Dishes, Dishes, Dishes

*

Happy Tuesday Sweet Friends

*

Hope this finds you well and full of joy!

*

I'm doing well,  but just up to my eyebrows in

dishes!  All I wanted for my Anniversary was

a new set of dishes,  nothing really expensive,

just some nice white dishes to replace my other

company dishes,  and then to use the old company

dishes for my new everyday ones,  cause they

are starting to look a bit shabby.

*

Well,  we looked everywhere online before we

even went out,  and I also looked around off an on for

 a month or so before.  Saw some at Penneys,  but

when we went there they were more of a cream not

pure white,  and then one set was even light gray.

So forget that!

*

Then we looked at Macy's they had some boxed

sets by a well known person.  We saw some of the

pcs. had flaws so we asked her if we could go thru

them and she said yes,  well,  we went thru 3 boxes

and could only find enough pcs. for 1 set of 4.

So forget that!

*

Then we went to Sam's club to get something else

and found the nice set of bright white dishes you

see in the pic above and below.  We were thrilled!

*

*

Until we got them out of the box and looked them over.

All the cups and bowls were in great condition,

but all, and I  do mean all of the salad plates and

the dinner plates had numerous scratches on

the surface of the plate.  We have been thru

3 boxes now,  and never found any without

scratches,  and these are from a well known

dinner manufacturer. they definitely need a  new

quality control mgr. for sure,  cause I think most

of the scratches had to happen before they packed

them,  cause they packed them really well.

We stopped @ 3 sets cause I am afraid hubby is

gonna get a hernia lugging them back and forth .

*

I had this dreamy idea,  that we were gonna

buy dishes,  take them out of the box and

wash them and put them away.  Oh, Silly Me!!

 *

I used some polish I had and tried to see what would

happen if I buffed them some,and true they didn't look as bad,

 and maybe it's just me,  but when I buy something new

I sort of expect it to look new!!  Do you???

or I figure I could have just gone over to the thrift

store for them.

*

So even tho they didn't look awful,  it is sort of the principal

of the thing.  I feel like if as Americans we keep accepting poor

quality, it will only get worse!  And then as I thought about it more

 I thought I had also seen dishes that were a lil more stylish and sort

of had my heart set on that too.

*

So decided to look online again.  My first stop was Target cause they

 had they shabby chic dishes but they were way more than I wanted

to pay,  but you never know they could be on sale.  Well,  they weren't

 but I looked at all there dinnerware and I found these below

and they made my heart sing.

*

*

Only thing is they were Ivory colored,  I know they look

pure white in this picture,  I only wish they were!

But I decided to try them to see if they would look

okay with my other white ware. 

You can see the Ivory color more in the pic below.

*

*

Also wanted to see how they would go with all my tablecloths

and napkins cause I don't want to have to buy more of those too.

  Since I had to try it to see how it looked figured I might as well take

 some pics, cause I know how you girls like that stuff.

 Me too,  I just love a pretty table!  So decided I might as

well have fun with it as I was deciding.

*

*

*

Looks white again here,  think it just depends on

the lighting.  Forgot to tell you that they were out

of stock online,  so one of the Targets near us had

one set,  and I found a target near where hubby

works that put aside another set for us yesterday.

*

*

*

*

*

Thought you might like the lil Rose in the cup.

Anyway........after all this fun.............and I

decided I wanted to keep them,  and thought

I would only have to find a couple of small

dishes to go with it.  I was gonna call the Target

where they had the other set to find out exactly

where it was located for hubby,  and then

decided to make sure they had put them up

at the service desk as I had asked since it

was the last set they had.

*

Well,  good thing I asked.........cause they

didn't...............so much for these dishes too!

Guess it isn't in the Lords plan for me to have

dishes right now,  and that is okay,  Father

Always Knows Best......I usually find that

his delays, often times wind up being my delight!

*

He knows better than I do what I would

really like,  and maybe it just isn't available

right now,  so guess we'll just have to wait

and see,  but they sure where fun to look

at for awhile!!  lol

*

I spent most of the morning boxing them

all up to take back,  both sets that is,  cause

 the first set has been all over the counter  for over a week,

then added the new set yesterday so there were more

 on the counter and now they were on the table too,

Couldn't see the point in boxing them up till we made

 up our mind.

  The bright spot is my house looks a lot neater now!!  lol

*

Beware,  don't going looking for dinnerware!! lol

*

Have a great evening guys,

*

Blessings and Hugs, Nellie