I used to be nice. I used to talk about my puffy hairdo, lipstick and nail polish, Vera Bradley pocketbooks and my obsession with vintage dinnerware and everybody was happy.
It's not that I'm no longer nice, but you can't tell that by my blog anymore. You should know that all of that is still going on. In fact, I just bought 4 of these on eBay:
Belvidere, 1941-1978
My dear friend, co-worker and psychic twin has left the company to strike out on her own. We were glued side-by-side through good times and bad (mostly bad) for seven years and I can't think of better way to honor our bond than with somebody else's cast-off teacups.
I joke.
I bought these because they have forget-me-nots painted on them and I'm planning to write something mushy about never forgetting our time together. I'd copy something from the internet but most of what I've managed to find has to do with dead people, mostly mothers. So that's out - I'm going to have to write my own. I was thinking of a poem - maybe you all could help me. So far all I've got it this:
They say every pot has a lid so I guess these would be a good buy if you had a crap pot. To me they are just a little bit corny and tacky and unlovely. Look again at the delicate pattern on bone china lovliness of the Lenox:
I joke.
I bought these because they have forget-me-nots painted on them and I'm planning to write something mushy about never forgetting our time together. I'd copy something from the internet but most of what I've managed to find has to do with dead people, mostly mothers. So that's out - I'm going to have to write my own. I was thinking of a poem - maybe you all could help me. So far all I've got it this:
__ __ __ made me puke every day
__ __ __ __ __ not enough pay
These pieces are in a retired Lenox pattern called Belvidere and it is perfect. The picture sdoesn't do it justice - it's so elegant that it could make your heart break. There's no indication that this was ever used for anything except sitting in a cabinet.( p.s.The company stopped making that cup shape long ago.) I am thrilled to have found this because while I thought the forget-me-not idea was good, most of what I found was crap like this:__ __ __ __ __ not enough pay
They say every pot has a lid so I guess these would be a good buy if you had a crap pot. To me they are just a little bit corny and tacky and unlovely. Look again at the delicate pattern on bone china lovliness of the Lenox:
Amitrite?
Maybe you don't care but I am utterly thrilled.
p.s. That eBay! Boy, what a dangerous place. Try not to hang around there too long otherwise you might become obsessed with another discontinued Lenox pattern. Don't think it can't happen because it happened to me!
Maybe you don't care but I am utterly thrilled.
p.s. That eBay! Boy, what a dangerous place. Try not to hang around there too long otherwise you might become obsessed with another discontinued Lenox pattern. Don't think it can't happen because it happened to me!
Kingsley, 1954 - 1979
Lenox, as you know, has gone bankrupt. *pause for weeping to subside* I'm not saying that you'll never have the chance to buy new Lenox china dinnerware again. I'm just saying that if you do, it will be because some crap Chinese company bought it for 10c on the dollar so they could put the Lenox label onto some crappy dinnerware and make a lot of money until you catch on.
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