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177. I say Bull in a china shop quite often and yes I have not one but two sets of fine china

Mon Dec 23, 2024, 02:41 AM

Dec 2024

One was mine which was mostly wedding presents from my first wedding. The other set belonged to Mr YD's mother. He brought it to her from Hong Kong when he was in the Navy. That was the one thing she wanted when he asked her what she might like him to bring her. The two sets are very similar: white with platinum rims. I have used them from time to time, when I had folks over for a nice dinner.

We also have a set of Mikasa Italian Countryside which I love! It is a beautiful white and looks nice enough to dress up for a company dinner,

The last time I had my china out, I had the entire family over for Thanksgiving and used a combo of my china and the everyday white I was using at the time. (Not the Mikasa, some heavy stoneware which I gave away because I kept dropping it)

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