valB Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 What items can you not stop buying. Mine is bedding and when I cleared out my airing cupboard in UK prior to moving here I was horrified. I still had bedding from my youngest daughter's bedroom and she left home years ago. I was very strict and threw a lot away but I am finding each time I go back to UK and I see a nice set I buy it. My bedding here now is increasing very quickly. So lets find out what you cannot resist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Stationery and luggage. I just ADORE luggage shops - just can't pass one by. And as for stationery shops.......all those cool files, paper and biros ! ! ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renaud Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Secondhand books, particularly those sold of by libraries. By taking a chance on an author I don't know I have found many interesting reads (and as many rubbish ones). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nell Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Shoes , handbags, notebooks..... shoes, handbags..... shoes..... shoes..... shoes..... [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polremy Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 china, cutlery, glasses.well, i do usually resist them only because mr. polremy is a very strict man, but it is really difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suze01 Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 [quote user="Nell"]Shoes , handbags, notebooks..... shoes, handbags..... shoes..... shoes..... shoes..... [:D][/quote]Ditto [:$] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Books! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemonimo Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I just can help myself when it comes to plants for the garden. Jen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqui Too Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Snickers, love em[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard-R Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Wine[IMG]http://wine.the-world-in-focus.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/p10100023.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valB Posted August 22, 2008 Author Share Posted August 22, 2008 I LOVE IT, Richard, what a great pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard-R Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 [quote user="valB"]I LOVE IT, Richard, what a great pic. [/quote]Thanks, I try and do 'offbeat pics' for my wine blog.[IMG]http://wine.the-world-in-focus.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/p10100022.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nectarine Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Mr. Nectarine has a secret vice .... shoes, and plenty of them. When we eventually cleared out his cupboard we found he had no less than (I suggest you sit down and take a deep breath), 64 ... yes, SIXTY-FOUR ... pairs of shoes. Most of them looking fairly alike, in my mind. He insisted that he couldn't do without them, needed all of them, despite the fact that in all the years we've been together I've only seen him wearing the same old few pairs. Anyway, I made him try them all on which he did very reluctantly and with lots of grumbling. And half of them didn't fit!!! But, oh no, we couldn't throw them away or give them to the charity shop because he might, one day, actually get around to breaking them in and making them fit!!Anyway, I persuaded him that with over thirty pairs of comfortable shoes to choose from it was unlikely that he would ever put on an uncomfortable pair and decide to break them in, so off to the charity shop we went with them, with him muttering all the way. On the way home we stopped for some shopping and he disappeared. I found him later outside a shoe shop, nose pressed up against the window, and had to drag him away.Truly, he is the Imelda Marcos of the male shoe world. And since we have been in France and brought over all his shoes, he has worn only flipflops and a pair of trainers. So all the shoes remain in the boxes and are going into the loft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Mugs (45) ... Books( piled on the floor as I have run out of shelves) .... French learning books /cds ( I now have a 10foot shelf full of my french books and CDs)..... Cheese ( its been known for me to 20 different types in the fridge.) [:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tegwini Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 plants - & bulbs at the moment, couldn't resist miniature narcissus yesterday, even though I am not sure I have space for them.regardstegwini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Electronic gadgets are my main weakness, been afflicted for many many years and passing through Schipol airport twice a month as I currently do doesn't help !I used to have a bit of a bag fetish but got that one under control, well almost, I still look (after all, electronic gadgets often need a nice little bag to keep them in [:P]) but I can generally manage to resist the urge to buy now [Www]Oh, and torches, I don't know what that's all about but I must have 30 or more of all descriptions sculling around the place somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastines Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Nectarine. Shoes can get you into all sorts of trouble. A friend of mine ,although he had a few bob, used to use only 2 pairs of shoes,one for work ,one for play. On returning from Bermondsey Market on a Friday he used to get home about 3.oopm have 3 hours sleep ,then get dressed to go to his ex-service-mans club for the evening. Gets out of bed,puts the best pair of shoes on left at the bedside and goes to the club.After a few drinks and feeling uncomfortable,he looks down and realises they aren't his shoes!!! When I arrived from London later that night,the first question from him,surrounded by a table of his drinking pals [scroungers ] "What size shoes do you wear"? My reply " Size 9" I won't bother with all the expletives that followed but eventually he did find out who's size 9s they were and a Divorce followed. Too many or in this case too few shoes can get you into all sorts of bother. I never asked asked if the other chap kept his best shoesMany years after his Divorce and for a Birthday Bash,I had a cartoon done with the shoes etc, unfortunately his ex-wife was at the bash,and his new wife,they were not amused.Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Plants, seeds, gardening and cookery books, French gardening magazines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Teapots (all different kinds). I just cannot resist them, I find teapots beautiful.[:)] I pretend it is for a present to a French friend or relative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Books, bedding in John Lewis sales, plants - and bars of fruit and nut chocolate on a bad day!Jo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Crockery is my main buying weakness although there are those who think I have too many shoes. This is, of course, nonsense.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valB Posted August 24, 2008 Author Share Posted August 24, 2008 Hello gardengirlSomeone else who loves bedding as well. I cannot go past a secondhand book shop either and as for fruit and nut choc. Were we related in a former life ? Keep them coming !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastines Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Couldn't stop but now have. For years during visits to Brittany I used to buy the kitchen storage pots in pottery/china/enamel .The decorated ones with the The/Sucre/Farine etc. When I got to 250 I was advised by my wife,forcibly,to desist. Hadn't seen any for ages at the usual Brads we visit but lo and behold at Dinard Brad today,between showers, I spotted 3 sets. On looking at todays France Ouest I realise why they have suddenly surfaced.There is a picture of a set valueing them at 30-200euros ???? I must be doing something wrong as I tried to sell 200+ for 500euros and got no takers. I also collected 27 of the old lunch pails in coloured enamel but they have also been hidden away in the shed. Collecting is now a no-no.There is a hidden message in this posting!!!Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicos Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 [quote user="Tony F Dordogne"]Plants, seeds, gardening and cookery books, French gardening magazines.[/quote]We should go shopping together!!!!!![:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valB Posted August 25, 2008 Author Share Posted August 25, 2008 Hidden message in this posting !!!!! Is this an I Q test ? Maybe I am just thick...no comments please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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