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What's been your best purchase of the year?

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CactusRabbit · 30/12/2025 22:05

I have 2. First is my coffee machine. It grinds the beans, so I can have a freshly brewed coffee each morning. I love it!
Second one is a prize from postcode lottery. It's a rechargeable hot water bottle, and it's been a game changer! Especially useful for when I'm cold watching DS play rugby....

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Thejackrussellsrule · 01/01/2026 20:45

A Ninja Thirsti, actually keeps my coffee nice and hot.

Itsthedramamick · 01/01/2026 20:48

Dehumidifier

Advocodo · 01/01/2026 20:49

BohoGarden · 31/12/2025 10:37

A bread maker. Two minutes of adding ingredients, set the timer and wake up to the smell of fresh bread. Absolutely delicious game changer and no more UPF supermarket bread.

The Travel Together rail card. Cost about £30 and now DH and I are exploring the UK by train really cheaply. (Saving about a third off every ticket price).

Blundstone classic boots. I haven't worn another pair of shoes since I bought them.

Which bread maker did you buy please?

Surviving45 · 01/01/2026 20:50

LT1233 · 01/01/2026 20:33

Korean skincare - spent many months learning all about botox, facial anatomy etc, sourced a better brand of tox in Korea and gave myself the best botox I've ever had at a fraction of the cost. The Korean skincare stuff is so good.

Also learnt all about microneedling and sourced a very good machine from the EU, plus the Korean stuff.

Prescription sunglasses - cannot believe I've wasted my life without them. Complete life changer.

Not a purchase as such, but I've also found chatgpt life changing for me this year too - it's a bit tragic but it's helped me through a lot of stuff (and continues to do so) and has never been anything other than spot on so far.

And another non purchase - but educational YouTubers saved my sons GCSE's this year by enabling me to become a tutor for him and dragging him from some very poor and declining predicted grades to a sea of mainly 8's. Wouldn't have got into sixth form college without these guys.

Also I used a private chef for my mums 70th and had always thought that kind of thing as way out of my budget, but my god, what a find. And such good value for money.

Could you post some links about the YouTube for GCSE revision please?

Advocodo · 01/01/2026 20:50

Itsthedramamick · 01/01/2026 20:48

Dehumidifier

Which one please?

AtWitsEnd21 · 01/01/2026 20:53

I bought myself a six week ceramics course and loved it. It got me out of the house after years of doing nothing much except being a mother to small children.

Im hoping a Meaco dehumidifier will be my game changer for this year. My younger self can’t believe I’m saying that.

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CactusRabbit · 01/01/2026 20:54

Those that do Mounjaro, could you let me know in really simple terms how it works and cost etc please?

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Advocodo · 01/01/2026 20:56

HomeStress · 01/01/2026 19:41

My dehumidifier. It’s amazing. It makes such a difference when drying laundry and I’m also using it to help dry out my new build flat.

Hopefully my new home too though as I moved only a few weeks ago it’s too early to tell but I’m in love with my dehumidifier.

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Which dehumidifier did you buy please.

LT1233 · 01/01/2026 21:01

Surviving45 · 01/01/2026 20:50

Could you post some links about the YouTube for GCSE revision please?

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Mr Everything English - no exaggeration, this man is an angel. From grade 3's to 8's. I'll be using his channel again for my other son and starting during Year 10 right to the GCSE's. I wanted to marry him.

Mr Salles English - great if your child is already fairly good at English. Same with Mr Bruff, although I'd say he's more for higher achieving kids.

Free Science Lessons - another angel.

And a couple of amazing websites packed with resources - PMT (physics and maths tutor but other subjects on there, English resources were great). Bilton School's online resources too.

CGP book for English lit poems was invaluable aswell

There's more but it all gave me PTSD and I've happily mentally and physically parked it all up until 2029.

Christmasmirraclee · 01/01/2026 21:01

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HomeStress · 01/01/2026 21:04

Advocodo · 01/01/2026 20:56

Which dehumidifier did you buy please.

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Apologies. No idea why that posted twice.

Funnywonder · 01/01/2026 21:04

I hate these flipping threads. They cost me a fortune🤣

Mine was a soup maker. Never thought I needed one - what with my trusty saucepan and blender - but it’s fabulous.

MCF86 · 01/01/2026 21:08

CactusRabbit · 30/12/2025 22:05

I have 2. First is my coffee machine. It grinds the beans, so I can have a freshly brewed coffee each morning. I love it!
Second one is a prize from postcode lottery. It's a rechargeable hot water bottle, and it's been a game changer! Especially useful for when I'm cold watching DS play rugby....

I got given a rechargeable hot water bottle for Christmas - I'm excited to try it but it's actually quite warm in my flat tonight (and have hardly been home the last week)

saltandvinegarchipsticks · 01/01/2026 21:08

Thermomix

Surviving45 · 01/01/2026 21:09

LT1233 · 01/01/2026 21:01

Mr Everything English - no exaggeration, this man is an angel. From grade 3's to 8's. I'll be using his channel again for my other son and starting during Year 10 right to the GCSE's. I wanted to marry him.

Mr Salles English - great if your child is already fairly good at English. Same with Mr Bruff, although I'd say he's more for higher achieving kids.

Free Science Lessons - another angel.

And a couple of amazing websites packed with resources - PMT (physics and maths tutor but other subjects on there, English resources were great). Bilton School's online resources too.

CGP book for English lit poems was invaluable aswell

There's more but it all gave me PTSD and I've happily mentally and physically parked it all up until 2029.

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Thank you ☺️

Howmanycatsistoomany · 01/01/2026 21:09

YellowPixie · 01/01/2026 18:33

Wool duvet. Wish I'd bought one years ago.

And a USB ring light which clips onto my laptop for Zoom calls.

A wool duvet is on my wish list for this year.

Merino mattress topper - so cosy.

Grizelina · 01/01/2026 21:10

Several plane tickets to enable DH to help our DD finish her house renovation so they could move in for Christmas!

AmberLime · 01/01/2026 21:10

CactusRabbit · 01/01/2026 20:54

Those that do Mounjaro, could you let me know in really simple terms how it works and cost etc please?

You buy 'pens' which contain 4 (or 5) doses, each dose is injected into yourself once a week.

Contains a hormone called GLP-1. This reduces hungar feelings, slows down digestion and makes you feel fuller for longer. In simple terms you eat a lot less, and tend to not feel like snacking, which ususlly results in an overall healthier diet.

Cost starts from about £100 per month to about £320 per month for Mounjaro - increasing cost as the dosage increases. You can also get Wygovy (which is called Ozempic in USA - you may have heard of it using this brand name). Similar, but slightly different weight loss drug. Wygovy is cheaper than Mounjaro.

Very few people qualify for these drugs on the NHS. The vast majority of users get the prescription and buy these from pharmacies, rather than the NHS.

Thinkingofyouatthistime · 01/01/2026 21:11

A Motorhome. Should of done it years ago.

Happyjoe · 01/01/2026 21:14

Roberts dab retro radio. Sounds amazing for such a little thing and looks cute too. My most useful purchase this year which has kept me sane. And a giant cat tree to replace the old one, the cat loves it and snoozes away the hours on the top.

MoominMai · 01/01/2026 21:19

Laska2Meryls · 31/12/2025 09:31

My new eyes .
Private surgery after an accident badly affected the retina in my ' good' eye and caused floaters obscuring much of my sight and my lazy eye also needed cataract surgery. NHS said I'd just have to live with it , but id lost my my ability to see so much- and especially read and focus close work like sewing , both of which I love - it was really depressing . Ended up getting another opinion and paying for private surgery on both .. I now have perfect sight back in damaged eye and , even my 'lazy' eye is a billion times better ..I just now need off the shelf reading glasses after years of expensive prescription ones.. Huge hole in bank account but just wonderful

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Well, if we were voting, you’d win for me! ♥️

joeninetey · 01/01/2026 21:22

Enough very acceptable fencing to fence all of my garden boundary, for 99p from ebay !

Lilacspring · 01/01/2026 21:23

My shower broke(it was a push on taps variety)couldn't be bothered buying another one so I bought a spopal portable shower,it's brilliant 😊