Found!
Luzon Jumilla is a spanish wine I discovered last summer. I bought it based on the description of "exploding gobs of fruit." I loved the wine - it was a huge red at a tiny price ($8.50-9.99/bottle). I pimped it to EVERYONE. And then, poof! it was gone. Couldn't find it anywhere, and woe was me.
Well, I'm kind of stubborn about stuff, so every time I was in Woodmans, I'd check the spanish aisle JIC. A couple of weeks ago, I hit paydirt. The beautiful black label with the silver gray font was back. Not only that, it's priced $7.49/bottle. Of course I picked up two. I was sorely tempted to get a case, but thought I should confer with DH before committing.
DH suggested I should have got a case (and the resulting discount) when I found it, and I said "maybe next time then." I'm glad we're on the same page even though he can't partake right now.
So yesterday was our 20th anniversary. The traditional gift is china, and the modern is platinum. Who knew? This was stumping me big time. Finally, I figured out that Mikasa makes crystal rimmed in platinum, so I figured it would be a good gift. If you know us, you know we've already got more barware than anyone needs. It's like
bzdchris's cookbooks - it's a sickness, a hobby and something useful all wrapped up in one! Of course, I didn't figure any of this out in enough time to order crystal, so I was running around town Tuesday night looking for someone to sell me some. When it comes to fine crystal folks, it's not much of a cash-and-carry world. In the process, I discovered the pattern Debut Platinum by Lenox. This pattern is very similar to the pattern of the beautiful glasses we received as a 10th anniversary gift, so of course there was no other acceptable pattern for me. Luckily, Boston Store had 2 white wine glasses (on sale even) that I could take with me. Score! I can always order more later.
I stayed home Wednesday, because DH was feeling pretty puny, and it was our anniversary, and everything I'm working on right now is portable. He was too sick to drive himself to get my present, so I drove him to Woodmans. Then he bought me a CASE of Jumilla!! Yippee! Yay! Hooray! That makes 14 beautiful bottles of exploding gobs of fruit - all for me to share with my favorite people. It's going to be a beautiful year.
It damn well better be, because I know for sure that I'm not up for a repeat of the last 20. Yep, there were good years in there, but there was way more than the usual share of stress and strife too. Bankruptcy, lawsuits, custody battles, MDS, rotator cuff, recalcitrant step and not-step kids, jobs/careers in flux, house and car disasters, southern neighborhood politics - all this and more. Is it any wonder I've spent the week swinging between tears and rage? Welcome to your midlife crisis, goldy. If it's not a beautiful year, then at least you've got enough wine to stay anesthetized through it.
Well, I'm kind of stubborn about stuff, so every time I was in Woodmans, I'd check the spanish aisle JIC. A couple of weeks ago, I hit paydirt. The beautiful black label with the silver gray font was back. Not only that, it's priced $7.49/bottle. Of course I picked up two. I was sorely tempted to get a case, but thought I should confer with DH before committing.
DH suggested I should have got a case (and the resulting discount) when I found it, and I said "maybe next time then." I'm glad we're on the same page even though he can't partake right now.
So yesterday was our 20th anniversary. The traditional gift is china, and the modern is platinum. Who knew? This was stumping me big time. Finally, I figured out that Mikasa makes crystal rimmed in platinum, so I figured it would be a good gift. If you know us, you know we've already got more barware than anyone needs. It's like
bzdchris's cookbooks - it's a sickness, a hobby and something useful all wrapped up in one! Of course, I didn't figure any of this out in enough time to order crystal, so I was running around town Tuesday night looking for someone to sell me some. When it comes to fine crystal folks, it's not much of a cash-and-carry world. In the process, I discovered the pattern Debut Platinum by Lenox. This pattern is very similar to the pattern of the beautiful glasses we received as a 10th anniversary gift, so of course there was no other acceptable pattern for me. Luckily, Boston Store had 2 white wine glasses (on sale even) that I could take with me. Score! I can always order more later.
I stayed home Wednesday, because DH was feeling pretty puny, and it was our anniversary, and everything I'm working on right now is portable. He was too sick to drive himself to get my present, so I drove him to Woodmans. Then he bought me a CASE of Jumilla!! Yippee! Yay! Hooray! That makes 14 beautiful bottles of exploding gobs of fruit - all for me to share with my favorite people. It's going to be a beautiful year.
It damn well better be, because I know for sure that I'm not up for a repeat of the last 20. Yep, there were good years in there, but there was way more than the usual share of stress and strife too. Bankruptcy, lawsuits, custody battles, MDS, rotator cuff, recalcitrant step and not-step kids, jobs/careers in flux, house and car disasters, southern neighborhood politics - all this and more. Is it any wonder I've spent the week swinging between tears and rage? Welcome to your midlife crisis, goldy. If it's not a beautiful year, then at least you've got enough wine to stay anesthetized through it.