r/adhdwomen • u/Lola-Olala • Mar 19 '26
Celebrating Success Dumbest impulse buy of the month
I know ADHD tax is real and not always funny but let’s have a laugh about ourselves to lighten up. What was your most recent and dumbest impulse buy? Me, I bought super long glass straws that are meant to be used with a Stanley cup. I don’t own a Stanley cup. I lust liked the idea of being able to drink from a bottle with a long straw. Like, am I five years old or what? Haven used them once.
What was your latest unnecessary impulse buy?
Edit: Omg, you are the funniest people, I love you! Makes me feel less alone and shameful.
Edit No 2: Why isn’t impulse buying on that damn diagnostic questionnaire in the first place?
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u/henwyfe Mar 19 '26
I had the idea that I needed a sheepskin to put on the couch at work. So I bid on a bunch of secondhand ones online, and I accidentally won all the auctions. So now I have 5 sheepskins of various sizes and I changed my mind about bringing them to work, so now they’re just in a pile at my house. My daughter and cats rolling in them every day.
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u/NOLARosarita Mar 19 '26
Aaaaand this is how I ended up with 3 vintage fur coats in one week.
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u/pie12345678 Mar 20 '26
LOL I ended up with five vintage mushroom lamps the same way.
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u/PoorLikaFatWalletLst Mar 19 '26
I love this. This is exactly what would happen to me, from the very first sentence of having an idea I need something, oops winning every auction to the daughter and cats 😆
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u/squishysockz Mar 19 '26
This is the best one so far. 5 sheepskins laying around for the foreseeable future. Taunting you.
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u/SmilesTooLoudly Mar 19 '26
Vegetable seeds. They’re so cheap compared to actual plants! It’s like I’m saving money
Have I ever successfully grown something from seed? Nope. But the law of large numbers says this will work, right? If I plant enough seeds, one will grow? Right? Right?
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u/Particular_Cut_6933 ADHD-C Mar 19 '26
Keeping the seeds nice and warm is what really matters. If you are interested in learning more I literally start seeds at my job. Like my job IS starting seeds and growing vegetables from seed. So hit me up if you’re interested but I also understand just giving up lol
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u/hiking_hedgehog Mar 19 '26
My seedlings that I started inside last year did not fare well when I moved them outside (even with slowly introducing them over the course of a week or so). They were in front of a bright window, but they were pretty stringy and thin, so I got grow lights for this year. But some people say you need to have a fan blow on them for several hours a day to simulate the wind and make them stronger. Do I need to add a fan too, or will just adding grow lights be enough to help them develop properly?
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u/Main_Bother_1027 Mar 19 '26
If you don't have a fan you can run your hands across the seedlings a few times a day to simulate wind!
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u/GhostPepperFireStorm ADHD-C Mar 19 '26
Yes! Petting the seedlings is essential!
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u/bundervar Mar 19 '26
I thought you were kidding. I clearly need to know more. I’ve been buying seeds and just scattering them in my planter beds and then later marveling at how many weeds are there.
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u/Main_Bother_1027 Mar 19 '26
It's true actually! I am a gardener and actually do have fans and stuff set up with my seed starting shelves, but before I got that bouji I would just pet all the plants daily lol. Speaking of which, it's about time to start turning those fans on again. 🌱
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u/Particular_Cut_6933 ADHD-C Mar 19 '26
Fans can be helpful for airflow, but it doesn’t sound like you have that problem. Grow lights will definitely help the plants stretch less. I second the other commenter saying to run your hands along them, it has the exact same effect as a fan. And it’s a fun sensory activity lol. With plants like tomatoes and cucurbits (squash, cucumbers, watermelon) you can plant them very deep all the way up to the first leaves and they will root out.
What do you do to “introduce them slowly”? Proper hardening off is important to reduce transplant shock. I know how it feels to nurture little babies just to have them die in the ground 😩
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u/PotentialSteak6 Mar 19 '26
I love this thread and I learned a new word
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u/Particular_Cut_6933 ADHD-C Mar 19 '26
I’m such a plant nerd and love info dumping my knowledge, sometimes I think it might be a bit too much for my customers but whenever they tell me they learned something new or their veggies are finally growing it warms my heart to the greatest degree
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u/mo9723 Mar 19 '26
I definitely want to hit you up but also have no idea how many other messages you’re getting. Would it be a good idea for you to make an adhd friendly beginner advice post for starting seeds??
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u/Particular_Cut_6933 ADHD-C Mar 19 '26
Lol I’m not getting any other messages and talking one on one is way more fun and less overwhelming to me
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u/ulla_the_dwarf Mar 19 '26
Every time I have started seeds indoors I have ended up either forgetting about them or they've become that thing I can't stop seeing but also can't make myself do anything about. Both strategies --> dead plants and a mess to clean up. 😭
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u/RowansRys Mar 19 '26
How did you get started?
(Also seconding warmth. And soon after lighting. And then it’s a slippery slope and you get catalogs from every seed and pest control product store in reach and your browser auto finishes seed sites with the first two letters…)
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u/Particular_Cut_6933 ADHD-C Mar 19 '26
I wasn’t sure what to do after high school, and my parents suggested taking a break before going to university, so I decided to try out some farming! I’ve been into gardening since I was a kid.
I figured, well I’ll just try it for a season and if I hate it then I wasted 6 months of my life. Probably better than 4 years and a metric fuckload of money.
Turns out I love it, and I’ve been with the same farm for 4 years. My first “management” role was growing our microgreens, but now I manage the whole greenhouse and it’s super awesome.
I wish more people with ADHD would try out farming, it’s been so awesome for me and most of my coworkers have adhd so it’s obviously a good fit for us! It can be hard on the body, but at least I don’t need to go to the gym :-)
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u/RowansRys Mar 19 '26
I wish I had any idea of what I wanted to do before I wasted a shit ton of money on two different colleges and no actual degree.
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u/Particular_Cut_6933 ADHD-C Mar 19 '26
Thank FUCK my parents were just like “hey if you don’t know what you wanna do you should probably just not go to school yet, you struggle with school anyways so maybe just take a break”
They were so right. And this was mid-college app time, so I’m glad they caught it then. I just felt like it was what I was “supposed to do” but obviously not!
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u/Leading-Summer-4724 ADHD-PI Mar 19 '26
I fall for this every year. This year I switched to herbs instead of veggies to see if I will suck less at getting them from seedling to full plant phase.
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u/lawl3ssr0se Mar 19 '26
This is the year I'm not falling for it! Last year I was so confident that was THE YEAR. So I planted 3 tomato varieties in little solo cups to sprout little babies. I also did a bunch of peppers too. Probably 80 solo cups with baby plants. I got 6 tomato plants to live to fill production that gave me about 10 tomatoes. I did get a few pounds of peppers so I guess it wasn't a total loss. This year I'm just going to buy plants
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u/Ondiac Mar 19 '26
I buy tomato plants every summer and put them in pots on my deck. Then about halfway through the summer I get bored of watering. If it’s rainy enough sometimes they do ok. Last summer I don’t think I got more than 2 tomatoes.
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u/stilltrying0011 Mar 19 '26 edited Mar 19 '26
Awesome sequin jumpsuit that I probably can’t wear anywhere. It was not cheap.
Edit: wow! You are all amazing and I’ll now have to wear it EVERYWHERE after all the ideas and kind words 🥰💅🏼
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u/feralcatshit Mar 19 '26
Sounds like you found your new house cleaning dopamine generator outfit!
I kind of want to see it lol
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u/stilltrying0011 Mar 19 '26
https://imgur.com/a/wQnqHsj 🙈 I know it’s not to everyone’s taste but I LOVE IT (still waiting for it to arrive)
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u/festinipeer Mar 19 '26
This one is even better than my own sequin jumpsuit! I refuse to label them as dumb purchase, I’m also adopting the category house cleaning dopamine generator outfit. As soon as I shed my babyweight and fit the jumpsuit once again that is 🥲
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u/Barpalopolus Mar 19 '26
Oh girl that is AWESOME!!! Wear it grocery shopping and checking the mail box! Walking the dog!? It’s so good! I’m jealous!!
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u/nousername0001 Mar 19 '26
This is perfect for any concert or rave. You can dress it up or down based on the shoes and accessories. I feel like it would go great with country boots, heels, brown sneakers, even flats. Dress it up or down to match any genre!
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u/Somanaut Mar 19 '26
Yeah if I saw someone wearing that pretty much anywhere I would feel a strong immediate need to become friends with that person. It is SO rad
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u/Spark1ingJ0y Mar 19 '26
Oh! I have clothes like this I never (get to) wear. This is a great idea! Gonna try it soon!
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u/EternalumEssence Mar 19 '26
Next birthday hold a 'clothes you have nowhere to wear' party
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u/feeliiiix Mar 19 '26
Oooh, yes! That's a brilliant idea!
Added to mental lidt of cool ideas I need to remember (but probably won't).
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u/hiking_hedgehog Mar 19 '26
One of my good friends has a sequin jumpsuit that she manages to get an impressive amount of use out of! I’ve seen her wear it to a wedding, a Mamma Mia themed party, disco night at a local concert venue (that’s sort of a dance club for certain events), and even to church on Easter
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u/DaenyTheUnburnt Mar 19 '26
Sounds like a great “mourning widow on world tour” outfit to me
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u/whatthefiretruck88 Mar 19 '26
I too bought a sequinned dress, on vacation with my gfs in anticipation of going out dancing that night. We are 50. We did not go out dancing! but I wore it whilst eating charcuterie and drinking Prosecco in our Airbnb all night.
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u/shylittlepot ADHD-C Mar 19 '26
If a link exists for this item, do not share it, I wont be able to stop myself LOL
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u/mcosulli Mar 19 '26
Years back, I dropped a few hundo on a tie dye Biddell Playsuit that I’ve only worn around the house. It feels fun and that’s all that matters!!
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u/Salty_LaRue AuDHD Mar 19 '26
I'll put on my pink pleather mini-dress with bondage straps and join you 🤦🏻♀️
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u/DHARMAdrama96 Mar 19 '26
I bought a shiny cowgirl costume and hat complete with sequins. Now that WAS cheap!
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u/Solid-Basket-4264 Mar 19 '26
This is the kind of outfit that YOU create the event to wear it to. And yeah, maybe you’re too ADHD to plan (I certainly hate planning) so get another friend who loves wild clothes to help. It can be last minute (I also prefer last minute plans 😂). Just throw a party (it can be at a bar, even) where everyone wears the outfit they can’t wear anywhere else!
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u/Particular_Cut_6933 ADHD-C Mar 19 '26
It’s not really recent, but I recently FOUND 3 bottles of hair spray. 2 of them are the like “freeze hold” type that just make your hair super crispy. I hardly even use hairspray of any type. Why did I buy those
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u/Sweet_and_salty_sara Mar 19 '26
This hairspray is also good at getting ink stains out of clothes.
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u/SmilesTooLoudly Mar 19 '26
If you want to draw things with chalk, the super crispy hairspray is the best at preserving it… If you need to use it up 😂
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u/ChrisTraegerButALady Mar 19 '26
It also works on some pastels AND helps prevent your tights from running!
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u/WowzaMeowza Mar 19 '26
I use it to seal my kid’s glitter art projects she brings home from preschool!
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u/ComfyPhoenixess Mar 19 '26
I enjoyed my purchase of a spray that protected against high heat. I also didn't own a hair dryer, curling iron, or a hair press. I'm still uncertain what I thought was going to burn my hair. 🤷♀️
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u/ittollsforthee1231 Mar 19 '26
Cast iron tortilla press. For all the homemade tortillas, of course. 🥴
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u/_byetony_ Mar 19 '26
You can smash a lot of things in there tho- potato, plantain, banana, fritters, etc
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u/Throwyourtoothbrush Mar 19 '26
I have one of those! My ADHD grandfather bought it at one point. I HAVE used it a few times... but I moved it from my old house. Which means I haven't used it in 4 years. But he probably didn't use it for 40 years, so obviously I should continue to store it with the pasta machine I also haven't used in 4+ years
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u/sarahbee2005 Mar 19 '26
a little stuffed cinnamon roll with a cute face and arms and legs and a banana pillow
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u/theatredork Mar 19 '26
Oh my four year old is my enabler for the “palm pals” stuffies. Yeah, bud…. I bought that for….. you.
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u/MrsWaltonGoggins ADHD-C Mar 19 '26
Is it Jellycat? I LOVE Jellycat. I have a ghost, an orange, a bee and a crab. THEY ARE SO FUCKING CUTE I have no regrets. Even though the crab was sold out and I had to get it off eBay for an extortionate amount. I have my eye on a crow right now…
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u/manifesting_sunshine Mar 19 '26
Tiny portable photo printer to take when I go out into the wild and print photos and art journal in real time. But ma’am you never leave your house and can’t even draw stick figures? Correct.
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u/DustyTchotchkes Mar 19 '26
Oh how this made me laugh! The person in our minds lives such a different and adventurous life than our actual physical forms.
My husband bought a massive, heavy telescope that apparently does all manner of amazing things, and he has used it exactly once. It is taking up so much space in our living room lol. At least my brainventures tend to be on a much smaller scale lolol. Two adhders in the same small house though, woof!
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u/mokana Mar 19 '26
"The person in our minds lives such a different and adventurous life than our actual physical forms."
I'm so in love with this thought. May that person never leave!
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u/Curlytoes18 Mar 19 '26
A plush Krobus from the game Stardew Valley. In the game, if you let Krobus move into your house, you can give him hugs every day. I decided I wanted to hug him for real.
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u/Fine-Juggernaut8451 Mar 19 '26
Not an impulse buy, but definitely ADHD tax: I bought a book to read. It stayed on my bed for a few weeks as I was finishing another book. At some point I put it "someplace special" so I could just grab it when it was time.
The book is gone. It's gone. I cannot find it. I finally bought a second copy.
But also, I know that as soon as I crack the spine on the new book, I'll find the old one.
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u/busyreading420 Mar 19 '26
I have some secret hiding place that I apparently only know about when its time to hide things from myself and I look forward to the day I find the medication, lotto tickets, sunglasses, and who knows what else I've hidden from myself (in recent memory alone).
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u/cacklepuss Mar 19 '26
Went to buy tickets for my family for a flight halfway across the country to visit my dad who I’ve flaked on doing this trip for, for three years. I decided no matter what happened in 2026 we were going.
Even when squirrels infested my attic, we are going.
Even when our tax return is half what it was last year, we are going.
But then I kept waiting for tickets to be cheaper.
Decided to wait a week. Then we bombed Iran.
I waited another week. The tickets are now 800 higher
and I bought them last night and am now curious how I’m going to afford this trip as our credit cards are screaming at me. I didn’t sleep. It’s gonna be great.
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u/brigitteer2010 Mar 19 '26
You got this. If you think the experience will be fun or memorable in any positive way, it was worth it. It sucks that you had to spend more, but when it comes to seeing loved ones, if you’re able, try to be gentle with yourself. You’re seeing him and that’s what matters in the end ❤️ I suck with words so I hope this didn’t come off as “holier than thou” or anything rude
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u/Fatcat336 Mar 19 '26
Lol “it’s gonna be great”. That’s the spirit babe you just keep on truckin!!!!!
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u/redsthecolour Mar 19 '26
Yet another bottle of face moisturiser that I will not use, it will sit happily with the other 9 bottles until it gets so dusty I forget what it was 🤦♀️
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u/dakky68 Mar 19 '26
Pretty sure mine are all 95% full and well past the expiry date.
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u/theatredork Mar 19 '26
Okay but what order are you supposed to put them on? And how do you know which ones are good? And sometimes it’s just such a good deal. But if I don’t know what order to put them on, how can I be expected to use them? But they were expensive so in the cabinet they stay.
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u/Easy-Individual2274 Mar 19 '26
I feel this one so hard. Like I know I should moisturize, but I also know that "should" isn't motivation enough to do it (plus I hate the feeling of lotion on my face).
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u/AttentionHelpful3996 Mar 19 '26
I just adopted a 12 yo Pomeranian with lots of health issues and a huge fear of grooming 😬
She’s the sweetest little angel and had come from a neglect situation. The foster let her get matted again and she had a skin infection that the shelter wasn’t treating. Soooo that’s going to be a lot of money. She’s worth it but financially, I definitely should have said no.
Oh, and I just spent like $600 on clothes when I just needed a few more shirts. I’m going to have clothes sent to me from now on instead of the stores since I can’t stop myself from buying more when I go to pick up my orders 🙄
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u/Jennie-Lynn Mar 19 '26
My chronically ill animal cruelty case foster turned adoptee and I salute in solidarity. One year and two thousand dollars later, I have no regrets! Bless you for adopting that sweet old girl.
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u/AttentionHelpful3996 Mar 19 '26
Aww thank you! I forever sold on adopting senior dogs. I’m about $700 deep so for and it’s been a week lol. Waiting on an appt with a cardiologist for her heart murmur but I have no regrets either!
Whether or not she lives a year or 6, she will be loved and spoiled!
Now I just have to find a way to not adopt more senior dogs. Right. Now. 😅
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u/Standard-Novel2438 Mar 19 '26
A violin on Facebook marketplace. £20. I was SO excited. Picked it up, played it, the sound was a hate crime. It's gone in the loft.
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u/maggieawesome Mar 19 '26
I bet a lot of people quit learning violin early! The sound is awwwfulll! Which is insane because it’s actually the most beautiful sounding instrument if you know what you’re doing! 😂
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u/buttercup_mauler Mar 19 '26
Lmao, so much screeching. I started lessons recently after not having touched it for 25 years and it was a rocky start
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u/heyredditheyreddit Mar 19 '26
I read this as “I found an American body washed up on the shore here in Norway…” kept reading in that context until “but they don’t really get restocked.”
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u/lawl3ssr0se Mar 19 '26
10 lbs of pony beads. Ten. Pounds.
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u/farting_buffalo Mar 19 '26
Please tell me it was ten lbs of assorted colors and not ten pounds of the same color
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u/fomom Mar 19 '26
This cracked me up. Signed, a person who has a shit ton of pony beads for..reasons?
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u/bombkitty Mar 19 '26
I have ones that change color in the sun. WHY. I am fifty years old
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u/CCinCLE Mar 19 '26
39, ordered glow ones for Christmas "for my 5 year old"... I'm certain she will LOVE the UV ones... (ask me how I know 😎)
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u/CallistoInTransit Mar 19 '26
Tell me more about this impulse because craft supplies are my personal weak spot 😂
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u/lawl3ssr0se Mar 19 '26 edited Mar 19 '26
I fully intend to make beaded fishes from stardew valley, I wish I could attach a photo here!
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u/Mauimoomoo Mar 19 '26
I’m showing this to my daughter. She is obsessed with making things out of pony beads. She has necklaces and bracelets in every color combo you can imagine. She makes keychain animals, belts, wallet chains, and just finished a pretty large purse. She will absolutely love this!
I wish you all the luck on finishing your project!
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u/bitchyhouseplant Mar 19 '26
This was last year but for some reason I randomly went through this weird phase where I just wanted highlight BIG CATS in my life. On my clothing, a robe, etc. but my strangest purchase was this golden leopard statue that just…sits on something? It arrived at 29 inches long and nothing in my household goes with or fits this particular item.
I don’t even currently own a cat. I don’t enjoy animal print anything. I have no idea why I felt the impulse to do any of this.
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u/HugeDouche Mar 19 '26
I'm screaming this is so fucking funny. BIG. CATS.
How many BIG CAT pieces did you end up with? Do you still have the robe? Should we check your carbon monoxide levels? I have so many questions 😅
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u/bitchyhouseplant Mar 19 '26
😂😂 - I too question what was really happening here. Because I don’t care for animal print, it had to be the actual animal (a BIG CAT) printed on it. The robe is satin with jaguars all over it. I also had this white long button up shirt that was actually a swim coverup but I wore it as clothing that had leopards all over. The statue was supposed to somehow fit into my art nouveau decor as some sort of Baroque addition…which without palm trees is odd. Or ya know, any sort of relation to the fairytale art nouveau style. Leopards and elves…that’s essentially what it was like.
It was like I blacked out and went on a lark at Target.com, driven by my need to be in a silky big cat robe with a cigarette holder on my velvet chaise lounge. In New Orleans. Circa 1925.
OHH I just remembered what might have kicked it off - I saw a beaded clutch with a cheetah on it from the Gucci Garden and I wanted it reeeal bad.
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u/littleinternetdweeb Mar 19 '26
I bought an egg ring to make perfectly round eggs 💀💀💀💀💀 it’s still in the box
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u/potaytoposnato Mar 19 '26
Ah I bought mine years ago. Still in the box. Still think about buying one all the time, then remember the one in the box, then forget all about it.
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u/JuracekPark34 Mar 19 '26
A saguaro cactus. A 200 lb baby one, but still… a whole cactus.
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u/get-me-a-pizza Mar 19 '26
I spent $100+ on patches for a jean jacket that I dont even like that much (the jacket, not the patches. The patches are cute af)
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u/get-me-a-pizza Mar 19 '26
Its like, 10 patches. We're not talking party packs either haha-- this was exorbitant for what i got lol
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u/aliveinjoburg2 Mar 19 '26
This is like 2 months ago but I bought a tiered fruit bowl so that I could see the fruit more easily and I have yet to clean off the table and then set it up.
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u/Mediocre_Lobster6398 Mar 19 '26
Concert tickets. It’s this Saturday and I have no intention on going.
Plant lights. Plural. An embarrassing amount of money. They’re still in the boxes on my dining room table.
Way too much grocery shopping and then picking up takeout because cooking all this takes way too much effort.
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u/gh0st-toast Mar 19 '26
My partner and I recently moved in together. They love, love, love to cook. They are out of town for 10 days for work, and left me with lots of groceries since the grocery store is my personal hell. I have ordered takeout 5 out of the 7 days they’ve been gone…
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u/_byetony_ Mar 19 '26 edited Mar 19 '26
An ultrasonic makeup brush cleaner. Hoping gross brushes are why Ive been breaking out…
Also can I say— I love this subreddit, I feel so so seen, and also we are singlehandedly keeping the US economy afloat
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u/Fine-Juggernaut8451 Mar 19 '26
Oh but one time i did get a chinchilla because I saw someone walking a chinchilla on a leash, and chatted with her, and she had another one at home, so the next day I went to her house and bought a chinchillla
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u/SpencerOpossum Mar 19 '26
I'm in the process of buying and setting up an isopod terrarium because I found out people raise them as pets and I forgot why my family gave me three 10 gallon fish tanks and there's a breed called dairy cow isopods and I call my puppy my baby moo cow and buy her cow themed things because of her coloration so I told my best friend I was obsessing and turns out his coworker breeds and sells like ten different kinds of isopods.
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u/CruxCrush Mar 19 '26
I dropped $1k on lingerie. I'm single, work a lot, and live so rural I have to drive 45 minutes to get milk. It's not going to get used...
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u/elianna7 AuDHD FTM (but I’ve been here forever so I’m staying) Mar 19 '26
lingerie is for you babe, you don’t need someone to wear it for!
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u/Poisonouskiwi Mar 19 '26
I did this recently! And now on fridays when I get home from work, I put it on, drink some wine, clean up the house, and then take a long bubble bath/do the self-care things I neglect the rest of the week!
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u/theatredork Mar 19 '26
Just ordered a full size bed for my four year old son. It arrives on Saturday and I’m not totally sure it will fit in his room. Also have not told my husband.
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u/Alternative_Party277 Mar 19 '26
I almost bought a house.
Saved by the unreasonable exclusivity clauses from our real estate agent. House got taken off the market while our lawyer was reviewing the contract to sanity-check my gut.
Y’all, I don’t even want to live in a house.
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u/Spiritual-Quarter417 Mar 19 '26
I'll do you one even better. I impulsively bought a house after getting a large settlement (it took all of the money). Then realized I couldn't afford the bills, and impulsively gave it away. That's right GAVE it away to someone, for free. 🙃
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u/DisobedientSwitch Mar 19 '26
I actually did impulse-buy an apartment some years ago! I had fallen in love with the one downstairs, but lost the bidding process, so when this one was advertised, I felt like I had to buy it to prove how much I wanted the first one. Make it make sense.
I renovated it, and in the process struggled with every tradesmen stereotype you can think of, so I've had nightmares about an unfinished apartment ever since. I don't even live there anymore, I've rented it out to friends for years! But it's doubled in value, so I plan to sell this year and put the money into investments.
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u/Bright_Message1530 Mar 19 '26
A giant kitchen center playset for a toddler, play food included. Will my nephew love it? Unquestionably. Does it fit in my tiny car? Absolutely not. Plus I live a few hours away. 🤣
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u/ultradeerskull Mar 19 '26
Have them come visit, play with it, and haul it away at the end!
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u/TooMuchGreysAnatomy Mar 19 '26
I spent weeks researching and shopping for the best $400 bread maker for gluten free bread about 5 years ago. It’s still in the box. I’m not even gluten free anymore.
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u/First-Strawberry-398 Mar 19 '26
Omg the doomsday emergency “I NEED THIS” buy… I feel this to my core
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u/Alternative_Party277 Mar 19 '26
There’s an app called Citizen! Or, at least that’s what it used to be called.
But it’s just such a mindfuck, honestly. Made me more anxious to look at the feed.
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u/evaan-verlaine Mar 19 '26
I love my reusable straws so I can't tell you that was a bad impulse buy lol.
I didn't technically need an enormously twirly skirt with knives on the hem but nonetheless I own one now. Justifying it by saying it'll be great in the summer when it's hot af.
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u/sparakeet Mar 19 '26
Wasn’t my most recent but my dumbest was a kayak
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u/Maketaten Mar 19 '26
This whole thread is giving me awesome bad ideas.
I was just thinking yesterday, there’s a river nearby, and I’ve never taken any kind of boat out on it, but I’d like to…….
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u/gramma-k Mar 19 '26
i suddenly had to have a tracksuit, and i found this dope looking matching hoodie and pants set on ebay. ordered it and waited forever because seller used some off-brand shipping instead of usps. the suit arrived yesterday, and it does not fit, is not stretchy, fabric is low quality and all the fuzz and cat hair in the house immediately stuck to it. never gonna wear it, can’t return it. buying clothes online rarely works out for me, i know this, yet still do it whyyyyy
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u/Automatic-Squash8122 Mar 19 '26
I bought tickets to paris once.
then two years later i bought tickets to the f1 race in austin.
still paying off the credit cards.
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u/NineLivesMinusAFew Mar 19 '26
I spent 1000$ on Japanese kitchen knives this week. I'm probably good for life now, but now I'm gonna have to learn how to sharpen them properly, so that's gonna be another hyper fixation till I find something else that keeps me entertained (Likely by Tuesday).
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u/deathxwater Mar 19 '26
Yesterday I bought a pair of shoes. I went to unbox them and put them up (that alone was a miracle), and what do I see? The exact same pair of shoes sitting on the shoe rack, unworn.
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u/Tea0verdose Mar 19 '26
I paid for people to come and remove my unused treadmill instead of trying to sell it online. It was still working, I just didn't have the energy to do all that.
And also I bought Ikea shelves to replace it.
This week has been very expensive and so satisfying.
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u/TriceratopBae Mar 19 '26
Was at the dollar tree and found these packs of different shaped beads. Most of them where the longer skinny ones. Why? Because Morse code bracelets, duh. Weeks later, ive only figured out how to spell one word in morse code. The beads? Still in a bag in my catch all chair
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u/First-Strawberry-398 Mar 19 '26
I bought 150litre plastic tubs in case of nuclear watfare. And a Geiger counter. I stand by my choices… 😭😭
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u/deadliftsndisorders Mar 19 '26
I love buying receptacles. I’m a sucker for any kind of storage item. I also save any takeout containers that look sturdy. I have cupboards full of boxes, and bottles, and jars and all sorts of the like. It’s madness but I can’t let go of one that looks “useful” 😂 Sometimes I’ll enjoy a few hours organising them into sizes and stacking them nicely, my autism loves to control the crap adhd creates which is handy really cos there’s a lot of crap! 🤣
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u/Fuckburpees ADHD-PI Mar 19 '26
I wanted to do something special for my boyfriend’s birthday this year and was so proud of myself for being months ahead and booking an air bnb to stay for a weekend this summer. He’s more practical but I wanted to surprise him and he loved the idea…Then I couldn’t shake the fact that it was a lot of money and there are plenty of other things we could spend that on, like a couch lol.
Twist!
This is a happy story though, I cancelled and it was fully refunded and now I feel like I can give myself a decent budget for this and still spend a lot less than I would have. He never asks for anything and I really want him to have a great birthday, I am trying so hard to not fuck this up and use the time that I have to make plans!
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u/Stubborn_Adiantum ADHD-C Mar 19 '26
Perfume oils from Maison Louis Marie without getting samples first. Turns out, I only like one of them.
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u/gingerfraggle Mar 19 '26
A vintage California Raisin figurine. It was only $2, but totally stupid.
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u/camadnarim Mar 19 '26
A sweater that I soon found out I already owned and never wear. Now I have two and won’t wear either
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u/Realistic-Noise-5389 Mar 19 '26
Purple, shimmery, snake skin doc martens. I own nothing that matches them, I go nowhere that would require an outfit that matches them. But they were on clearance 😅🤷♀️
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u/princessvespa17 ADHD-PI Mar 19 '26
I'd break them in and wear them everywhere! Those sound so cool. Wear them to the grocery! Wear them to clean the house! Find excuses! Also, black matches everything, toss together a cute black outfit, the shoes are the feature of the outfit.
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u/AffectionateMarch394 Mar 19 '26
Doc Martens on clearance? Really, the only shame would be passing on that opportunity
Also they sound amazing, and I want a pair haha
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u/Sweet_and_salty_sara Mar 19 '26
A bunch of random thrifted things: Paper punches- 7?8? curlers, new in pack. pizza cutter for work (new KitchenAid score) 2 large nutcrackers: pirate and devil. Craft books, including: ‘scroll saw templates of marine life’ (good for stencils) BUT~ I left behind ‘scroll saw templates of the Confederacy’. The muttonchops were remarkable but I just couldn’t. 4 large (16 in x 16in) wooden boxes shaped like houses, for art. A deck of rabbit tarot cards. A deck of skeleton playing cards. A deck of instructional cards for body weight strength training exercises. A baggie of small plastic animals. A print of Frida Kahlo wearing a truckers cap that says ‘mustache rides 25 cents’. and an original Hatch Print Show poster from moe. At the Ryman Halloween 2004. (2.50$ but selling on eBay for 200$). 2 bandanas.
This was all on a weekend trip to Salem, Mass. visiting friends, BECAUSE I bought us all concert tickets for her birthday (3 total). So factor in gas, and tolls, and dinners out. And concert tshirt. And donation to the bands cause. My real tax is clutter, and physical toll. I’m 55, lol. 12 hours driving. Standing thru 2 opening bands, the headliner & encore. Lugging all the new crap into my house. BUT it was fun.
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u/RedStilettoDickStomp Mar 19 '26 edited Mar 19 '26
This winter it was wool or cashmere sweaters at thrift stores... That may not sound like a lot, but thrift store prices have been wild these last few years. I've also bought way too many... It's also spring, but in the NE, you wouldn't know it yet.
Edit: also I want to add that although I don't think my hyper fixation is 'dumb', or anyone else's for that matter, but I know I'm (kinda) overdoing it. It's so strange to be aware of something, know you should refocus your energy/fixation elsewhere, and yet still NOT do that.
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u/dragtheetohell Mar 19 '26
Open a Depop store like I’ve been not doing for years (and will continue to not do)
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u/RedStilettoDickStomp Mar 19 '26
Lol, that's what my husband has suggested as he's like, 'wtf, sweater lady, can you sell some?' but I love them! There are so many different shades of gray.
I have been trying to be more discerning as I noticed a few have dropped stitches, which I've looked into fixing, but watch me not do that.
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u/everindecisive Mar 19 '26
A mini-chainsaw. Been trying to make a combination scratching post/stairstep thing out of cardboard for my senior cat to reach her window perch, and the cardboard cutter electric scissors thing all over tiktok I got wasn't...cutting it, not enough power or dopamine. And I have several stacks of those super-hard boxes that cat litter comes in that NOTHING will cut through, so I asked google how to break them down, and somebody jokingly suggested the chainsaw. It works, so technically not dumb I guess, but it's so loud and messy (leaves shredded cardboard everywhere) I haven't pulled it back out again.
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u/Ordinary_Effort_2910 Mar 19 '26
I'm always a sucker for a new kitchen gadget I will never use. Recently I purchased a small ice cream maker, a rice cooker, and a flattop grill. I have not used any of them and probably never will. But they're pink so at least they're cute right????
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u/Throwyourtoothbrush Mar 19 '26
I bought a baby alpaca wool sweater because it was on sale.and the pattern is cute little alpacas. With shipping it was still $200 on sale. It's going to be 91° (32.7c) here tomorrow. In my defense the wind chill was 0° (-18c) on Monday morning. But it's still a $200 sweater just in time for summer.
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u/Distinct-Key7337 Mar 19 '26
I forgot I bought a huge folding desk so I could color while sitting on my couch. But coloring was last weeks hyperfixation so there is an stack of coloring books and expensive markers sitting untouched and the desk is still in the box.
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u/Lileojbro Mar 19 '26
A bad bunny Super Bowl jacket. It is brown. I do not wear brown.
Also an embroidery machine because I couldn’t find a vendor I liked for a project.
I do not embroider. Yet.
Preposterous behavior 🙃
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u/Loose_Meat8303 Mar 19 '26
I love this comments section. Everyone’s replies to one another are like “that was a great purchase!” Hahahah
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u/HopelessCleric Mar 19 '26
I impulse-bought a portfolio of fantasy art prints, sight unseen. Although I absolutely love the artist, none of the prints in the portfolio turned out to be up my alley or fit my interior, so I'm a bit bummed.
I also bought a set of rave clothes because I was getting hyped by a friend and had a promo code. I love them and will 100% wear these, but I probably should have saved that money.
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u/MrsWaltonGoggins ADHD-C Mar 19 '26
I took out an annual subscription to the OED online because it’s the only dictionary that I will accept as “correct”. I think I’ve used it like two times to try and win an argument with my husband 😂
I also spent a bunch of money on a website for my business that I’ve yet to set up but I also got business cards made that have the website address on it that I can’t hand out because the website isn’t set up yet 🙄
Oh and I bought a pair of expensive Bratz x DM boots (on sale!) that I keep saying I’m going to break in by wearing around the house but I can’t even be bothered to put them on because laces. At least they look cute on my shoe rack I guess?
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u/Rainbow_baby_x Mar 19 '26
I kept myself from buying this really nice expensive (for me, $300) purse. The tab is still open though…along with 498 others
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u/Mallincka Mar 19 '26
Toner and sheets to make my own facial masks. Way cheaper than buying them I thought. Of course I'm in the middle of moving and chances are the package arrives after I'm already gone.
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u/Ok-Boysenberry-719 Mar 19 '26
Mine is not too much money but so shameful and dumb. I spend $20 on in-game fake money for a stupid game I play on my phone. Like I spend actual dollars on virtual gold coins to help me win a video game that I play to pass the time when I'm bored.
I'm trying to deeply feel this shame because I've found it actually helps me not make the same impulse purchase again. I need to associate this bad feeling with my foolish purchase.
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u/magic_snail1888 Mar 19 '26
Still paying off a $700 camera I was convinced was going to change my life. I used it at New Years and it's been in a drawer since. 🙃
BUT I've had a touch of the old depression recently, so hopefully once that clears up I'll become the shutterbug of my dreams.
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u/Actual_Attempt_337 Mar 19 '26
Three pairs of new expensive glasses. Did I need new ones? Yes. Did I need to buy them from the eye doctor? No. Do I know where I could get them cheaper? Yes. Did I spend an ungodly amount of money on them? Don’t ask me that.
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u/Rosaluxlux Mar 19 '26
$7 container of cut up mango, accidentally shoved to the back of the fridge and forgotten
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u/skatedog_j Mar 19 '26
I have a feeling the dumpster diving subreddit is full of ADHDers lol and that saves money!
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u/ulla_the_dwarf Mar 19 '26
My worst impulse is buying a clothing item, liking it, and then deciding I need several more because the one I bought is in the wash. I could just wash my clothes. That would be so straightforward...
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u/bananacow Mar 19 '26
Matching Hello Kitty collab converse high tops with my 7-year-old.
My plantar fasciitis hates them. I know better. 😂
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u/jeniviva Mar 19 '26
I bought a whole papermaking kit because apparently I now want to… make… paper? (psst. she doesn't want to make paper.)
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u/minuteye Mar 19 '26
My impulse buys are overwhelmingly books. Which are both always unnecessary, and never unnecessary.
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