The best purchase of 2025

#Purchase

Let’s cut to the chase: it was a wearable blanket.

A wearable blanket?

Yeah. It’s a blanket you wear. Went for a tenner in the middle of Lidl, right next to the welding masks.

A blanket you wear?

So imagine a blanket made of teddy fleece. Give it arm tubes and a large pocket for your feet. Bingo.

… Like the ones in those weird American infomercials?

Yes.

Didn’t we find them ridiculous like 15 years ago?

Yep, but think about how they’re coded nowadays. Back then we laughed because it was presented as a weird catch-all thing for everyone, while now it’s advertised as a personal comfort – a slice of luxury as our lives spiral out with increasing demands and uncertainty.

And to be fair, it’s really warm & cosy. And it’s nice to to keep my arms warm while reading, using a computer, etc.

How do you look in it?

Irresistible. Here’s an artistic depiction:

A stylised doodle of a bald-headed person standing up, wearing a loose blanket while smiling. In one hand they hold their phone, and in the other they point their index & middle fingers up with their palm facing the viewer. There's a light grey rectangle framing the person. There are decorative sparkles either side of their head.

Wasn’t last year’s best purchase also a blanket?

Maybe.

Have you considered that the cold weather during the end of the year unduly influences your pick for the best purchase?

Perhaps.

The runners-up were a miniature label printer and a reflex LCD writing tablet – and neither of them would be able to keep me warm.

Aren’t you concerned that this series of blog posts are contributing to the dire state of consumerism in society?

A little.

Isn’t March a little too late to post this?

Who cares?

Wouldn’t you be better off adding the purchase of the year to your yearly review posts?

Yeah well it adds to the yearly blog posts made metric dunnit?