What are your impulse buys?

[sugarsandz]

I'm one of those people who don't spend a lot on myself even if it's something I need lol.

However, I buy manga (Japanese comic books) left and right. Once I get into a new manga I get 3 or 4 at a time and this is sometimes weekly and they are usually $10 or a little more.

I also love nail polish but I'm really picky and I might stare at them for 15 minutes before grabbing one.

Naruto cards, I have three binders of them so far.

Books in general, I love books!

 

[dejolane]

When I go to Walmart I 'm looking for under garments for me.But then I end up in the young girls or older mens department to look for clothes for my grandkids.

I guess my grandkids come first. 

 

[AbbysMom]

I have a few things! Candles, coffee, bath and body lotions, bubble bath, etc.

 

[mani]

Wool... it has to be natural.  Merino and alpaca together.... or with silk... or cashmere. 

Non synthetic is always crazily expensive. 

I've had to get my wool lady to post out to me as I can't trust myself when I go to collect. 

I came away with two huge skeins of varigated colour merino/possum last time and I'm not going to tell you what they cost. 

 

SABLE is an anagram jokingly used amongst knitters. It stands for Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy. 

I've only been knitting for 9 months and I think I may have already SABLEd out.

 

[sivyaleah]

Groceries.  I don't enjoy shopping in general and have learned through the years to put a curb on my spending habits but I LOVE to cook. I'm a real sucker for artisan breads, heirloom veggies, imported pastas and cheeses, cuts of meat or seafood I can't find elsewhere.  I love going without a list and just buying what looks wonderful that day.  Before I know it my cart is filled with impulse items. At least I use them all!

 

[mservant]

 
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SABLE is an anagram jokingly used amongst knitters. It stands for Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy. 

I've only been knitting for 9 months and I think I may have already SABLEd out.

  I was a knitter for years and I can safely say I was a victim!  Baskets full of lovely coloured soft stuff.   Until my apartment got clothes moths. 

  It all went, along with my hoard fo lovely fabrics, most of my lovely cashemere jumpers and a few silk scarves I loved...    You should have seen me carry the piles of 'stuff' out to the outside binn - I couldn't hold it far enough away from me as I went down the stairs!

Haven't tried knitting since I got Mouse, don't think I'd get much done.

 

[mani]

 

  I was a knitter for years and I can safely say I was a victim!  Baskets full of lovely coloured soft stuff.   Until my apartment got clothes moths. 

  It all went, along with my hoard fo lovely fabrics, most of my lovely cashemere jumpers and a few silk scarves I loved...    You should have seen me carry the piles of 'stuff' out to the outside binn - I couldn't hold it far enough away from me as I went down the stairs!

Haven't tried knitting since I got Mouse, don't think I'd get much done.

Oh no!! Don't tell me that  !

That's a terrible thing to tell a person with a SABLE issue! 

 

[mservant]

Believe me, it is an instant cure!  I keep all unnecessary fabrics in my home to a minimum.  I did love my wool baskets though. 

  

There used to be a little independent wool shop within 100m of my apartment and that was really dangerous!!!   Sadly the young woman who ran it died suddenly a few years back and it closed.  Another local shop has started to stock nice yarns now but so far I'm managing to resist.  I used to love knitting things for my brother n SiL's babies, and my friends' babies so I'm hoping I can control the SABLE until grand nieces / nephews start to arrive. 

  By then Mouse might be a bit calmer and the clothes moths might have move out due to starvation  (unlikely as they've moved on to my lovely rugs). 

There are things worse than knitting SABLE, it could be precious stones or flash cars!

 

[mani]

  
There are things worse than knitting SABLE, it could be precious stones or flash cars!

True 

 

[natalie_ca]

 
SABLE is an anagram jokingly used amongst knitters. It stands for Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy. 

I've only been knitting for 9 months and I think I may have already SABLEd out.

LOL

I'd love to learn how to seriously knit.  All i can do it knit very long scarves because I don't know how to cast off when done.

My Aunt (RIP) was a knitter. She was always knitting socks.  She didn't use round needles, she used multiple ones and never looked at what she was doing. She would talk and knit at rapid speed!

When I knit, I get blisters and the stitches are so tight I can hardly get a needle under a stitch.

 

[stewball]

My mum used to clacker away with the knitting needles also not looking. Besides knitting for us she alsi knitted dolls clothes for me.

 

[mservant]

My mum used to clacker away with the knitting needles also not looking. Besides knitting for us she alsi knitted dolls clothes for me.

Mine too!  No idea how she did those tiny dolls things. They would be so fiddly.

Aparently my gran even took her knitting to the cinema!  Can you imagine how annoying it would be sitting next to her!!!

 

[mani]

 
Mine too!  No idea how she did those tiny dolls things. They would be so fiddly.

Aparently my gran even took her knitting to the cinema!  Can you imagine how annoying it would be sitting next to her!!!

That's why they invented bamboo and wooden needles... No clatter..

 

[happybird]

My weakness is office supplies- I love pens and pretty little notebooks and those blank, fabric covered diaries. I have about 10 and was too afraid to write in them and mess up their perfection, lol! Then I realized that was silly and have started using them to write down recipes I find in cookbooks from the library and from cooking shows (America's Test Kitchen is a fav). My favorite pens are the fine point Sharpies. They come in so many pretty colors... *contented sigh*

 

[mani]

My weakness is office supplies- I love pens and pretty little notebooks and those blank, fabric covered diaries. I have about 10 and was too afraid to write in them and mess up their perfection, lol! Then I realized that was silly and have started using them to write down recipes I find in cookbooks from the library and from cooking shows (America's Test Kitchen is a fav). My favorite pens are the fine point Sharpies. They come in so many pretty colors... *contented sigh*

I can really relate to this, too!

Comes from being brought up in a Newsagency (we lived behind the shop) and I would help my mother order all the stationary stuff.

And really nice cards, too.  That'll be another one! 

 

[tammat]

I go from fad to fad. I'm on a gardening roll this week so I'm buying plants and fertilizer.

 

[mservant]

 
I can really relate to this, too!

Comes from being brought up in a Newsagency (we lived behind the shop) and I would help my mother order all the stationary stuff.

And really nice cards, too.  That'll be another one! 

I think maybe I just shop....  I can't resist either of these things..... 

I've got 2 small piles of lovely little note books, and 3 boxes of cards I've stashed away for the right person and the right moment (with the odd one thrown in just beacuse it was perfect for me).