I'm a big believer in that if you are lucky enough to own beautiful things (such as your china, silver flatware and crystal), you should use them and enjoy them. It's shameful to keep your "good stuff" packed up in a cabinet, never to see the light of day. Why ask for it if you weren't going to use it? I'm sure the people who shelled out the big bucks to buy your "good stuff" would love to know that you've never touched the nice things they bestowed upon you. I love my beautiful things, and I enjoy them on a regular basis. It would be sinful not to do so. Of course, I have no kids to destroy anything yet.
Last night when I was cooking dinner (my mom's chicken tetrazinni - nothing fancy, but maybe the best chicken tetrazinni ever and my ultimate comfort food), I poured a glass of wine in my Waterford. I have to say that my affection for my stemware borders on psychosis. It makes me happy to simply gaze upon it. There is just something about Waterford, it makes everything taste better. I was drinking boxed wine (hey, don't judge...I'm unemployed!), and it tasted like a $30 bottle of wine to me. All because of the ambience provided by my dear friend Kelsey.
Simply stunning.
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