A Gift from Mom and My New Apron!

I came home today and found this humongous box at my front door! I was racking my brain trying to figure out if I had ordered something this big and had totally forgotten about it because, believe me, I have done that several times. It's always exciting when you forget you ordered something, isn't it? Sure enough, this surprise was something I had totally forgotten about. Mom was packing up this box when I was down in California (yea I know it wasn't too long ago but my memory only goes back about 5 minutes). Inside were these beautiful dishes she wanted to give me. I'm sure you've all seen this design before. It's very popular and yet very classic! The tea house I'm a regular at uses these dishes as well. THANK YOU MOM!!! I love you! I love you and I love these dishes!!

And here is the little pretty I got at this shop....

See, this is all Bryan's fault for bringing me to this adorable store. I told him I wasn't going to buy anything and I was going to be good but I think I was too vocal in the store with the ooohing and ahhhing. A few minutes later the sales lady came up to me and said "Here, I thought you would like this." and it was a $5.00 off coupon for anything in their store! Dang! At this point I felt as though I had to buy something. *sigh*. So I bought one of their cheaper items and this apron was perfect! I know, I know, I said I wasn't going to start collecting aprons. I did see something that was for $2.50 but I didn't think it would be cool of me to ask for $2.50 back for using the coupon.

I'm happy. :) Now that I have these aprons I need to stir up something in the kitchen! I'm having a little birthday get together at my place for my dear friend Alice and a few of our friends on Saturday, so I have to begin figuring out my menu!

It was another hot day here in Oregon. It was 84 degrees, I believe. Tomorrow another lovely day and then by the weekend back to 60. :( Oh well, I am thankful we had this beautiful weather while it lasted!