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What is your OS compulsion?

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  • pigpen
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    I once had over 50 bottles of fabric conditioner in my cupboard... along with 15 bags of dishwasher tablets. I had 5 boxes of teabags.. with over 800 in a box..

    I have 19 tubes of toothpaste in a drawer in my room.

    I once didn't buy shampoo or bubble bath for... 3 years!!!!!!
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  • tessie_bear
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    my latest is baking bread...iv really got in to it...iv taken to standing in the flour isle admiring all the different types of bread flour and thinking which i will try next...then i go to the seeds and look at all the different possible toppings...today i also went to admire the different loaf tins
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  • missychrissy
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    Oh dear - I think I recognise myself in most of you!
  • Valli
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    pigpen wrote: »
    along with 15 bags of dishwasher tablets.


    Mr M's have a half price offer on on Finish atm - box of 42 for £5 instead of (they claim) £10

    I'm quite tempted to get some in - for when I DO get a dishwasher :rotfl:

    I do like to peg out my washing rather than use the TD;)
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  • dreamyd
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    I'm so pleased to read this thread and realise I'm not alone in my compulsion. I too am obsessed with BOGOF's and any similar price reduction for anything I can store. It really has paid off though, as I never have to pay full price for anything. I've also learned the cyclic timing of the BOGOF's in Boots, M&S and Sainsbury's. "

    Any chance of letting a few more of us into the secret?;)
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  • marmiterulesok
    marmiterulesok Posts: 7,812 Forumite
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    edited 17 May 2011 at 5:26PM
    I cannot function without a weekly/monthly budget.

    I also would find it strange to buy bread/cakes/yoghurt/jams etc. as I have become so used to making my own.So maybe that's a compulsion.

    NSDs are another compulsion,though I am struggling a bit this month.

    ETA Packed lunches to work-a definite compulsion!
  • valentina
    valentina Posts: 1,016 Forumite
    Making jam and chutney - I've got a problem and I admit it!
    :o
    (and a cupboard full of the stuff!)
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