Wanky things you’re guilty of

[Pumpkittenspice]

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

My son has an orange Le Creuset water bottle that he takes to football training.

This thread has made me realise I need more wanky in my life!! So far can only contribute uggs and I actually prefer Prosecco to champagne (shame). Ooh just had balayage- does that count?!

I’m similar, only I have Staub and Mauviel instead of Le Creuset. I also Byredo hand washing in the guest bathroom along with a host of other details to indicate I’m a lowkey show-off wanker but I’ve taste! Ha!

Refill the posh soap dispensers with the cheaper ones.

I have a summer house that I built 3 years ago. Decorated it beautifully with shelves and nice furnishings. I never use it. It’s now basically a shed that I store bikes, horse stuff, paddle boards and boat things.

I like to call it the summer house in public but it’s basically a large shed. Although the horse and sailing stuff is a bit wanky in itself 😂😂

I think some of you are confusing wanky with naff.

Wanky = pretentious e.g. displaying F&M hamper for show

Don't think botox or fake nails come under wanky.

JMHO of course!

A library AND old stables... Where do you live?! In the 19th century?! Although I would absolutely love to live during the 1800's but only if I was a wealthy person!

We get a brace of pheasants given to us each shooting season and DH makes a pheasant ragu and serves with expensive pasta from Waitrose. (I don't like it and don't eat it but it tars the whole family with the wanky brush I reckon.)

We do this as well

I’m confused by some of these posts - filling an expensive bottle with Aldi soap isn’t wanky, just pretentious.

Showing off elite labelled stuff or bougie ideals because you can afford it and your house is featured in ‘House and Country’ is wanky.

Botox, Ugg boots and personalised number plates are just naff.

Yeah that’s fair enough in this instance 😂

I always eat with cloth tablecloth, napkins and lit candles.

Only eat French butter

Never position my cushions on their points/corners

Use Latin phrases when talking with u friends. I’m trying to stop this as aware post Boris it’s very wanky

But pretentious is exactly what wanky means!

What Latin phrases do you use? Are you doing it to impress your friends??

We don't have Waitrose here. We have Booths. Much nicer . I use my Aldi bags in Booths though, instead of the other way around! Booths is lovely, but I find their bags a bit twee!

I make tea properly every day: warm the (cast iron) teapot, loose leaf tea and drink out of a china cup and saucer. I can taste tea bag tea.

I have a F&M hamper for gloves and scarves in the hall.

I don't use scented candles and prefer the smell of beeswax furniture polish.

Not to me. It means the loud braying types that wear head to toe Holland & Cooper and swan around in Range Rovers aka ‘posh wankers’. But maybe it’s like eskimos have one hundred words for snow, people like me from the wrong side of the tracks have a hundred different words for wankers.

I have 2 hair scrunchies which cost £500 between them and have their own boxes and dustbags.

I have a load of those but they are arranged alphabetically, not by colour.

Staub and Mauviel wanker over here too!

Please tell us more about the £250 scrunches!

I paid £20 for 3 silk scrunchies for my frizzy hair and found that a lot.

I considered if my daughters name would sound posh enough when she obviously becomes some sort of hospital consultant/marries Prince George.
-she spent this morning eating playdoh-

What’s your preference on the butter front?

I'm afraid so, you'll have to up your game. I forgot to add the nearest Waitrose is 35 miles away. Does that make me ultra wanky? 😂

I have used an F&M hamper as decoration in the past. I used to put little pots of herbs in it, it looked lovely.
Now I go to a lot of trouble to scrub the labels off Sainsburys herb and spice jars and label them with chalk pens instead, so they look pretty on the little shelves that sit on the worktop.
I also decant shower gel and shampoo into brown plastic bottles with home made labels so they match the rest of the bathroom.
I think those are my most ridiculous wanky habits.