Every time I shop, I’m convinced we’re out of the good tissues (puffs plus, btw) and I’ll buy another box.
Weird compulsion, have about 15 boxes now in the linen closet. I’m running out of room for the towels!! :smack:
Do you have things that you are compelled to buy, that you don’t really need??
Lately it’s toothbrushes. The brand I like has been 2-for-1, so I’ll pick up a couple of packages if I think about it. It’s not like they’ll go bad or anything…
You can never buy enough toilet paper. There should be a closet or cabinet devoted to nothing but toilet paper. There should be at least two unopened packs of toilet paper in all bathrooms at all times. There should always be one roll of tp on the tp dispenser and a spare sitting on the back of the toilet in each bathroom at all times. The tp should also be two ply.
[sub]Why no, I am not obsessed with the idea that I might run out of toilet paper. Whatever gave you that idea?[/sub]
AMEN on the toilet paper.
And in this household, I seem to forever be buying Gatorade. I just can’t fill the cabinet with enough! And considering I’m not drinking any of it, it appears I live with a Gatorade lush.
Diet Coke!
and Chedder Cheese.
swampbear, you & my Mom are from the same school of thought. 
I was talking to her the other day on the phone and I mentioned that I needed to go to the store - she asked what for & I told her I was out of TP. She was flabbergasted that any child of hers didn’t have at least 24 rolls in the house at all times. (I am single with no kids - not like I need a huge TP Reserve). Anyway, to humor her (mostly), I bought the huge Family Pack.
She OTOH, always has about 72 rolls or more in the house.
I’d say pop in general. For a long time I thought I was overstocked on Coke, and I could never pass up the sales at the supermarket even if I knew I already had six or seven twelve-packs back home. I realized that after deciding to let my overstock deplete I’d buy some. Unfortunately for the past two weeks they haven’t had Coca-Cola products on sale, just Pepsi products, which I don’t mind, but would rather have Coke (just my preference, not trying to start a cola war here.) Now I am out and I will need to find another store that has a good buy on it.
As a bachelor who can’t cook, I’d also have to say that I can never have enough cans of soup, ravioli, chili, etc. in the cupboard.
Shoes! It’s not like I ever run out out, but come on, Shoes!
Beer! I always seem to run out. Or at least run low on some whacky Belgian Trappist beer. To run out completely would be a crime against Bacchus
Diet Coke. I’m right there with ya on that one, GaryM.
Trident Bubblegum flavoured gum.
And pretty panties.
Sweetened Condensed Milk.
Mmmmmm.
Im a secret hoarder Fairychatmom style (i.e. I keep finding it 2 for 1) of…
…Herbal Essences Shampoo.
Which, according to my girlfriend, is just plain wrong for a man to be doing.
Coffee (dh)
Dr. Pepper (me)
Death to any child who dares drink the last can/glass of Dr. Pepper at night, forcing me to get behind the wheel of a car at the buttcrack of dawn to get more. :mad: :mad: It’s gotten so ugly that my kids warn their friends not to drink any Dr. Pepper while visiting here, so as not to rattle my cage.
Jell-O and root beer.
What?
Lipstick. I only wear it about once a week, when I think of it and I’m feeling glamorous, but if I see some on sale, or a new display, or a coupon for it, I always end up buying it. I have more lipstick in my medicine cabinet than anyone should…and most of it’s only been worn once.
I still have a weird compulsion to buy more of the stuff.
String cheese. Yum.
Shoes
Lipgloss/lipstick
Clothes
Candy
For myself it has to be pens. Red or blue, ball point or jelly. I just don’t care. I will buy them even though I have four at home with the exact same shade of purple ink. They just look so damn cool.
For the roommate it has to be coats. When we go to the laundymat, there will be at least 6 coats or jackets there to be washed. He gave me a heavy jean jacket for Xmas a few years ago, and gets mad at me for not wearing it. At which time I remind him, that they’re his obsession, not mine.
Our kitchen has at least 6 different flavors of tea. Not including the 3 different brands of black/peoke teas, and 2 different versions of green.
I keep buying bleach, chipotle chiles, and sweetened condensed milk lately. Just convinced I’m out, or need some for a recipe, and so now I have a life time supply of the most unlikely stuff.
BERNSE might be willing to help me out with the sweetened condensed milk, though. Was it you cut their tongue on a lid?
Nail polish!
I had to buy a little rectangular plastic basket and then tell myself firmly that the rule is that I can’t have more nail polish than I can fit into the basket. Otherwise, I end up with so much that I can’t get more than two uses out of each bottle before they start turning gunky.