It used to be books and CDs. Then it was shoes, shoes and more shoes. And makeup.

Now it's groceries and household stuff. My favourite homewares store is having a closing down sale, so yesterday I bought a crepe pan, a bud vase, silicon egg poaching things, silicon pie weight beads in the shape of hearts, a candy thermometer, an icing spatula and other stuff, some of which will actually be used. The extra groceries are for the things I think I have to make, so I have 750gm of cream cheese sitting in the fridge. I can't remember what i bought that for. Icing a cake probably. I have 101 different types of gluten free flour or other weird ingredients. I'm desperately trying to cut down on it, because I'm like your friend. I'll go to the shops for milk and come back with stuff we dont need/cant afford

I also spend too much on my family tree research. That's my hobby.