one step closer to home

i bought plates and cups this weekend! except for four matching mugs, nothing, um, matches, which is fine with me, because i love the boxcar children, and color trumps dignity anyday (which is actually my excuse for tripping and falling at work so often: at least i'm tan).

i'm most excited about this small espresso mug and its matching saucer. the thing is so petite yet so cheerful. the christmas tree on its belly is blue and green and yellow. it's darned lucky it's cute because i never drink espresso, and it would've never gotten a home otherwise. as is, i'm planning on using it to treat myself to chocolate soymilk every once in a while, which i will drink with legs crossed and pinky curled (if only i had a distraught friend whose knee i could pat compassionately).

next step on my journey towards domestication? silverware! or i could keep stealing chopstix from 711...actually, i'm really hoping to find a cereal bowl to bring home. i've come across quite a few, but none of them seem right enough (i need a bo-wl. i'm holding out for a bowl till the end of the night, it's gotta be deep and it's gotta be round, and it's gotta be larger than life, i need a BO-OWL!) ahem.