P and I have been reduced to only one drinking glass each for the past few months after a small accident occured whilst washing up. I have been combing the charity shops for suitable 'new to us' drinking glasses ever since but with no success. I did find three orange and red stripy glasses in one local charity shop but they were rather heavy, I didn't much like their lurid stripes, and they wanted £1.50 for them. Today I popped into Woolworths - having been lured in by their humungous 'SALE - Items from £1' posters in the window.
These rather tasteful arctic-blue glasses were 49p each (and no, they weren't in the sale). They were just what I've been looking for - the right size, the right weight, and a rather pleasing colour. I bought the only four they had left.
I really don't want to make a habit of buying new when second-hand would do fine, but, really, these were not only what I had been searching for for months, they were also a darn good price. I just couldn't resist.
They're very pretty :)
Posted by: Felicia | 01/10/2008 at 09:07 PM
They're nice and retro, and I wouldn't worry about the odd new thing slipping in here and there - you hardly need to worry about conspicuous consumption!
Posted by: Claire | 01/10/2008 at 09:24 PM