Wanky things you’re guilty of

[Pumpkittenspice]

For me, it’s using a Fortnum and Mason hamper basket as a piece of decor…

I’ve got an antique bookcase that I inherited and when my favourite paperback books fall apart, I replace them with fancy hardback editions. Didn’t realise this was wanky but sometimes you need other people to point it out to you.

Library wall x2
F & M hamper on top of cherry wood armoire (no idea what's in it as I'm not tall enough to reach it).
Mulberry bags

Antique blue and white ceramic collection that nobody is allowed to use including teapots. We have tea bags.
Adult DC stole the limited addition super sized spode mugs and refuse to discontinue use (mothers a nutter).

We once sold a number plate to a sweet company boss for more than the old banger it sat on.

I drive an Audi...

I only eat President butter, wild caught salmon, proper earl grey, and champagne (no prosecco). (Well, I eat other things too obviously but refuse to budge on those).

All the standards - dualit toaster, le creuset, grape scissors.....

Personalised plates on an old but 'country set' car.
Le Chameau wellies for walking the dog and a barbour.
In my defence I spend half my life in fields with the dog or on my allotment and the wellies are THE most comfortable pair I've ever owned.

They make me feel posh

I love Le Creuset but it's too heavy for me to actually use!!!

I store most of my porridge oats in a plastic storage container from IKEA ( hidden in the food cupboard) but I decant about two weeks worth at a time into a F&M biscuit tin, which is not hidden in a cupboard.

@Missmarple87 agree on champagne. I don't do 'bubbles'.
I see your grape scissors and raise you fish knives.

Used farrow and ball paint

Buy lots of organic veg and try to home bake for dc as much as possible

Go to spas several times a year

Maybe these things are not that wanky to many but I’d feel like a dick talking about them at the school gates!!

I have an Alessi butter dish shaped like a boat. The butter needs to be oval shaped to fit inside. I drive over the border to France to buy my butter, because it fits the dish perfectly. 😳

It also has those delicious salt crystals though!

What's the definition of wanky for this thread? Before I start my list!

Is the wanky definition region dependent as some of things on here I'd consider a bit Wag style/chavvy

I found myself saying "we have so much champagne I don't know what to do with it all" and had to acknowledge that I too am a wanker.

The champagne was actually a F&M gift from DH work and we use the hamper for the kids' cuddly toys in their bedroom. Maybe I should move it downstairs so more people can see it?

@Giggorata I want to know more about your Pagan stuff, especially if it's related to the papier-mâché masks....... Green man?
** I added the accents to papier-mâché. That's probably wanky.

Absolutely loving this thread 🤣

Slightly off topic but F&M hampers are my go to present for people I don't know massively well or struggle to buy for. They're not actually that expensive but they always seem to be very well received - and then I spy the baskets still in use in their hones months later which makes me glad.

I have sterling silver mussel shell "pincers" that you use to extract the mussels out of their shells, like these:

www.culinaryconcepts.co.uk/pair-of-mussel-eaters?srsltid=AfmBOooTaYGFucFzALEJ_AAxmCKfmM_dNtChirBl0yJutrKX1rntEXOQ

That must win the "wank off" surely? 🤣🤣🤣

To add my contributions

1. I've used F&B paint all through the house and when asked will bang on about much easier I find it to paint with.

1. I have a selection of drinks out in the side. I don't really drink but I just love how they look on their silver tray, in their decanters and soft lighting.

F&M hampers used as storage

Dog walking in Joules tweed jackets, Uggs, wellies.

Kilner jars

Tea pots

President butter in a China dish

Guilty of all these. I have an excruciating one to add to the general list though…

I pepper my conversation with French (grew up in Quebec) Majorly wanky. 🫣

I am on my 4th pair of Le Chameau country boots (the leather ones) - I practically live in them from October to March!

I've got a few cuddly toys. A badger, a Stuart the minion, and an owl. The owl guards the music studio, and the badger gets used as a pillow. I want to cuddle the minion in bed but his giant plastic eye gets in the way.
These are not childhood toys, I've got them all over the last 10 years. I'm in my mid 40s with no kids.
I guess that's more tragically infantile than wanky?
I also own gold cowboy boots. Again, wanky or just tasteless?!

I use cloth napkins at every meal. Is that posh?

@Whatineed you win. 😄
Mussel eaters indeed.

I wear Fairfax and Favour clothes / boots walking the dog.
I realised I say “ooh I’m just letting the dogs run round the paddock / I’ll put those in a stables” far too often. We live on a working smallholding but to those not in the know it sounds VERY wanky.
We have a dining room “for best” that gets used on birthdays and Christmas together with the “best china” and glassware.

I thought I was quite non-wanky (I do use a teapot but refuse to believe this is wonky), then saw the post about champagne v prosecco above.

Champagne is vastly superior and I avoid prosecco as much as possible. Cava much better if champagne not an option.

Went to buy a car, I love the brand anyway and was heavily influenced by the first letter being that of my surname but the last 3 letters were my initials (back in the day). Super wanky!

I have a wicker hamper but it's an RSPCA branded one. I like to use it to keep the cats in line. Just need to pop them in and they'd be back to where they came from if they don't toe the line.