I've decided what I want. New dishes. I got dishes for a wedding gift. I didn't pick them. I didn't particularly like them. But I used them. And they were very functional. I didn't think too much about my dishes.
Until Corelle ran an ad compaign that said when I said 'till death do us part' I meant my husband, not my dishes. I was 18 years and 4 kids into my marriage, and pretty sure I was keeping my husband. Corelle had just released the Fruit Basket design, and I was pretty sure (did I mention 4 kids?) I couldn't afford new dishes. And then I got a speeding ticket for driving 43 miles per hour out of South Fork. Excessive speed. One hundred and thirty five dollars worth of excessive speed. So apparently I had $135 dollars to spend. And nothing to show for it. So I spent my next $135 on 2 sets of Fruit Basket Corelle and 1 set of coordinating Fruit Too. Service for twelve, or two meals for six. And I got coordinating salt and pepper shakers and canisters and the sugar bowl and butter dish. And a tea kettle. And I added a fruit border. Because, apparently, speed wasn't the only excessive thing in my life in 1998.
Now another 18 years have passed. And evidently that is about as long as I can be content with dishes. Because now I want Fiesta Ware.
For Christmas Santa brought me one four place setting of Lemongrass fiesta ware. And I have picked out 5 other colors of fiesta ware that I want. Scarlet. Poppy. Tangerine. Sunflower. And turquoise. Two place settings of each. Service for twelve. I figure that Christmases, birthdays, anniveraries, half off sales and Kohl's bucks all considered it will take me about 4 years to complete my set. The good news is that I only need two sets to make them my everyday dishes. And I won't want new dishes until I have been married for 58 years.
On Christmas Day, on my way home from work, I was pulled over for speeding coming into Dodge City. And given a warning instead of a citation. I'm thinking that's worth at least two place settings.
