I kind of want new dishes and flatware. but it seems silly. I love Robin's fiestaware though.
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Flatware I have. Oneida. Wedding present.
Flatware, though, I can't bring myself to shell out money just to have flatware that matches.
OTOH, I bought myself a 12-piece set of good solid (stainless) stuff as soon as I was out of school and into my "I'm not getting married any time soon, so I'm'a outfit my own damned kitchen" phase. I couldn't be arsed to get matching dishes for many years after that, but I just hate using the cheap forks that feel all light and flimsy in my hands.
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I love Robin's fiestaware though.
Fiesta rawks!
My "china" and flatware are the sets my dad bought when he and Mom separated nearly 30 years ago. He had put them in storage when he remarried a few years later, and my sister had them for a few years when she graduated from college. When she moved west about 15 years ago (God, has it been that long?!?), she left them in Mom's basement, and I ended up with them when I got my first apartment on my own. I donated the cups and saucers to Goodwill last year (never did use them), so I just have the plates and the flatware. I keep meaning to replace them with good quality ones whose pattern I actually like, but that's waaay down on my list of Things to Spend Money On.
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Flatware I have. Oneida. Wedding present.
Me too! My dishes are a discontinued Pfaltzgraff set that I found at Kohl's for $150. Nice heavy stoneware that's lived through many moves, with only the occasional pilot error to account for breakage. Plus, black.
I don't want china. Too easily broken.
I've finally decided that I can spend the $20 to replace the flatware my grandmother gave me when I graduated from college, which I really don't like, but which is perfectly fine. Now I just need to find some that I do like, because replacing something that's just OK with something else that's just OK is RIDIC.
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I have really pretty flat ware that Mom bought me from Publix (grocery store) and also a set dishes, that is the exact same kind as we had when we were kids (I don't have the originals because she lent them to my aunt who promptly gave them away).
No matching luggage. Well I do have a set of vintage brown luggage -- 2 suitcases and a traincase but I use them for storage/decoration.
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I have two cheap but matching pieces of luggage--a roller case and a small, carry on. We don't travel enough to need more than that.