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BlueBelle Thu 05-Jan-17 06:07:11

I too am guilty of this have a number of very similar clothes because I like it and have forgotten I had it

I have sent the same present to my friend twice because I knew she'd love it ....dah

About 10 years ago I visited my son in NZ and brought a few presents back recently I was at my friends house and asked to use her loo when I came out I said to her I love that Paua shell ornament in there her answer ' you silly bugger you brought it me'

ninathenana Thu 05-Jan-17 01:07:19

I buy a fortnightly magazine and on more than one occasion have bought the same one twice only realising when I'm half way through reading the second copy.

grannyqueenie Wed 04-Jan-17 22:59:06

Or it could be a salmon mousse grin

NanKate Wed 04-Jan-17 22:32:55

Just eat it Greenfinch it could be delicious. smile

Greenfinch Wed 04-Jan-17 22:18:56

I find clothes in my cupboard that I have no memory of buying. Today I got a dessert out of thefreezer that I made before Christmas. Not only do I not remember making it but I havent a clue about what it is supposed to be !

MissAdventure Wed 04-Jan-17 21:58:03

I usually have to phone people back, after listening carefully and making "uh ha, yes of course" noises, because I've forgotten what they told me..
I've always claimed its because my mind is overloaded with everyone else's appointments, shopping lists, etc. hmm

NanKate Wed 04-Jan-17 21:40:26

How I emphasthize with you Rubylady I often wonder if I have taken my morning tablets or am I remembering the ones I took yesterday ? hmm

I buy a top which is virtually the same as others I possess

I go to get the tea out from the cupboard and I am in the wrong cupboard shock I know perfectly well which cupboard it's in.

I now make myself look carefully when I have lost something because it is often where It should be, but like you I don't see it the first time.

The list is endless.

I hate getting old and forgetful.

grannypiper Wed 04-Jan-17 21:38:42

I called my Doctors repeat prescription line and when the lady answered the phone i had no idea what on earth i had called for, she laughed and went down my list of meds but it was a no to all of them until she started on my DH list, it was his medication i wanted to order. confused

DaphneBroon Wed 04-Jan-17 21:27:50

rubylady you are talking to the person who not only bought a book from the Oxfam book shop without realising she had read it before, but when I opened it, whose name was inside?
My own blush

Christinefrance Wed 04-Jan-17 21:08:35

No you are not alone, I often duplicate book purchases and over stock toiletries. I'm too old to blame the menopause so for me must be an age thing.

rubylady Wed 04-Jan-17 20:57:43

I am going to have my DS call the men in the white van! I went to purchase some soya capsules, to help with these menopause symptoms. I was sure I already had done so, so looked for the packet. No, nowhere to be seen. None in my drawer, none in the cupboard, none on the table. Oh well, I'll get some then. Not cheap, not expensive but money better spent if already got some, obviously.

Packet came yesterday, yippee, took a couple, over the day, ok. Then, just now, coming back in from the kitchen, a packet of the very same capsules sitting on my tea trolley! Why hadn't I seen it? So, 120 capsules now to get through! hmm

I do this all the time, especially with dvd's and cd's. I buy them, thinking I haven't got them and then I find out (usually from a laughing DS) that I already had a copy.

Do other people buy replicas and then find the original? Or am I really going to the dogs? confused