Regretted Purchases.

pascal30

You could sleep on it,, under a sheet. Then have a light duvet on top.. I find I keep really warm in an unheated bedroom in the winter by doing this..

I have just bought a heavyweight wool duvet for underneath the sheet.

Our top duvet is only 10.5 tog. The whole bed is warm and you don't feel like you are being pinned down by a heavy duvet. We have a king sized bed and king sized duvet. I can't image a double duvet. I would be uncovered for most of the night!

I bought the wool duvet instead of a mattress topper. Plus I prefer natural fibres to man made.

Also the cost:

Wool duvet - £60
Mattress topper (memory foam) - £150.

I did Middlemarch for A level, and really struggled. It is a book about marriage, about a dozen in all, and at 16, what does one know about marriage?

I read it again at about 40, then - at 70 I studied it at an evening class with a brilliant teacher and now I love it. It is a book of its time and unless you have the knowledge of the period and its social background, you cannot plumb the books full complexity - but it is still a good read at any level.

Hellsbelles

I'm getting to the stage of why keep stuff I don't use or wear . It takes up a place physically and sometimes in our mind . Pass onto charity or someone you know will appreciate it .

I'm getting to the stage of why keep stuff I don't use or wear . It takes up a place physically and sometimes in our mind.

I will keep repeating that.

I've just offered that expensive duvet to someone, used for two nights only 🙂
It seemed too good for the dogs' home.

Calendargirl

At the risk of sounding miserly Witzend, it is just too good to give to a rescue centre.

If it were old and worn out, but it’s not.

I agree , if it is still packaged then donate to Charity Shop otherwise homeless hostels

Youngatheart51 just make a little "hill" or ridge down the middle when you put it on the bed. You won't trip on it then.

Calendargirl

*Paddyann*. Good point.

I keep hanging on to it because if we get a really cold winter, I shall probably use it again.

But the last few winters have been fairly mild, on the whole.

I know you are in Scotland, so probably colder there.

And MissA, I would feel obliged to have it laundered and dried before passing it on, don’t know if it would fit in a commercial washer even, and to have it professionally cleaned….no wonder people just buy a new duvet when one is grubby, there must be hundreds going to landfill.

Take them to Dunelm.

They have a recycling scheme for textiles including duvets, pillows, cushions etc.
Check first but there is usually a large cage in the foyer.
They will not rot in landfill.

Calendar Girl
Oh yes , I am sure I have a few but the last was a Sofa & Chair delivered in time for Christmas last year . I had my mind set on a particular style & colour . Tbh there was nothing wrong with our 8 year old previous purchase Sofa & Chair ( Ercol )
6 months later my son has both pieces as lucky for us we failed in our bid to sell the Ercol , it sat in the garage until July .
What was wrong with the newer purchase ?
It wasn’t as comfy built more for style & brought because it suited the mid century vibe of my lounge !

NotSpaghetti

I have ^no faith in the Valspar system cc unfortunately.
I have tried it with both a mustard and a green and it was a total waste of money.

I suggested she use my free paint on just a couple of walls but she doesn't want that.

Basically I think we are both usually pretty picky colour wise - In this case I thought I could just accept it as it was for a spare room.... I probably would have done when the children were small to be honest.

I m sure that if you choose wisely you can donate to a charity retail or other wise

Gin

A bread maker sitting in the spare bedroom wardrobe! Bought in lockdown but OH massacres any loaf if he has to cut a slice and prefers supermarket sliced. I eat one slice a day so was throwing more away than was eaten. Now I cannot give the damned thing away.

A very expensive dress and shoes bought for a special garden party. It might as well go to the charity shop as I will never wear it again.

Sell the dress & shoes on Vinted make some money 💰

Naughtyneine

Here are the boots...😂

Very nice casual boots , you should definitely wear them . They will look great at Christmas 🎄

My latest regret is an insulated coffee cup thing. It’s so well insulated you can’t tell the temperature of your drink till you sip it through the tiny hole - I burn my tongue every time!

For the lady with the unwanted duvet - I use mine folded up to make a mattress topper for the sofa bed I have in the guest room- another poor purchase - it’s like sleeping on a dining table unless you pad it out a lot!

Naughtyneine

Here are the boots...😂

Get 'em worn, they are really cheery .

M0nica

I did Middlemarch for A level, and really struggled. It is a book about marriage, about a dozen in all, and at 16, what does one know about marriage?

I read it again at about 40, then - at 70 I studied it at an evening class with a brilliant teacher and now I love it. It is a book of its time and unless you have the knowledge of the period and its social background, you cannot plumb the books full complexity - but it is still a good read at any level.

I did Portrait of a Lady for A level and I think I loathed every word - and each sentence contained at least thirty words - of it. Verbose and boring in the extreme. Perhaps l might one day be persuaded to try it again, but, over forty years later, I am still filled with horror and anger at the very thought of the wretched book. Scarred for life!

A Dyson stick-type vacuum cleaner - expensive but a mediocre performance from day one. Got it looked at while it was under guarantee and the engineer agreed it wasn't working correctly, replaced the battery and a good half of it's innards but it's always been pretty useless and doesn't pick up very well - can only clean downstairs before the battery runs out and I usually revert to a dustpan and brush and get a better result. And no, we only have a modest sized house, it's not a mansion with acres of floor space!
A George Foreman grill - all that's good for is catching dust, and a Multi Chef gadget which has multiple ways of cooking food and was quite good until the temperature control knob broke off and it's now unusable. Him Indoors won't hear of throwing it out, as he says he'll mend it....... one day......

Musicgirl

M0nica

I did Middlemarch for A level, and really struggled. It is a book about marriage, about a dozen in all, and at 16, what does one know about marriage?

I read it again at about 40, then - at 70 I studied it at an evening class with a brilliant teacher and now I love it. It is a book of its time and unless you have the knowledge of the period and its social background, you cannot plumb the books full complexity - but it is still a good read at any level.

I did Portrait of a Lady for A level and I think I loathed every word - and each sentence contained at least thirty words - of it. Verbose and boring in the extreme. Perhaps l might one day be persuaded to try it again, but, over forty years later, I am still filled with horror and anger at the very thought of the wretched book. Scarred for life!

That was on the syllabus for an OU course I did. I do enjoy a lot of Victorian fiction, but I really don’t like Henry James at all - sentences that ramble on for half a page….

Middlemarch, OTOH, one of my favourites ever.

Madmeg

My list would be endless. Trouble is DH insists that everything "might be useful" so won't get rid of anything.

Reminds me of my late MIL She never gave anything away or threw it out, because "it might come in handy one day".
She had too many memories of her poverty stricken childhood to part with anything.

our current home

To use your book. Get a plastic or cardboard box with less dimensions than the thickness of the book. Use as a template and cut out from pages from the book When your hole is big enough put the box in, hide your "valuables" stacked on your shelf in the middle of other books. Well read and no guilt unless it is from destroying a book

Salad spinner - took up way too much room in the cupboard for infrequent use. Air fryer - just didn’t like using it!
Shoes with heels for formal events-wear them once then hate them for being so uncomfortable.
Got rid of loads of unused kitchen stuff, furniture and clothes when downsizing earlier this year and don’t miss any of it.

@witzend .... animal charities in the UK don't take duvets because dogs rip them up and swallow the stuffing, which can cause intestinal obstruction, so please DO NOT donate it to a pet charity.

Just remembered -
Captain Corelli's Mandolin

...should never have bought it.
Can't ever finish it!

ordinarygirl

our current home

Oh no!
That is quite a drastic mistake, ordinarygirl.
Are you able to move?

A Vax carpet shampooer. Far too heavy to use. Gave it away. A 'shabby chic' sofa. It looked so untidy every time someone sat on it, that I spent my life thumping the cushions back into shape. Eventually Gave it away. My Kitchen Aid - I absolutely loathed it. Gave it away and replaced it with a wonderful food processor which makes far better cakes.

NotSpaghetti

Just remembered -
Captain Corelli's Mandolin

...should never have bought it.
Can't ever finish it!

I was like that with The Shadow of the Wind. Until I started chatting to someone on a train and he asked me where I’d got to in the book. He then pointed to a chapter further on and said that’s where I gave up. So I did too. Loved Captain Corellis Mandolin, though, but I did read it on a Greek Beach so it was the right book at the right time. I was so disappointed with the film, though.

They're a scary bit of kit aren't they Marydoll. Sorry to hear of your mishap, that sounds nasty. Mine went back in the box and straight to the charity shop.