STACEY Solomon has warned of the dangers of buying bargains you just don't need, and won't use.
The presenter met Aimee and Stuart Daniels on the latest episode of BBC One's Sort Your Life Out, after she and her team were drafted in to help declutter the pair's family home.
As is the format of the show, Stacey and her team looked around the house before all of its contents were taken to a large warehouse, where they were painstakingly laid out on the floor.
Aimee, Stuart and their three children then had the job of deciding what to keep, donate, sell or recycle.
In the warehouse, Stacey quickly spotted a theme with Stuart's belongings, as she said: "I want to tackle Stu’s love of supermarket special buys in the hope of clearing some much needed space."
"Stu, why? Why is it still in the box?" Stacey said as she held what appeared to be some kind of water feature.
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"Look at it, what a project! I love it, look at it!" Stuart raved.
"It is amazing," Stacey said, but added: "I mean I can’t look at it because it’s still wrapped up in the box."
"There’s another middle aisle," she then said. "What’s that – a multi tool?"
"Yeah a multi-tool, everyone needs a multi-tool," Stuart said.
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While Stacey said the tool looked as though it hadn't even been opened, Stuart contended that it had been used "four times maybe".
"We need to figure out what’s happening here because there are so many things that you’ve bought down the middle aisle and never unpacked," Stacey said.
"I think sometimes it turns into almost a hobby – would you say that’s fair to say? Finding a bargain?"
"I like have a mooch in the baskets of joy," Stuart replied.
"But the joy isn’t translating to helping at home is it?" Stacey then pointed out.
She then spoke to the camera, as she said: "That quick, fast ‘Yes I’ve got a bargain’ or ‘Yes I’ve got something I’ve always wanted and I’m going to use it to fix up the house’…
"Actually it has the complete opposite effect and ends up being detrimental because it fills up the house and then you feel like, ‘Oh no, I’m in a worse position than when I started’."
With the help of Stacey and organisational expert Dilly, Aimee, Stuart and the kids ended up getting rid of a staggering 70% of their house's contents.
But in an interview with the couple one month after they were left stunned with their new clutter-free abode, Stuart was asked: "Has the process changed your attitude to middle aisle special buys?"
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"No," Stuart replied quickly, laughing.
He then added: "I still browse a bargain, I just don't buy them!"
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