...new dishes

J and I have been married for almost 7 years and were still using the dishes that I bought before I started college. It was a hideous, cheap ($8) set from Walmart. I hated them. They were chipped and had these little black spots caused by cheap finish.

I have been looking to replace them for YEARS, but I have had internal struggles over what I wanted. I love the look of patterned, colorful plates, but I want the main focus to be on pretty food, not pretty plates. And, I have a weird thing about the food clashing with the plate. I once ate spaghetti with a beautiful orangy-deep red sauce on a purple-pink plate at a restaurant in Orem and I was kind of grossed out. So really...patterns and colors were out.


I found a lot of the white sets to be boring, or the non-boring sets had embossed patterns that weren't my style. But then, I found these gorgeous, oversized plates. They are simple without being boring. The bowls made my heart skip a beat. I love the size of the plates and the shape of the mugs. I fell deeply, DEEPLY in love. So, I bought two sets. (And, they are even more beautiful in person!)

They are currently being washed in the dishwasher, getting ready for our first dinner. I better make something pretty...