Hoarders Anonymous!

lainz

Hi

I'm lainz and I'm a food and toiletry hoarder:o . I can't bear for my cupboards to be bare and the thought of running out of something brings me out in a rash!:eek:

I thought I would start a thread as I'm sure I'm not the only one.

C'mon guys confess all!

........ but it was a BOGOF .......!!

chocolate.orange_2

Holds my hand up that i have been like that in the past ... I could never walk past a bargain.

I must say i am alot better now than i used to be

beemuzed

Ah yes..this sounds familliar! Caught myself only this morning buying two bottles of hot pepper sauce "as they don't last long"! At one time I had rows of tinned goods resembling a supermarket shelf, but I have broken myself of that now. Try to make sure I list what I'm just using up, rather than having two or three of everything in stock.

looby-loo_2

Count me in too - food, fabric, seeds, boxes, clothes, kitchen gadgets

(but not toiletries)

aurorahelios

Oh yeah, this is me, but I am trying so hard to break the cycle! I've now been on store cupboard challenges for all cleaning products, bath products and food for about 2 years now. Stocks are slowly going down but not very fast! I still haven't learnt to say no to really good bargains tho I am getting better. The food one seems to be the most problematic!

mary43

And me.................not so much food though I hate running low on stuff........but everything else.........well, I can't resist it, got to have it, got to keep it, can't part with it cos its too painful (even a bit of material I've bought................lol).
Its almost like an illness...............but I;m getting better.......I think...........lol

beemuzed

Hmm, just realised that I only mentioned food... have to hold up my hands to several other hoards too: magazines, fabric, knitting wool, patterns, cards...OK I need to declutter! Help!

Sugarhunny1

OHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhh i'm so bad at this! I have a full cupboard of tins/loo rolls/cereals although (now this is me trying to justify it, LOL) my OH had coupons from Tesco and he managed to get 2 x £100 shops for £50 total. So we stocked up big style. We have had to take a cupboard from DD bedroom! Will be trying to use it up before we do another huge shop though and just get fresh stuff.

Sugar xxx

donny-gal

Guilty as charged!
DG

lil_me

There isn't much I don't have a stash of.................years supply (at least) of washing powder, stardrops, soda crystals, shower gel, and much much more, not much space left here, under stairs cupboard is my cleaning cupboard :rotfl: under my bed I think there is at least 30 loo rolls, more in the cupboard.......toiletries stash is in the airing cupboard, bottom of my wardrobe (in big boxes) and in the bathroom. 50+ wilkinsons delivery boxes within a few weeks, took some work putting it all away..should have seen me when I realised I only had 3 boxes of washing powder left before I stocked up again, was in a right frenzy..Food wise not so bad, 7 cupboards I am limited to are all full, on the tops of the cupboards are full, on top of the fridge and 2 huge boxes I have for 'supplies'.....ok maybe bad to some, that with 2 full freezers I know we'll never starve. Crazy thing is I still buy more.

I sort of know why, after going through several very rough years, full decade really, where sometimes the freezer was empty as were the cupboards and I had to borrow washing powder to clean the boys clothes, now money isn't so tight it's like a comfort for me. To be honest it isn't all bad, the cleaning stuff was all bought on offer, saves me lugging the heavy stuff back from the shops, bulky stuff like loo rolls too. I'm not willing to let go of my comfort thing, not just yet, you can't see most of it as it's put away and well hidden so doesn't bother me. Just trying to run one freezer down makes me feel uncomfortable.

apple_mint

I use my hoard as my corner shop :-) When I run out of something in the pantry I pop upstairs to the spare room to replenish. I replace the 'spares' on the next monthly shop - but only at a price I think is good value.