Little sips of happiness

I've always assumed that the dishes in my cupboards need to match. I can't just buy a glass or plate because it's pretty, I have to either buy a whole set of them, or nothing at all. Not because I'm overly neat, but because I thought that's just the way it had to be.

I do really really love my set of these. They are the perfect weight, perfect sized brim, nice simple design. I love having my morning coffee from them.   

However, my friend Stephanie kept talking about how much she loved her holiday mugs--she buys a different one for each holiday and drinks her coffee from it for the duration of that holiday season, and it makes her happy. For a while, I couldn't get past worrying about the unmatchiness of that. What do you do? How do you live with it? I don't know! But one day, while fondling the Halloween mugs at Starbucks, I decided that I was going to buy one.  How would I handle the cognitive dissonance caused by bringing this mug home without its family?  I didn't know, but the mugs were just so cute, I thought it was worth a try.  

Guess what? She was completely right. The world was a better place with that little spider in my coffee.   I loved having a Halloween mug so much that I bought an entirely different Halloween mug when Starbucks marked them down.  

Then I bought a Christmas one a few weeks later (my favorite mug ever, but you'll have to wait to see it). And they are like a little piece of MORE happiness (as if there wasn't enough already!) every morning when I pour my coffee.

And I decided to just call them holiday decorations so I don't have to worry about them not being part of a set.   They get packed up with all the Halloween decor on November 1st.