This came up the other day.
The winner was pyjamas. Several of us had been pyjama owners when mummy bought all our clothes but had never bought ourselves a pair after leaving home.
Any other nominations.
Watches.
I always seem to get given one just as I’m about to buy one myself. I just want a watch with a clean, classic design and at most an unobtrusive date display. Masculine but not macho. But no, I always seem to get these awful, chunky things that look like they have come out of a Gillette advertisement, and are covered in yacht race timers, stop watches, and Gawdnose wot all.
Hour hand, minute hand, plain silver or gold rim. That’s all I want.
Long time no see TLD.
My sweat rotted my watch strap a couple of weeks ago and because I never buy good watches I wanted a cheap strap or a cheap replacement watch. I had no idea where my watch had come from but since it only has 3 hands , no functions and no additional displays I figured I had bought it for 20 bucks. Because straps were too expensive I decided to chuck the watch and buy a new one. Luckily I was outside a jeweller who had a window full of Citizen watches just like mine priced from $199 up. I bought a new watch band.
Happy New Year.
I own several umbrellas, all of them found, most on buses. I’ve never bought an umbrella in my life.
I’ve never bought a scarf. I now have two - one that I found a few years back and quite liked, and a stonkin’ new one that my girlfriend got me for Christmas. (She might have been trying to tell me something, I suppose…)
Here’s a question: does anyone ever buy tea towels? Or clothes pegs? These are objects that just seem to be… there. Where do they come from originally?
I’ve never bought a couch. Couches just get handed to me for free, usually very nice ones. This may change soon as the basement couch is no longer in good condition and I haven’t had any couch offers in quite a while.
Pug stuff. Statues, pillows, calendars. :rolleyes: I put my foot down on the pug purse. Jeesh!
What are clothes pegs? Are they hangers (the triangle with a hook for looping over a clothes rod in a closet)? If so, I buy them regularly. [Mommy dearest voice]No wire hangers in this house![/Mommy dearest voice] I buy the tubular plastic ones in the supermarket. I can get ten for a buck.
I bet at least two of those are mine. I have to buy a new one almost every year because I keep leaving them on buses, in class, at the movies…
I’ve never bought myself perfume. All perfumes I’ve worn have been gifts. Mostly I’d like the smell of a free sample of a new perfume and I’d tell people, and I’d get a bottle for Christmas or my birthday.
I have owned, but never bought a dog or a cat.
A CD player, a VCR, or a DVD player. A microwave.
Actually I’ve never *owned * a CD player, but both my kids have them.
Slipper socks is all I can come up with.
Another vote for couches. In the 14 years that I have been a homeowner I have had about 5 different couches, all given to me. We just got a “new” one last week when a family member decided to downsize their furnishings. I see this as a very good thing.
Would the one my “friend” found with a baggie filled with bills and some white powder inside of it be yours?
Watches and pajamas, yes. Also slippers; I’ve owned several pairs of slippers over the years, but they’ve all been gifts. They tend to last a long time, at least for me, so about the time I need a new pair–bamf!–someone gives them to me.
Just lucky, I guess.
I *think *clothes pegs are clothes pins. My parents lived in England, but it was before I was born so my English-to-English translation might be a bit off.
Bathrobes. No idea why, but bathrobes.
I’ve owned but never bought a television set. Mom gave me her old one when I moved out, and just when I was resigned to buying a new one because it wasn’t compatible with any cable system, Grandma gave me a new one as a wedding present. I have to say me, not us, because my husband is very proud of the fact that not only has he never bought a TV, he’s never owned one. Under Community property, he owns half of one now, tho’. I’ll have to remember to rub that little factoid in at some appropriate moment. 
BAND NAME!!!
Guns - I inherited two and a third is a hand-me-down.
Not likely… I keep my bills and my white powder separate.