MONDAY MUSINGS – SHOW ME YOUR MUG SHOT

Hi All,

Happy Monday.

How was your weekend?  Mine was great.  I suntanned, adventured on my bike, watched a great movie with Tom, had a yummy burrito lunch with girlfriends, finished a book, Skyped with my parents, had red wine, had beer, and had white wine (not all at once though).  All in all, a great success. 

As with all weekends, I ate too much, exercised too little, and drank way too much coffee. 

I love coffee.  I also love coffee mugs.  What kind of mug person are you?

I have a weird theory that our coffee mugs sort of define us.  Some people have a perfectly matching set of mugs, some people go for colour or pattern themes, and some people, like myself, have a crazy array of random mugs that have been collected over the years.  I love that each mug comes with a story and a memory.

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These are the ones that live in our apartment.  I also have mugs spread out at my parent's house, Tom's parents house, and the apartments we usually live in while we're training in Florida.  I think I may have a mug obsession.

I picked up the red ones at a market in Mexico while on vacation last year.  The Natal Day mug is obviously pretty special to me. 

How many of you have Bunnykins dishes?  Probably a lot.  I've had that one since I was a kid.
Tom and I also got really in to Mad Men last year, so for Christmas I got us matching Mad Men mugs.

I bought this for Tom in Mexico because it seemed like a "manly" gift haha.

More Mad Men, more Natal Day, and a lovely Lupin mug that we were given while we were in PEI for Canada Games in 2009.

This is my friend Christine.  She lives in a house where all of the mugs are shiny and black.  We call them “man mugs.”  She bought this to throw some colour into the cupboard.

Check out these mugs that I found on Amazon.  I love them.  I think they are so funny and cute.

I am also coveting this little guy from The Bay.

Sometimes I wish I could have a lovely little set of matching flowered teacups with matching saucers, but I know it would look pretty funny and out of place next to the skull mug. 

So what’s your strategy when it comes to mugs?  Send me a pic of your collection.  Let’s share.  I think it will be fun.