Things that should not have been bought.

[Cyanist]

I and my mother were shopping at a 'Pops Outlet' a store that sells, among other things, second-hand food for incredibly cheap prices. Okay, yeah, I really hate to go shopping - living in a house full of critics might have something to do with that. So, this pressure causes one to be insanely conservative and make bad decisions, and buy things that never should have been. My mom doesn't have this problem - she has something better. A strange condition where hunger suddenly strikes and when that happens it's already too late, her patience is gone. Now, when my mother gets hungry she reaches for the first thing she sees. she uses the last of her will-power and flings herself into the aisle with the most obscure products imaginable. Her latest and possibly worst impulse-purchase was this hot breakfast cereal called "CoCo Wheats." From the packaging alone, any sensible person would have known something wasn't right then and there. It was apparently designed sometime in the thirties.

Exhibit A:

The cuckoo clock which echoes the whispers of childhood commercials "cuckoo for coco-puffs...puffs...puffs..."

Exhibit B:

The "child" whose expression resembles that of some deranged cereal killer.

Exhibit C:

Take note of the apologetic bird, with soul-haunting eyes, fiddling with his wings, perched on the box - where, judging by the contents, it must be presumed that he has taken a dump.

Anyway, after arriving home and collapsing on the couch, mother asks me to prepare this hideous concoction for our 'reward' after a hot morning. I glance over the retro packaging, shrug, and flounce to the kitchen. Now, I've made 'cream of wheat' many times, I'm a big fan, it takes a delicate touch to get it just right, but this was doomed from the start. Obviously I should've looked at the expiration date, but I guess I just wasn't thinking, or maybe I just wanted to feed that irate woman on the couch before she imploded. Either way I followed the directions. To my consternation, a steaming pan of brownish, lumpy goop resulted. I picked out as many imperfections as I could, but even as I did so, the mixture began to harden, tempted as I was to watch this rapid and magical transformation, I hastily dumped in milk and tried to stir it up - the spoon stuck. I exerted as much energy as I dared on this substance, milk sloshing everywhere, but it was like trying to mix some sort of super cement. I managed to slash this gelatinous gunk into pieces, added some sweetener and hazarded a taste. The consistency was like a chunky tapioca, bursting with dry granules, the taste was not at all chocolaty, or even remotely edible, really - it was strangely sour, actually... ugh...

Obviously, since then, expiration dates at 'Pops' have become important.
So, things you should never have bought - not just food.

Your honest answers here, please

[SuperSabin]

I bought a dozen of Chocolate Iced Doughnuts for a party, and obviously I bought too little in quantity and they only lasted a few minutes. I was better off not contributing doughnuts for the party for a large amount of people.

[Unknown Entity]

That looks and sounds revolting, haha.

Across the road from work, the Co-Op was closing down. For weeks I was eating on maybe £4 a week. Not very healthy stuff, mind; pot noodle things, microwave things, soft drinks, etc. It was cheap lunches, and surprisingly got me going. Anyway, as it got nearer to closing down, alcohol ended up on this clearance sale. Me and mum were on a wine thing at the time, and they had one or two brands left. At £2 for a bottle of wine, you can't say no. Right?

I bought two bottles of this stuff. We were amazed at how cheap it was, at nearly 80% off.

It tasted like acid. At first, it was alright and not a bad taste. But it developed in the mouth and began to taste nasty. I would not have spent £10 on that shit. Needles to say, the sink drank the other bottle.

[Pete]

I've bought plenty of things that I had no business buying. I paid $4K for the right to buy season tickets to the Jets a few years ago. Don't have those tickets anymore, so it's even more of a waste.

Bought an xbox one back in March, which is still sitting in its box. Though, that's only because I got a deal on it and want to complete my remaining 360 games before I switch systems. I don't have the room to have both set up as I would like.

Another time, I was given a nature valley granola bar for lunch by a coworker. I busted my ass for 11 straight hours with no food in between, and the woman I was helping, while good-intentioned, gave me a bar that had expired in 2011. It was 2013 at the time. I was so hungry that I ate the first half of the bar before I noticed it was two years too old. I was also so hungry that I finished it. Granted, I didn't buy it, but I still ate expired food

[Taco-Calamitous]

Why would you buy second-hand food? That literally sounds like poop.

I bought Dragon Age: Inquisition for the PS3. Obviously I shouldn't have bought it, because I have no interest in playing it apparently. Also all the other games I've bought and not played in the last year or two. Video games are stupid now.