What’s that thing called when you go mad and buy crap??

[Puddingypops]

It’s happening to me right now and I MUST be contained!!!

that last minute panic that everything you have bought is rubbish so you buy loads of shite to replace it and go insane!!!!!

I decided my poor 14 year old son had no fun stuff in his gift pile and have now bought 3 extra FUN gifts

crayola globbles

zombie apocalypse team leader duffel bag

over door basket ball net and balls

STOP THIS MADNESS

It's called The Twitch. I narrowly avoided it myself yesterday but gave myself a head wobble just in time.

THATS IT!!! The twitch!!!!!! It got me, good lord it got me so bad.

I now need a zombie apocalypse team leader bag....

Where might one acquire one ???

Same here!

Lol I've never heard of The Twitch. Is it a MN thing like The Ick?

I’ve bought more chocolate
popping candy chocolate oranges tho 😉

Ah The Twitch! I had it the other day. Tbf it was when I remembered how well Lego mini builds in the stockings had gone down last year, so quickly found some on ebay.

Will give us a few more minutes of peace on Christmas morning while they build those!

amazon, for his dance/sports kit

You have my sympathies OP - I am exactly the same!

Just trying to ignore that nagging voice that keeps trying to get me to buy more. I keep filling online baskets but so far have resisted actually going through checkout!

The twitch is where you buy a perfectly good reasonable amount of well thought out presents and then buy ridiculous amounts more because of various reasons

(Evening up present piles, pile too small, not enough ‘fun’ things, not any creative things)

it’s awful but so much fun 🤣

Yup, keep filling baskets, then look at what I'm spending and empty them 🤣 it's quite cathartic

Tell me about it 🙄, I keep looking at the present piles, they’re fine, but then oh son1 would love such an such so then I need something for son2 and daughter to balance the piles 😂 I wouldn’t mind but they’re adults !

a few days ago son1 mentioned both he and DIL would like a popcorn machine if I needed anymore tree present, I didn’t put that didn’t stop me. Something needed for DS2 and DD

then today it occurred to me you can’t have a popcorn maker with out popcorn, so onto amazon I go, did you know you can get flavourings for popcorn ( jars of stuff you sprinkle on ) so a gift sample pack added to popcorn and did you know you can get these cute plastic tubs like you get at the movies ! Got that as well 😁

now do I need something else for the other 2 🤷🏼‍♀️

I've had the twitch for a while now - this is the drawback to being all organised early on

I'm twitching for things which cost a bomb though so it's even more irritating

Another reason I’m glad I don’t start my shopping early! 😂

Absolutely no way they would last until Christmas in my house

(also where did you get them from?)

Had the twitch today and and bought some expensive* *lovely perfume for my mum. Everyone had great gifts but now I'm panicking because my dad will get a few cheap gifts he will love but not something as nice as mum. Also got a set of 3 silver bracelets for DP even though she has a nice pile.

Hahaha well at least I’m not alone.

last week I twitched when filling my own crackers and I’d bought everyone keyrings and thought of let me buy apple AirTag key rings as well to put in, so now I have crackers worthy of bloody harrods

I thought it was called Christmas?

Yes, I really regret buying for certain people early as I keep thinking I should unwrap all my families gifts and buy them something else!

WHAT how are people twitching already and I haven't started my main shopping

😨

I am doing it your way next year as I panic buy anyway!

It's called FOMO.

Or internet-induced-twattery.

@Echobelly yeah I hear you haha

@BertieBotts its 2 weeks today! Only got about a week left of shopping options but I’m going to chop off my hands or turn off the WiFi or something because I am out of hand here.

now I am racked with guilt at how much I’ve spent, so I can’t win.

ahhhhh the most wonderful time of the year

I wouldn't recommend it OP, but catching Covid has put paid to my twitch the last few days. It's all I can do to sit and read MN all day.