Coffee Time?

good afternoon!

after meeting a special friend for coffee this morning at Gloria Jeans,

i wandered up a few shops to the kitchen shop.

as usual i just had to check out the mugs...

'cos you see,

i am a bit of a fan of mugs.

fortunately

i only have a smallish cupboard to house them in

or they would probably take over my entire house.

i have learned that i can buy them

and give them away...

and every so often i have a mug cull,

it breaks my heart

but i just think that it has two advantages...

firstly somebody who has no mugs

may now own some lovely ones very cheaply from a thrift store,

and secondly

i get to buy some more!

my newest find

was a bargain.

they were almost throwing these red polka dotted mugs out this morning...

{maxwell & williams..top right hand corner, second from right, top shelf}

one for me, one for my friend and one for her 13yr old daughter

bought for under five dollars for the three...whoohoo!!

{i was first attracted to them when they were nearly five dollars each...hehe}

i have more expensive ones,

but to me it isn't the price,

it's just whether i want to live with it or not.

when i lived in canberra

i used to love the regular china sales in david jones and myer,

up here i've collected starbucks mugs and maxwell & williams mainly.

i love collecting china i can look at and use every day...

not shut away in a cabinet, so special, that i can't handle them often.

do you have a collection?

or a weakness for something delightful...like my mugs?

have a great weekend,

naturally Carol xox