Those things I used to hate, I now love...is that from the Bible? Whether or not it is, I don't think this is a spiritual application. It's simply the facts. Go back with me to November 1993. Newlyweds receive a package in the mail from California. The box was shipped from the store itself (can't remember the name but it sounded fancy). I open the box and lying on the top of the contents is a card signed by some distant cousin of my husband that even he does not know. I eagerly begin to pull out what I assume to be a very "in style" set of dishes...out west that is. Because the style certainly hadn't hit Michigan yet! Now you have to understand that I am the type of person that is not good with change. I have to be exposed to something new a long time before I begin to like it. I like car styles when they are going OUT. So for me to accept these trendy dishes as cool was beyond me. I have a friend on the other hand who though they were pretty cool. Too bad I showed them to her. I could have re gifted them when she got married 9 months after me.
Well, here we are almost 14 years later and though they do not go with my decor (if I even have a decor anymore...I used to love to decorate...used to being the operative phrase...sigh!) and though I am missing a couple bread plates and though I really have no room for them in my buffet, I am having the hardest time getting rid of these dishes. See? Those things I used to hate, I have come to love.
So I think instead of giving them away or throwing them out or selling them in a garage sale, I shall retire them for a while. (Anyone have a box the perfect size for packing a set of dishes?) Who knows, maybe when I get back to decorating they will match my decor perfectly :)
2 comments:
Hmmm... I can see where those could be a tad tricky to fit into normal decor. I wish you had seen the ones I used to have. They had garden tools and herbs all over them--adorable for a year or two, then just plain tacky. I finally ordered a plain white set from Macy's and lived happily ever after.
I recently bought a large "hat box" at Tuesday Morning. Also purchased 2 large bowls & they set the bowls in the box--a perfect fit! You might look for a decorated box, preferably round, that could sit in a corner somewhere, or be put safely on a shelf. Good luck! (I also like to shop at T J Maxx & they have decorative boxes.)
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