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I browze fridges. And you? (lighthearted thread)

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giulia Sun 13-Feb-22 12:04:41

I know it's weird but whenever I enter a large store of electrical appliances I just have to go to the fridge section. I inspect and criticize very one. Never cookers or washing machines or dryers. Only fridges.

It's not as if I can change mine every year and as I have a very small, fitted kitchen with inserted fridge, cannot even indulge in one of those big, double door ones with water/ice distributors etc.

I also enjoy stationer's and hardware shops bat those are more banal.

Does anyone else share my "passion" or have one equally strange?

Snowbell Thu 17-Feb-22 08:06:33

Just love browsing around Lakeland, Wilco and Dunelm!

BigBertha1 Tue 15-Feb-22 12:17:07

Cushions and cooking pots for me.

giulia Tue 15-Feb-22 12:03:39

Alioop

I'm obsessed with storage, so baskets, boxes and containers are my go to. IKEA do loads, I have a great time there, plus while I'm there I have to lift packets of their tealights.

Yes! Boxes and containers are quite exciting but often far too expensive to be justified and, when I do buy, always that bit too small for what I want to contain. Grrr!

giulia Tue 15-Feb-22 11:59:32

JaneA

Frying pans and socks

Very original! I wonder why...

giulia Tue 15-Feb-22 11:55:37

WonderBra

Guilia - have you found our PM in any of them?

So far, no.....!

loopyloo Tue 15-Feb-22 10:22:02

Books, especially those that might solve lifes problems. Positive thinking, decluttering, cookery, diets........

JackyB Tue 15-Feb-22 08:35:39

All of the above: stationery, household linen and china, toys, gadgets, haberdashery, fabrics, even computer accessories. Not books (all those trees shock )

Although I am phasing out plastic bottles and tubes in the bathroom, I do love studying the imaginative concoctions for shampoos and shower gels. I don't get anywhere these days apart from the local supermarkets, so these are my small pleasures at the moment.

Nannina Tue 15-Feb-22 07:09:02

Wool shops- I can get lost in them. I also love a good cheese shop/stall and enjoy unusual flavours. My latest purchase was a cheddar type with the addition of Henderson relish (might only be known to Yorkshire folk) delicious!

Grandnana Mon 14-Feb-22 18:27:05

Stationery shops and ironmongers here.

Mollygo Mon 14-Feb-22 17:38:12

Kitchen showrooms. I’d love a new one.

Pedwards Mon 14-Feb-22 17:23:11

kittylester

Kitchenware and pots, especially small bowls. We have loads of small bowls! blush

Ooh yes, small bowls for me too! Also jugs, don’t ask me why, I just do

ginny Mon 14-Feb-22 17:20:54

I avoid most shops normally. However I can’t pass by any type of craft or art shop.

Happysexagenarian Mon 14-Feb-22 16:47:38

Children's books! Whether it's a bookshop or the supermarket, if I disappear my DH always knows where to find me, and I invariably buy one.... or two, or three...

And I won't even mention the fabric shops, stationers and old fashioned sweet shops - mmmm!

Bluedaisy Mon 14-Feb-22 16:04:45

Stationary shops and craft shop obsessed

Callistemon21 Mon 14-Feb-22 15:52:38

Wool /fabric shops I love. It’s like Mecca to me. browsing lovely colours and thinking what I could make

I hardly dare go into a yarn shop - I'd only add to my stash grin

JaneJudge Mon 14-Feb-22 15:21:03

I went to my hardware shop this morning and bought a beeswax block, some paint stripper, some dressmaking pins and a file grin I almost bought some scissors..

Lizzie44 Mon 14-Feb-22 15:16:57

Bookshops and stationery shops. I have drawers full of notebooks, notecards, greetings cards, postcards, sticky notes/index markers, pencils. When my family ask what I want for Christmas or birthday I invariably say " just some nice stationery or a nice tablet of soap and hand towel". I've very much turned into my mother.
I run a mile at any sign of a Lakeland. I was traumatised by my late MIL who adored every Lakeland product and constantly went on about how I needed a this and a that to rest my spoon on, measure out my cling film...

Lilypops Mon 14-Feb-22 15:16:02

Wool /fabric shops I love. It’s like Mecca to me. browsing lovely colours and thinking what I could make, also stationery shops , I think I have a thing about pens and notepaper sets. Maybe a throwback to when I was a child and had to write Thankyou letters to Aunties at Christmas and for birthday presents ,

acornlady Mon 14-Feb-22 15:07:40

I have a thing about hardware shops. I love checking out small kitchen gadgets and utensils especially when abroad as there could be something wonderful that isn't available in GB. Fortunately, DH loves ironmongers too.

Keffie12 Mon 14-Feb-22 14:45:07

The small gadget and baking accessories department in Lakelsnd

grandtanteJE65 Mon 14-Feb-22 14:37:09

I like going round department stores, but sadly there are hardly any left.

Furniture and clothes are my thing, although I certainly don't need or even want more of either.

Nor can I resist toy shops - they bring back all the wonder of being a child and longing for a whole toy store.

I am putting off going to the cat and dog home for two new kittens, as I know I will want every single cat they have! I think I shall ask if they need a volunteer - extra mum for homeless cats would suit me just fine, once we have made out choice and brought two kittens or half-grown cats home with us.

HillyN Mon 14-Feb-22 14:33:22

I always loved browsing a good charity shop but my recent passion is for hot tubs. Whenever we are anywhere that has them on display I am drawn to them and could spent forever comparing the capacity, seating, finishes, number and position of jets etc. My DH drags me away with a grin and a "No, you are not having one!"
I know, but I can dream....

narrowboatnan Mon 14-Feb-22 14:27:21

Books in bookshops, second hand book stalls, charity shops. Somehow, like a pin to a magnet, they draw me in

Esspee Mon 14-Feb-22 14:15:10

Callistemon21

My DH had a shave at the Turkish barbers, they also deal with nose and ear hair if anyone's interested ?

My OH, who will only get his haircut on pensioner’s day because he can be tight with money when spending on himself (generous with others) happily spends an extra pound to have his nasal hair waxed. I am so glad he does as nothing is more off putting than nasal hair.

Lucca Mon 14-Feb-22 14:07:22

Used to be so many lovely shops in KL. But last time I was there a few had sadly closed…