It left me very bitter that my greedy ex wouldn't even part with one of the three Royal Doulton dinner services his mother gave us (and one of those was a wedding present). So it's been a long while coming, but I finally went and bought my own bone china - not RD, but Noritake - what can I say? I live in Japan and I think they're just as good. I ( Read more... )

I broke my beautiful hand painted crystal wineglass!!! It was one of a pair that I bought three years ago in Prague. Knocked it into the sink :-( and it sheared off at the base of the stem *points at icon* Clumsy, clumsy!! Not that this is in the league of family disasters or anything ... but *sob*