffee subscription
• So many snacks
• zyn nicotine pouches - terrible I know but really just helps me concentrate for longer
• book “how to be perfec…t”
• Flights to DC
• New coat
• Jones Road wonder balm - a sign I’ll buy into anything that claims to make you look fresh faced and dewy
• Dry cleaning

Not sure it shows income, but feels like a psychological analysis 🫣

Oh god I dread to think what it reveals. Excluding food, petrol, and travel card I think it is:

• alpaca wool wrist warmers
• factory outlet bra
• scamp and dude dress
• an audiobook
• Horse bedding
• a night in a hotel
• horse feed
• iron tablets
• theatre tickets
• art gallery admission

@allquiettonight . I think it's the ref to a "cello" that gets people going, it nearly threw me too. Obviously if it were June I'd hardly be prioritizing bags of coal and firelighters...but super-interesting to see what some do spend fritter away money on.

Nice one OP.

Bin bags
washing up bowl
audio book
pancake pan
stick on googly eyes
milk
icecream
co-codamol
jaffa cakes
birthday card

No idea what that reveals about me!

Trousers for DH
New dog bed
Dog treats
Book about castles
Bird feeder
Cat treats
Hair oil
bamboo socks
walking boots
beeswax candles

Fluffy sleeping bag for DNeph birthday.

Float tank session because I've buggered up my neck at work.

Fancy pot noodles to take away at half term in case we're late arriving and the kids are starving.

A go on the M6 toll (£8.90!!!!!) to reduce my journey time by 10 minutes because I was knackered after work and had 250 miles to go.

2 nights in a budget hotel for a conference (but I should get it back, less tax of course🙄)

Otherwise groceries, after school club fees, swimming lessons

Return train tickets from Leeds to London
Trainers and a hoodie for my toddler (Vinted)
A poster for DH for Valentines’ Day
Extra floor tiles for home gym
toddler puffer jacket and waterproof trousers (Vinted)
Leisure centre swimming entry
A curtain rail for bay window
Pregnancy tests
a week at Center Parcs
New baby cards x 2

Hmm.

New school bag for DS as the zip on his old one burst
Blender for DD at university
Starbucks takeaway coffee
My lovely new washing machine (having been without one since November)
A reed for DS’s bassoon
A baby outfit and gift for a colleague who has had a new baby
New speed cube for DS
Next to nothing apart from that since Christmas as had no money left and needed to pay off self-assessment tax bill. I don’t think I can get to ten things without going back to Christmas stuff or counting regular shopping items. I am back to spending no extra money again after the above.

New end for nose piercing
Dental exam and hygienist
Dog, cat and chicken feed
Haircut
Garlic, marigold and cleavers for horse
Shirt for evening out
Hotel room to visit family

That's it for January.

Pan with lid, stainless steel rolling pin & stainless steel baking scraper for dh.

Trackball mouse for me.

Fingerless gloves for me.

A whiteboard for above my desk.

A set of glass mugs - I chipped my favourite cup.

A bottle brush for my water bottle.

A magnetic (to go on the fridge) shopping list pad.

Vitamins. Need to get some biotin.

Sports leggings.

Gym membership.

• oven gloves - gift for a friend
• Valentine's Day card
• coffee out x 2
• hotel for the night
• dinner from a takeaway for me and dh
• lunch at a cafe
• wild deodorant
• tights
• snacks and wine for hotel
• new jumper from Etsy
My spending appears to evolve around food and drink 😂

I think it says you are having fun

Lego chinese new year sets for DC and Friends DC

White Stuff Xmas decorations

Zara tops

Wool felt for craft

velvet ribbon for craft

the Ordinary retinol

Minalima Happry Potter book 3 for Friends DC

Dilling merino dress and jumper for DD and Friends DD

Clarins skin care sets

Antique rings

2 x trousers Uniqlo (for me)
1 x trainers Adidas (for DD)
1 x bunch of flowers (for DM)
100 coffee pods
1 silk shirt Cos via vinted (for me)
2 x brunches for me and Dads
2 x festival tickets for me and DH
1 x spiralizer (local charity shop)
1 x vintage oil painting (eBay)
Block of 5 driving lessons (for DD)

ITSU Salmon Teriyaki
Moisturiser
Serum
Eye Serum
Pink Lady apples
Hair tie
Yellow legal pad
Floating duck food
Comfort bra
Hay fever tablets

20 B&H
2 litres Iron Bru
XXl size Huggies (100)
6 pack Skips
Haunch of Venison
New bone handles for cheese knives
Return flights to Nice
A packet of Fridge Raiders
Lip Filler
Yorkshire loose leaf tea

Excluding food…

£10 of Center Parcs arcade tokens
Monthly SIM only phone contract
Sure deodorant
Non-branded hair brush
Pre-order of Taylor Swift’s new album
Soda crystals
Furniture polish
Royal Mail tracked & insured parcel postage to Australia
Monthly life insurance payment
Yearly payment for status with my professional body

Interesting thread and good for nosey people like me 😂
Going backwards from today:

Bubble tea straws (for dc2)
paracetamol and ibuprofen (dc3)
tulips (me)
card and present (for a birthday)
moisturiser (me)
swimming earplugs (me, lost one!)
book (me)
posted a parcel (dc1)
dinner and cocktails (birthday night out for friend)
2 lipsticks (me)

This was from the past 5 days. Quite typical I think, nothing for dh on that list - also quite typical 😂

Milk
Stamps
Birthday card
Flowers
Winders
Biscoff
Crisps
Bananas
Oranges
Bicuits

A tesco food shop, a book, a coffee and pastry, fish and chips, prescriptions, dentist's bill, craft bits and a valentine card.

Thortful Valentines Card
Phone Case for Son
Kotlie Coffee Machine
Nivea Soft
Index Cards for Sons revision
Sawgrass Storage Basket
Inkey Oat Cleansing Balm
The Traitors Board Game
Scientific calculator (Son lost his)
Birthday card for colleague

Nothing particularly excessive, coffee machine was replacing a very well hammered Tassimo…. Probably reflects I don’t spend a lot on myself! I’m pretty savvy with my own personal small income.

2 x bags of simple systems mallowmash horse feed
2 x thunderbrooks chaff
1 x bag of marigold and cleavers horse feed supplement
1 x bag of spearmint horse feed supplement
1 x bag of milled linseed
1 x 500grms Bollswalia
3kg of carrots
One farrier visit
one clip

( I grew up on a council estate)

3 Chinese new year T-shirts for DH and DC
New school shoes (already) for DS
Plastic tubs to send in snacks for party at school
Phone chargers x 2
Vaseline
Printer paper
Ink cartridges for printer
Assorted candle holders (2nd hand)
Assortment of Kilner jars (2nd hand )
Outfit for daughter for school function
Football socks

Hmmm...excluding food and transport

1. Ticket to British Library fantasy exhibit ( only so so)
2. My HRT medication ( boring)
3. Adidas shoes for DD on sale
4. Nail clippers for me
5. Loreal Eyeliner for me
6. Wireless earphones for me as I lost one ( ordinary brand I can't remember)
7. Ticket to Alan Cumming's one man show via seatfilller site so only £15
8. Comedy night tickets for Dh and me plus a friend visiting
9. 2 John Lewis bras for me
10. Passport size photos

I think it says I value experiences over clothes/shoes/makeup as I haven't bought any clothes this year.