Fluff: Buyer's remorse, share yours

I’ve been more conscious of what I buy now, but I can say maybe 50% of my craft supplies did not need to be purchased! 😂

ETA - Oh, I know! A freaking timeshare! We bought it many years ago when we were young. Worst purchase ever!! We still have it, never use it, and paying an annual maintenance fee that goes up every year. It will be our son’s problem when we are gone. 🤣

Lol I did too and then I saw five different people wearing various versions of it in one day on Monday, so I returned it 🤦‍♀️ I knew it was popular but didn’t realize it was *that* popular.

An adobe account. I signed up for a six months deal for $15ish a month and used it for two months and no longer need it so I tried to cancel and was informed I agreed to an early cancellation fee and it’s currently $89! I know I should read terms and conditions but I didn’t so now I’m paying for something I won’t use.

Does anyone need any pdfs merged?!!

LOL, I bought one of those Fuse tools either on clearance somewhere or really cheap from Tuesday Morning. I don’t think it’s ever been out of the package and I’m sure I’ve had it for at least eight years. I also bought one of those sets from We R that has the big self healing cutting mat that you piece together and the big cutting templates to make stuff like party hats out of poster board sized cardstock. What the heck was I thinking on that one? It too has never been out of the box. At least it was cheap!

More often than not though I have “didn’t buy it” remorse. I tend to think a little too hard and long before hitting that Buy Now! button and then when I finally decide, “I’m gonna do it!” I waited too long and the thing is either out of stock, they don’t have the size or color I wanted or it’s no longer on sale. That just happened again this week. I went to the real grocery store last week (which I almost never do) and they had carts upon carts full of discounted stuff. All kinds of things from grocery items to kitchen wares, health and beauty, so much stuff. I bought a little suction cup sponge holder thing for two bucks out of one of those carts. Last weekend I was thinking, “Hmm. Should have bought one of those sponge holders for the lake cabin too.” Went back today and you guessed it, they were all gone and they had to have had a dozen of them in the discount cart last week. 🤦🏻‍♀️ That happens to me All.The.Time.

I saw a meme that said your perfect shade of lipstick matches the color of your nipples. I'm not suggesting you pull one put in sephora but it could be a good starting point 😆

The one that instantly springs to mind is the embroidery sewing machine that I bought second hand from a friend of my mum.

When DD was born, I started taking sewing lessons. My mum bought me a fairly basic Janome sewing machine. I say 'fairly basic' but it did everything I needed it to do. I also bought an overlocker from my aunty. I used the sewing machine and overlocker heaps, I made tons of clothes for DD and her little friends, and all of their dancing costumes, plus some clothes for myself. Definitely money well spent.

Then one of mum's friends was selling her embroidery sewing machine, along with a ton of cartridges for different embroidery patterns. I thought that I would use it heaps, and even did classes on how to use the machine properly. You know what? I never once used that machine to embroider anything! I should have just stuck with my normal machine and saved myself $2500 (which was a LOT of money back in 1999 or whenever I bought it).

2 long sleeve shirts from Talbots. One was on sale and I used my birthday discount for both. I love these kinds of shirts but I seldom have places to wear them because they are either too dressy for where I'm going or it isn't the right weather. I need to buy more warm weather clothes but I love winter/early spring clothes. As a result I have more spring color, 3/4 sleeve or long sleeve stuff than I can get worn in the 3-4 weeks our weather is just right for them.

I was just coveting an expensive (for me) dress online for months, and got around to buying it as it turned to final sale.

I love the dress- but it is much more, uh... boobalicious? on me than on the model. It doesn't really lend it itself to wearing a cami underneath. I still wear it, cause I'm like that but I bought it for a regular everyday dress. I can wear it far fewer places than I had intended to.

Well more of an experience I guess than an item. We just got back from our first overseas trip (Italy). Because I have some back issues and restless legs and am a poor sleeper I wanted to make sure we got a half way decent nights sleep on our way there (left at 10:30 pm) and so we paid for first class tickets on the way there. But premium economy on the way back. Honestly premium economy both ways would have been absolutely fine. Kind of regretting that splurge. Oh well, live and learn.

Please sell it if you and/or your friends/relatives don't use it. I think the comment about it being your son's problem was likely tongue in cheek? My in-laws had 5, yes FIVE timeshares. It took my ex many years to sell them all (I think it was 6 years total) and the maintenance fees were a pox on our budget for all that time.

As someone who got stuck with her parents house when my mom died, as she refused to downsize I beg of you to sell it before dumping it on him.

My son kept asking for a piano for Christmas starting at around 4 years old.  I was a struggling single mother and I figured even if I could somehow get the piano, there would be expensive lessons to have to be purchased too. It just wasn’t in the budget.  I figured he would forget about it.  Nope.  He continually asked for a piano for his birthday and Christmas for the next few years.

I finally realized that I could probably rent one without breaking the bank.  It didn’t need to be new or beautiful, just one that he could play on.  I called around and was able to find one for $15 a month!  What a deal!  It was definitely older, but he didn’t care.  He actually cried and hugged me so hard when it was delivered. 

He didn’t want lessons.  He just sat down and started plunking all the keys.  About a week after it was in the house, he was sitting at the piano and plunking like he did every day.  Suddenly I realized he was listening for certain keys and then playing little bits of songs that I recognized!  I knew he loved music, but I had no idea he could play by ear like that.  We kept the piano for several years until he decided he wanted a guitar instead.  He loved that guitar.  I did get him lessons on that and he ended up playing with a local band all through high school and a few years after.  He still plays.

My kitchen tile! We did a renovation and I picked a ceramic tile. It is impossible to clean and keep clean. The texture in it traps all the dirt. I hate it! But it was so expensive I can't possibly replace it now...

Same!! I gave my paternal grandma's piano to my BFF when her daughter started taking lessons. My maternal grandma gave hers to me when my daughter started taking lessons. I then tried to offload it, but nobody wanted it. It was going to cost too much to fix and tune. DSO ended up pulling it apart and taking it to the tip!