It's Gross Out
It is Maryland-hot here today -- baking, humid and sweat-inducing even spitting distance from the ocean. My hip has been whining, so I decided to take advantage of the availability of low-traffic weekday outlet shopping to search for things which had long been on my to-find list in a spot with a high concentration of stores and thus a higher expected success rate.
Mugs
I've been breaking my way through a set of four petite green Ikea mugs. I only have one left, and finding replacements has proved difficult as Ikea stopped producing them some time ago. They're small -- perhaps 8 oz when the standard mug size is 10-14 oz -- and narrow of mouth, so they keep my coffee warmer longer than the average large-top-surface-area mug. I've been through two sets of thrift-store mugs trying to find a new likable hot beverage receptacle, but nothing has managed filled their .. erm .. saucers.
Kittery Outlets has three dedicated crockery marts in addition to a Crate and Barrel, so I was optimistic.
I took an unhelpful turn through Pfaltzgraff, elected to skip the Corelle store, and went into Villeroy & Boch without expecting much. After all, their website promised such gems as the Cottage Mug and the French Garden Fleurence Mug:
But, crammed in the tiny clearance closet, delightfully-green mugs!
I bought six originally-$22 mugs for $4 each. Perhaps they will last me more than six months. It's a good thing that I visited the Hideous Floral Mug Mart: Crate and Barrel had zilch.
Redress of Grievances
Hot days call for ice cream when you're on vacation and it's only a quarter mile away, so upon returning home with two hot bottles of water, I ditched the car and set off for the ice cream hut with an umbrella. Kettle Cove Take-Out and Dairy Bar is a local mainstay for beachgoers, and they make all their own ice cream on location. As I strolled home attending to a waffle cone full of peanut butter oreo, I got a thumbs-up and a declaration of ice-cream-umbrella-strolling approval from a woman on a front porch.
I have pleased the locals.
I have pleased the locals.
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