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

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allquiettonight · 07/02/2024 21:55

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
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Mossstitch · 07/02/2024 23:22

Primark jumper and nightshirt for friend's birthday
Primark Pyjamas and socks for me
Two bottles white wine
Bottle of gin for another friends birthday
Three birthday cards (all my best friends have birthdays in march)
Two garden ornaments and picture (birthday presents)
Hobbycraft knitting yarn
Cadbury creme eggs 😋
Coffee pods
Ibruphren & paracetomol

Brokeandbroker · 07/02/2024 23:22

HelloDarlingWhatAreYouDoingHere · 07/02/2024 22:48

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

This is my favourite list. Don't know why, I think maybe the juxtaposition of the haunch of venison with the fridge raiders.

LWSnow · 07/02/2024 23:23

Three belts in the John Lewis sale
a cashmere beanie ditto
No7 face cream and a stack of vitamins
That's it I'm trying to cut down on my clothes shopping

Runnerduck34 · 07/02/2024 23:24

Flowers - for me!
Cat Food
Dog Food
Electric toothbrush
Tea and Cake
Post it notes and folder dividers
Vanish
Dry shampoo
Birthday card
Book for my kindle

frozendaisy · 07/02/2024 23:25

2x pk shelf brackets
Pk 4 180x44x44 timber
1x tube orange acrylic
Wood glue
X4 7cm spherical corks
X4 theatre tickets
X1 pk garlic bulbs
X1 pk onion bulbs
X1 pk grass seed
X4 car tyres

frozendaisy · 07/02/2024 23:26

This is random stuff not ringing of the mill pk of tea bags

New2024 · 07/02/2024 23:27

.New socks for DC (I’d culled all the worn ones)

. Mug (ebay, I dropped my mug and found replacement)

. Handbag (ebay, I was on there and saw a bargain 😊)

. Contribution towards a Sainsbury voucher (odd choice of voucher present for lovely but offbeat colleague)

. Movie (DS streaming via my Amazon)

. Spare water bottle (the German exchange student forgot to bring one so needed new spare)

. Olive oil earwax spray

. Fluffy black jumper (January sale purchase)

. Vanish laundry stain removal spray

. A level History revision guide

Klcak · 07/02/2024 23:27

I don't know if it reveals income level, but my stuff is a strange mishmashy list of seriously boring shit:

  1. piece to replace broken hosepipe nozzle
  2. box of covid tests
  3. subway sandwich
  4. train ticket
  5. load of convenience shopping - bread rolls, ham, cheese, salad
  6. perfume for dd
  7. athletes foot cream for dd
  8. window cleaning payment
  9. scrub daddy
  10. £1.99 that apple seem to have taken from me today - now I am going to go and find out why!
DelphiniumBlue · 07/02/2024 23:28

A 99p Kindle book
Birkenstock boots to replace old ones ££
gym bag
sweatshirt for gym
eco frying pan £35!
set of 3 pairs of earrings £5
burts bees lip balm
paperback book for DH Valentine’s Day
lunch out with niece
bottle of wine and cakes for book club

  • all since Xmas
Wincher · 07/02/2024 23:32

Hard to remember!

Tracksuit from Vinted for DS
Flea treatment for cats

looking at my bank statement - do charity donations count? Activity subs for kids? Piano lessons? Paying the cleaner? Drinks in the pub? Insurance? Gym membership? Or just buying actual goods, in which case:

Baseball from decathlon
New swimming costume from decathlon
birthday card for my gran
cold & flu tablets

that’s about it since Christmas! I think it shows I’ve got sporty kids and it’s been January.

Femme2804 · 07/02/2024 23:32
  1. Rolex watch for my DH birthday
  2. Range rover velar just got it today actually
  3. marble track for DS1
  4. coat and several clothes from reiss for myself
  5. barbour jacket for DS2
  6. disneyland ticket for summer holiday
  7. Booking centreparc for easter holiday
  8. some hard gel and nail gel polishes for myself (i like doing my own nails)
  9. travel cot
  10. Hunter wellies

thats all from january until today. I look very middle class but trust me i’m not. I’m not even english so i dont think i can be categorised as middle class because i’m not posh or sound posh at all.

gano · 07/02/2024 23:41

Pack of salt and vinegar McCoy's
30g Gold Leaf rolling tobacco
Calpol
Rennie
Girls heart print dress from Tu (Valentines school disco)
Costa latte
Childrens specs from Boots opticians
Bottle of malbec
Pink girls t-shirt from Amazon
Child's Farm detangling spray

jumpyjuniper · 07/02/2024 23:42

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New2024 · 07/02/2024 23:44

jumpyjuniper · 07/02/2024 23:42

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jumpyjuniper · 07/02/2024 23:46

Crikey what line of work are you in to be able to afford all that? I’m thinking I’m in the wrong job and need to retrain!

goingdownfighting · 07/02/2024 23:46

Gallon of milk
2 pairs of school trousers
Airport parking
Transfers abroad
HDMI lead
Army boots
Waitrose shop
Petrol
Sweets
Aldi mini shop
Tax bill.

It's been a really low spend week as I've been wfh.

Breakfastcoffee · 07/02/2024 23:48

Never mind income bracket, I'm seriously impressed that so many of you can remember the ten last items bought.

Cornishclio · 07/02/2024 23:53

If we are not including groceries or meals/coffees out then the following

A paperback book for book club
Fish food for our pond fish.
Hair appointment
Nail appointment
A holiday later in the year.
Lounge sideboard
TV cabinet
New lounge carpet
Dining table and chairs
Nest of tables
Flowers for a relative
Flowers for my dads grave.

RelativePitch · 07/02/2024 23:53

A toy shotgun
A toy glock
A litter picker
A hoop to keep bin bags open for litter picking
1kg of dried out venison skins
2 peroni beers
Food storage clips
A boiler service
An MOT bill
A tax bill

Bedazzling · 07/02/2024 23:57

Frozen potato wedges
Bananas
Quiz entrance fee
Steak Philly cheese sandwich and a coffee x2
Alpaca food
Food shopping
Curtains for DS bedroom

This is over the last 2 weeks, I can’t remember further back and CBA to look at my statement.

SquareCrumpets · 07/02/2024 23:59

Knickers
A pull-up bar
Blotting paper
A glass ink dip pen
A Le Creuset dish (charity shop)
a 1940s dress (charity shop)
base layer sports kit (charity shop)
Hi-ball glasses (charity shop)
Hi-Vis vests
Earrings

Kwam31 · 08/02/2024 00:06

In last 48 hrs
Wide leg Jeans (self)
Grey wool jumper (self)
Dermalogica Face Cream
Adidas trainers (DD)
Blanket box
Wallpaper
Cinema voucher (Son In law birthday)
Lots of fruit
Dog womers
Cat Litter

Ellmau · 08/02/2024 00:13

99p book on kindle
CD for my Dad's birthday
Birthday card ditto
Pack of lens wipes
Face cream
AA batteries
Train tickets to visit family
Pencils
Lip balm
Books

PropertyManager · 08/02/2024 00:14

CT1 Clear sealant, tube
Sealant Gun, Blue
Compression coupler, 15mm copper
5mm HSS twist drill
Box 100 M6 penny washer
BS88 Street Light cut out fuse link, 6A
Lucy Street Light cut out
x2 chicken kiev
Bag of frozen chips
Cockspur window handle RH

ManhattanNY · 08/02/2024 00:19

Just this week:

  • Vintage knickers
  • Diarrhoea relief
  • 5 broccoli heads
  • Half a pack of coffee waffles
  • Mark Drakefords autobiography
  • A private jet
  • Three Canada geese
  • A green harmonica
  • A family bag of Revels
  • An electric flannel
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