Why does anyone ever buy.......

[Robinw]

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Those tacky plates and whimsical figures you see advertised in TNOTW, etc. Sunday Supplements (no I don't read them!) - they are ghastly !!!

Anything 'personalised'. For example towels, dressing gowns, wallets, pens, briefcases, passport holders, golf putter...I could go on! I prefer to remember my own name without having to refer to an inanimate object for confirmation

Oh, and those indoor, feng shui-esque bubbling water fountains(although great play value for toddlers!)

BTW another great thread, Robinw!

I really, really hope no mumsnetter has ordered one of these, because I don't want to offend anyone, but here goes, she says in a small voice.

In the mini Boden catalogue for autumn, there is a childrens nightwear section. One of the garments offered is a fetching all in one - ankles to neck - with poppers down the front etc. Either pink or blue stripes on a white background. Very cute and practical on a toddler - but according to the size charts it is availabe in sizes up to age 12 years!!!!! Now I really cannot imagine my son, when he reaches 12,(puberty setting in), wearing what amounts to a babygro to bed. The mind totally boggles.

IMO IMO IMO......

Oh no, I really love those! But my daughter is only 2 so I can be excused. I must say I can't imagine a 12 year old boy or girl in them...they'll be in the sale, mark my words.

Well, my 14 year old would lurvvve to have an all-in-one, preferably with feet! She thinks babygros are so cute.

Oh Tigermoth - I'm going to order one of those for myself and pray it fits. I'm only little! I think they're fantastic!!!!!
Of course DH will not be impressed but they just look so cozy. I bought one for my eldest three years ago and now my little one is in it and it still looks like new.
I lurve Boden!!!
PS I'm also very sad

Does anyone remember the French and Saunders sketch where they were a couple gadget freaks?
They sat side by side on the sofa with their all in one dressing gowns on with their TV dinner tables and their mini shredders it was really funny, can't remember much more.

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Pamina, I love the Fast Show! "Pissi Beer" anyone??
Um I have to say that I can't take some of the maternity clothes in the Blooming Marvellous catalogue seriously. Apologies to anyone who's got some of the stuff though.
It's just some of the t-shirts with slogans such as "it started with a kiss" and "does my bump look big in this?" I mean bleurrgh!!
And the baby clothes aren't much better. There's this set which has "made with 100% love" and "50% mummy, 50% daddy" printed on it.
Makes me feel quite nauseous.
IMO of course

We have been given one of those photo-globes, Pamina...from a childless friend who thinks nothing of spending £100s on lovely original artwork for her own home. We are trying to work out what to do with it without causing offence, as we love her very much.
The baby equipment that makes me hoot is the incredibly expensive and tacky Kipling changing bags that Urchin keep flogging. Are we supposed to find that ugly little clip-on monkey attractive (and worth an extra £25 for a bog standard rucksack)? IMO, of course, but I'd sooner use a Bag for Life from Tescos.

We have one of those personalised snow globes at work with a picture of the boss inside it. Any obvious crawling means the perpetrator has it prominently placed on their desk.. One of the joys of working on a trading floor is that we regularly make purchases from the more ludicrous catalogues. Current favourite is a small dog which holds the post in its mouth. At any point in time there are always a few bizarre pairs of incontinence pants and such like floating around not to mention a variety of items from the "Transformation" catalogue (as in transformation from a man to a woman!). Oh well, keeps the blokes amused anyway.

The snow globes sound great....Where can I get one?

:-)

There was/still is(?) a stall at Spitalfields market selling poster-sized panels of genuine, lurid 70's wallpapar - as works of art. At least £12.00 a shot, if I remember correctly. Someone must have raided their parent's loft and found a collection of abandoned rolls amongst some DIY paraphanalia. Out of one loft and into another far more trendy one, no doubt. I suppose it would add an ironic touch to a minimalist interior.

I actually like many retro designs, but I just cannot imagine hanging a wallpaper 'picture' on my wall, or paying £12 for a small offcut.

This time of year is great for laughing at useless presents. The catalogues are so full of rubbish. The personal shredder is one of my all time favourite rubbish items. Given you can only put one sheet through at a time, surely it makes more sense to tear it up??????
We regularly get given gadgety type gifts by my husband's mother & her family who are really into that stuff. Last year we given a funny mini robot thing that turns around every time it hits a line - wow that's just so fascinating for 10 seconds!!!!
Another of my all time hated gimmicks are indoor water features. A friend has one and its all I can do not to wet myself everytime we go around.

Hands up if you've got one of those fish on a wooden plaque that sings dreadful versions of Elvis numbers - me !!! (at the back of the cupboard under the stairs, I might add)

No I haven't got one of those Jodee but what about all those things that sing when you clap at it or something, why do we keep buying them, just because little one laughs and dances at it in the shop, gullible or what!!

I once got given a furry glasses case for Christmas - just what I always wanted.. NOT!

Mr Frosty - what a load of overhyped, overadvertised, overpriced rubbish that was. A complete disappointment for my poor son who had gone on about it for 2 years and finally got it for his 6th birthday this year. A stupid ice machine that takes an adult to crank and a few even worse ice moulds to make flavoured ice with. They really saw me coming. R.

They still make Mr Frosty's?? I remember wanting one as a kid. Never got one though...
Some of the jewelery you get in the Argos catalogues makes me laugh - there's a gold mobile phone on a chain in the men's section. I thought yuppies died in the eighties lol!!

Who has seen the make your own candyfloss machines currently advertised on TV - during the kids programmes? I couldn't believe my eyes! How unhealthy and yukky an idea are they?