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what you cannot resist but dont need

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charlieinthehaystack · 12/06/2024 17:40

not something you need but for instance you are drawn to when out shopping. my problem is;
dog beds. my dogs have at least 3 beds each and dont use any of them but out shopping I am drawn to the soft fluffy furry little beds I cannot resist them!
Mugs; I have enough to start a cafe but I get drawn to them like a magnet, there is always one pattern or picture mug that I just dont have but really need to!

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uncomfortablydumb53 · 13/06/2024 17:33

Food storage containers
I especially like the Sistema brightly coloured ones
I've even got soup mugs which I use for my overnight oats

Cattenberg · 13/06/2024 17:38

Vases. I even have a few useless decorative vases that you can’t actually put water in 😬

OneRingToRuleThemAll · 13/06/2024 17:39

Fancy books. I spent £260 on a Folio Society set this month and I know they'll be sat on my shelf for months before I read them but I just can't help myself.

LunaNorth · 13/06/2024 17:41

Books
Mugs
Plants, especially rose bushes
Perfume
T-shirts
Drawing materials

Teacherprebaby · 13/06/2024 17:44

Botox

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 13/06/2024 17:45

Variations on blue and white stripey tops.

Carebearsonmybed · 13/06/2024 17:48

Books
Candles
Christmas & Halloween tat
Semi precious stones
Incense
Art
Make up/skincare
Collectibles

DaffydownClock · 13/06/2024 17:49

Yarn
Books
Plants for the garden
Craft stuff, painting bits and pieces
Probably a lot more too!
Mea culpa 🙏

FavouriteThins · 13/06/2024 17:52

Books - there is not enough lifetime to read them all. Still keep buying.

SpikeWithoutASoul · 13/06/2024 17:53

Books and blankets.

MaryMack · 13/06/2024 17:55

Books, vintage crockery, retro furniture for upcycling, plants, shoes, handbags, floaty summer dresses.

mondaytosunday · 13/06/2024 17:55

Candles and candle holders. OMG I could stock a shop!
Christmas decorations and wrapping paper. See above 🙈.

Flyinghighhighinthesky · 13/06/2024 18:12

Jigsaw puzzles. I don't have time to do them but love to look at them.

Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies · 13/06/2024 18:17

Books.

I have a particular fondness for school stories. I get thoroughly over excited when I find a Chalet School book that I haven’t read.

WeeOrcadian · 13/06/2024 18:19

Yarn

And jelly worms

DullFanFiction · 13/06/2024 18:21

FavouriteThins · 13/06/2024 17:52

Books - there is not enough lifetime to read them all. Still keep buying.

Me too!

Im sure someone said that buying books agd reading books are two different hobbies 😂😂

MissBattleaxe · 13/06/2024 18:21

Soap. I have a year's supply but never leave TK Maxx empty handed.

AustralianCrunch · 13/06/2024 18:53

Beautiful journals
Books
Stationary

RefusingToPlayYourGames · 13/06/2024 18:55

charlieinthehaystack · 12/06/2024 17:40

not something you need but for instance you are drawn to when out shopping. my problem is;
dog beds. my dogs have at least 3 beds each and dont use any of them but out shopping I am drawn to the soft fluffy furry little beds I cannot resist them!
Mugs; I have enough to start a cafe but I get drawn to them like a magnet, there is always one pattern or picture mug that I just dont have but really need to!

Lipsticks. I've got lots.
Socks. I recently bought some with cat faces on. I've already got about 30 pairs of socks.

EricHebbornInItaly · 13/06/2024 18:57

Flowers, peonies specifically atm whilst in season. Expensive French bed linen and piglet in bed pjs. 😉

charlieinthehaystack · 13/06/2024 19:05

Seems I have my kindred spirits! Must confess to far too much yarn card making bits etc doesn't help that I run a craft shop!

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Purplecatshopaholic · 13/06/2024 19:09

Shoes. Or rather, footwear in general. I’m obsessed.
Notebooks. Beautiful, blank pages. Irresistible.

Snooks1971 · 13/06/2024 19:35

Random single wine glasses from charity shops. They have to be my particular aesthetic of beautiful which is hard to explain.
For red wine I like smaller French type tumblers or ones that are like little posy vases.
I sound mad.

More usually perhaps, the same colour lip gloss (nude pinky shimmery)

MadameMassiveSalad · 13/06/2024 19:56

Leopard print.

MadameMassiveSalad · 13/06/2024 20:00

ObsidianTree · 13/06/2024 15:53

Duvet cover sets
Air fryers... Am on my 3rd ninja. Damn you ninja for bringing out new things I want more than the last one I bought!
Blankets

Ooo message me if you want to sell your old one!

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