rena_librarian | dishes ^

I wore a shirt yesterday that made me completely self-conscious the last time I wore it, around Christmas. And I was fine.

Not that I looked that much different (I've lost some weight, yes, but not THAT much since then). I just...feel more confident, I guess.

First time I've worn it since I moved out. Hmm.

Went out to my parents' house for dinner last night, and I'm 98% sure that it's the first time I'd been out there since January. Expected it to feel weirder, but it was surprisingly familiar--almost like I've been driving that way every night for the last five months. O_o It DID feel really confining--all the trees are in full foliage right now, so going down the last bit of road and the driveway felt like driving in a tunnel.

I don't know, I guess I was expecting them to make more of a fuss over me. Felt kind of like it did when I lived there. I didn't like that feeling.

I also went over to my grandpa's and finally got my orange dishes. ^_^

(Thanks to google images for the pics--I don't have my own pics yet. ^_^) Most of the plates are plain, but I have those exact cups and about six of those flower plates--I think the color in the second pic is a better representative of their actual color. I also have a few soup bowls and a platter. ^_^

Did a little research last night online (though it was kind of difficult--most sites were more geared toward selling the stuff rather than having helpful info), and they were given away with Dreft detergent in the 1950's. ^_^ Manufactured by the Fire King division of the Anchor Hocking Glass company (which is still in existence, though they no longer manufacture my dishes). The particular line is called Peach Lustre (how creative, lol). And you can bet that whenever I go into an antique/junk store, I'll be looking for more. ^_^

I found them in my Grandma's house one day when I was fourteen--she had been through all the cabinets and washed all the dishes, and was showing off, and I made such a fuss about how pretty that set was that she said I could have them when I got married. I kind of sighed and told her that would probably be a really long time, if ever, so she amended herself and said I could have them when I moved out. ^_^ I think she was just starting to get the idea that I'd be like Jennifer--probably marry late, if at all. At fourteen I wasn't sure I wanted to get married, lol.

Lots of things were different at fourteen. Thoughts of college weren't even beginning to float through my head, and I thought I'd be out on my own a lot sooner than I actually was.

We had no idea that Grandma would get sick and never live to see me move out, or get married, if I ever do. *is in a funk about that*

Gah. That's depressing. The point is I finally have the dishes. ^_^ I'm probably not going to unpack them right now, what with having to move out of my apartment soon, and move back again. If I unpack them I'll want to wash them before I put them away, and there's not much point in doing that twice.

Gas was $2.86 in Flippin (at WalMart, if you used a gift card)! Sooooo filled up there! That's the cheapest I've seen in a few weeks.