What tat are you trying not to buy??

[Merryoldgoat]

Following on from last weeks ‘what’s pissed you off today’ thread, today I’m asking ‘What tat are you trying not to buy?’

I keep seeing paint by numbers kits on Facebook and I think today I’ll succumb 🧐

Been trying to resist as clearly it’ll never be worth displaying but I have zero willpower so watch this space…

Moleskin notebooks are NOT tat! I have used the week-per-double page A5 format for years. DH buys me one each Christmas, and I am accumulating a nice backlog of filled ones. Daily use, year ahead planned, brilliant things. I do throw out the little sheafs of stickers that come with them though, as life is too short to work out a system for using them that would make planning easier.

But I am trying not to buy ANY of the other tat. I have a dream of a more minimal life, in which everything I own is perfectly fitted for its precise purpose, and I skim lightly through the world. My specific challenge at this point is trying not to top up the Christmas lights and decorations excessively.

Tip??

@AutumnLeaves24 yes this thread is confusing me. What people are describing as "tat" is not what I thought tat was meant to be.
People are just describing normal "things" 🤔

I understand that.

my solution is to have a storage space that I am happy to designate to 'supplies' and if it fits in there, fine, if not something has to go 🤷🏻‍♀️

I had an absolute win during lockdowns…….those (really nice) jigsaws I brought home from Mum’s did at last get done🤩 So therapeutic at the time and we did actually frame a fabulous Yorkshire Grand Depart one, it’s in attic which is our fitness/bike den. But they are back under the spare bed now……….but the dark nights are back, TV is rubbish……….🤔
I’m a crafter as well, soo many different things to try, wool in every room, I have a sort out every now and then. Never bored though. OH, he’s been pickling onions today…….I kid you not🤣🤣🤣🤣

@ruthietuthie Excellent, just don’t overdo buying the craftsupplies. I’m quite jealous actually, all we have is a pumpkin.

Start with a granny square!!

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@Ruthietuthie have you tried reclaimed stone yards they may not be gravestones but you could repurpose slabs as grave stones?

@AutumnLeaves24 🤣🤣🤣

I visit the tip frequently. It’s embarrassing 😱

Crafts have a lot to answer for. 3 years ago I had a small cloth drawer set for my hooks and yarn.

Now I have a 5x5 Kallax 🫢

Plywood is for a bauble tree base.

Level is for a photo wall I forgot I was doing.

It breeds!!