Over the years, even though I’ve been very careful, I’ve bought some crap.  I think we are all guilty of buying crap at one time or another.  Crap comes in many varied forms:

• Products that have promised the earth and under-delivered ie lemons!
• Product you think your going to use, then get them and don’t (ie fitness equipment)
• Fads and Trends (ie YoYo’s)
• Anything that comes in a showbag or you get for free
• Any clothing we promise ourselves we’ll get into when we lose weight.

How to Avoid Buying Useless Crap

I find I buy useless crap when I’m at a point of weakness.  Boredom, stressed, when your not thinking rationally. I know I tend to buy crap if I have a breakout of pimples, the self esteem gets a bit low and I like to look for things to either cure it, or cheer me up a bit!  The sad thing is that the sales pitch that usually goes with the crap is very seductive….  it’s no wonder we all fall for it now and again. Crap is everywhere, daytime television is full of it – they target us housewifes because we are the ones with the buying power! You can’t walk into a shop without being seduced by every item.

What to do with crap?

Sell it on ebay! Or burn it!

List of Crap I have Bought:

• Fad Steam Mop
• Fat Tax Machine (ie rowing machine)
• Fat Tax Machine II (ie elliptical trainer)
• Fat Tax Machine III (ie one of those fitness balls that you can’t stash anywhere because they are too big)
• Hypercolour T-shirt – both colours, both washed in hot water the first time, then they never worked again.
• Ahh Bra – now I can show off my saggy boobs in bright pink spandex
• Bold and the Beautiful Coffee Cups (I Love you Ridge on one side, I Love you Logan, on the other….)
• A Cookie Cutter Piping Thing – the fact I bought it off ebay should have been a warning.  It’s now a ‘gun’ for my 5yo.

What sort of crap have you bought and wasted your precious money on???

Guest Blog by Freda McFishntackle, Freda (or Federica for short) is a mother of two from Queensland with a wry sense of humour and a mortgage you could trip over.  Admittedly terrible with money, it’s her goal to get back on track in 2011/12/13/14.