Haviland China - Meant to be

Haviland China

Rosalinde

America

While shopping with friends at at Mimi's Attic in Weslaco, Texas, a display of china caught my eye. It wasn't just any china... it was my mother and paternal grandmother's pattern... the one I had inherited.

Oh my goodness... my heart was racing wildly and I tried talking to myself... I had just last year bought eight more placesettings at a consigment antiques mall in Austin, Texas.

Why would I need a dozen more luncheon plates, bread and butter plates... and the coffee caraf ??

Why? Why? Why?

Well, I did not have the coffee caraf.

I left that day with those china dishes sprouting waving

hands and singing, "You'll be back..."

The owner of the store stated that they were hers and she would give me a good deal... $250. Wow!

I returned days later.

China still there.

Ok.

I asked her again... she said she would let me have them

for

$100.

Friends, it was a deal of a lifetime.

It was meant to be.

She packed them gently for me.

I went home and Googled my new china.

The coffee caraf alone was worth four times what I had

paid for the whole set.

Does this make up for all the times I've overspent on items

that were priced too high?? I hope so.

But somehow, the best part of this was I felt like my mother and grandmother both had beautiful smiles on their faces as I gently unpacked the china.

After all...

I was stroking a bit of their legacy.

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