Finds and Not-so-Finds

Over the holidays, David and I popped into Next-to-New to see if there was anything I needed to pick up. There were several things I had my eye on and I wanted to check if the prices had gone down.

Remember my dream soup tureen? I noticed this plate at the store several weeks ago, and was convinced it belonged with my tureen: same colors, same markings, and same date. The price was a little crazy, especially for something that SHOULD have come with the tureen. I perservered and now the rejoined set has pride of place in the china cabinet in the front room.

When I saw this little, plastic basket I just couldn't resist it! David thought it was silly, but it's really perfect for the car or toting things around the house. Magazines. Bottles of wine to the park. It has a Kelly green interior and you just don't see craftmanship like this in woven plastic baskets anymore.

For those of you who think I just run out and buy every little thing that I see all willy-nilly, I have to say, "not so." I am always going for a 'carefelly curated' collection of objets and I passed up both of the pieces below...

An especially nice Pyrex pattern, but I already have about twenty divided casseroles. This one is adorned with dandelions.

I rarely see a pattern from Franciscan that disagrees with me, and this platter was no exception. More platters? How many platters do I have? I don't know, I'll count them later and post the total.