Teacups for icecream. Or berries, grapes, peach slices. I'm a fan of teacups.

Why should sets not have mugs? The reason I have more mugs is because I go through them faster than the rest of the dishes--I have twice as many glasses and mugs than I have place settings, minimum. But if I didn't have the mugs that came with the set, I'd just buy them singly.

I'm going to Chicago Comic Con next week! I might get to meet Tom Felton! And get my picture taken with him! Woot!

OOOOH, fun! JEALOUS!

Oh, hey, btw (email me if you want privacy) I MAY be flying the kiddo into Raleigh, possibly.

Who's in that area, and if I DO end up flying him there to his grandmother's, any Buffistas in town? I'd be happy to arrange a flight back for the next day iffn anyone would want to see me and let me crash.

Like I said, we don't know yet, but I'm pretty sure there are Buffistas in the area.

(delurking briefly because apparently I care about dishes)

I recently picked these over the Sophie Conran ones Sue linked which I also really liked. They are less interesting but also much cheaper (and we needed a lot due to big family).

I like having matchy mugs but totally understand the feeling that they're a waste, we have a million mugs from all over (souvenirs, gifts, craft projects etc.) but I like using them for cereal and soup and drink lots of tea (At least that's how I justify).

(and now back to my regular scheduled lurking) Edit: fixed lazy typos

Okay, that ad for Mike's Hard Lemonade is disturbing.

My pain doctor asked me if anyone had told me I looked like Obama. He was surprised when I said no. And then told me he had issues with Obama. I'm still covered by the Hippocratic Oath, right?

I have discovered that my teakettle doesn't boil water so much as heats its content to the temperature of the last pot of tea it brewed. Which is cool when I leave tea in it for a while. Confusing to work around with the whole boiling water thing.

Aims! If you have free time to grab a beverage or something, please let me know.

Dishes are dishes. Mugs are mugs. Different things, typically used at different times. There's no reason they need to match, or even should. (Now I have Nina Garcia in my head going off on matchy-matchy.) Maybe once in a while you'll want them to coordinate, but that's about it. Plus, you probably have more than enough mugs to begin with.

It's like if every time you bought new shoes, they came with a matching purse.

Heya, Strix. I live in the Raleigh area (half an hour from the main Raleigh airport). I'll be up in MI from 8/4-8/13, but my spare room's totally available otherwise.

You don't look anything like Obama. You are both attractive, and both Black, and that does not make you look anything alike. I mean Dolly Parton and Goldie Hawn are both (nominally in Parton's case) blonde, and both attractive but I don't think anyone thinks they look alike.

I went out to run an errand and grab a bite to eat and when I came back there was no cat yelling about how starving she is.

I keep thinking I'm okay and I'm just not.