What stupid stuff do you waste money on?

[SammyTheDog]

For me it's candles, and clothes in Primark that I'll either never wear, or wear once and chuck in the charity bag. Or getting tipsy on a night out and ordering (and paying for) expensive shots for everyone. I often wonder how much money I'd have for my retirement if I didn't spend so much on crap. Anyone else do this?

How do these work and are they difficult?

Same! Occasionally an over priced muffin for the cafe too, even though I know I can easily make a coffee at home and that muffins are cheaper from the supermarket 🫣🫣 living in London that’s about £7-£8 on one coffee and muffin!! Awful!

@hollyblueivy They are made from nail polish and have an adhesive back, they come in a pack of 16 so you can match them to your nail size, they can also be trimmed at the side to fit or stretched a little. Need clean nails, ideally clean with nail polish remover before applying the wrap to make sure no oils etc, just peel the wrap from the backing paper, lay on nail and when happy with placement press down, make sure no wrap is on the skin or water can get under. I use a base coat to protect my nails as they are weak then a top coat, i change them every week but could easily get 2 weeks from a set. My mum and a friend tried them but unfortunately their nail chemistry didn't like the wraps and they fell off, but I've never had an issue, these are my last 3 sets

Game of thrones winter is coming browser game....and nice smelling cleaning products.

@NeedthatFridayfeeling

Thanks they looks great. Can't believe I've never come across these before. Will give them a go.

To the topic, I waste money going to the supermarket when I don't need to.

Blankets. I'm even on a blanket buying ban at the moment as I have so many of them.

Plants for the garden and solar lights. The plants get eaten by slugs and the solar lights fail a day or so after the guarantee runs out.

I think I've wasted about £150 on plants this year. Last year about £400!

I don’t own a single lipstick 😳.
For me it’s scented candles and expensive skincare.

Me too! I discovered Vinted towards the end of my diet so suddenly I've gone from a size 24 to a size 10.....and there was Vinted!
Fatal! (But I'm having so much fun😁).

Also houseplants. I can't resist picking one up if it's going cheap. But I don't consider any of it stupid stuff....if it makes you happy then it's worth it, surely?

Wow I had no idea people spent money on phone games.. Is it to rent the game or extra ammo or something? I had a candy crush habit for years and although I never spent money on it, I can totally see how addictive these things are.

Mine would be vinted dresses. 🙈

10 years ago it would have been going out and taxis and being over generous

now very little as focussed on savings so still buy quality but less quantity

Books from charity shops! I keep telling myself not to buy any more but I always do! However, my local charity shop sell them for 50p, sometime 4 for £1! I read them then take them back though..

I’m hopeless at managing our food. When I do a food shop far too much ends up going to waste. We end up eating out or getting a takeaway because I can’t face cooking. I just find the whole thing overwhelming and stressful. I never had this problem before we had kids.

I have had the Libby app for ages - use it for eBooks. Never noticed it had magazines! Thank-you!! (Feeling slightly stupid now...)

I'm impressed! I have one lipstick. I never wear it, but I keep it 'just in case' 👄

Fancy soaps in pretty packaging from TK Maxx.

Cat toys - which are invariably treated with disdain and ignored by the recipients.

Online games.

That's really bitchy. How do you know that poster isn't living in poverty with no spare money at all? It's not martyrdom to ensure you can pay your utilities etc

Oh go and piss on someone elses' chips.

Same here with bonsai pots.

Nothing, except a pot of tea in any cafe is somehow much more exciting than a pot of tea taken at home.

I'll often break up a long walk with a pot of tea somewhere. I could take it in my flask but it's just not the same.

Hair products - that usualyy turn out to be crap. Haircuts - every six weeks at £50 a time eeek!!

I have to tear myself away from the reduced corner at the garden centre. But I feel so sorry for them all, and I want to take them all home, and cosset them, and bring them back to their full glory.............

Fountain pens and inks.

Far too many!

At the moment iced lattes
I probably don’t need two one every day