Go figure!

June has arrived and with it our anniversary. As of the 21st I will have been married to my best friend for 3 years, we've had our ups and downs, but all together it's been a fun ride :)

Now for the not so sentimental side of this post: it can pretty much be said that 3 1/2 years ago I sat down to do my wedding registry. At that time I was adamant about not wanting any fancy china because it would be a waste of money. Now that I have 3 1/2 more years of maturity on my side, and a growing love for entertaining (see the last post about eating out), I've come to appreciate what a good quality set of china can be useful for, and I must say: I WANT ME SOME CHINA! It somewhat started a few months ago, and then a few days ago we were in Dillard's and I could have died I loved so many of the pieces I just couldn't stand it! I've already decided that I'm going to be inheriting my grandmother's china, it's absolutely beautiful and my sister said she isn't interested in it, but I still want a set of my own. My grandmother's set is very fall, with beautiful maple leaves and fall colors on it which is perfect for Thanksgiving, but I want a set I can use year round that I can call my own and pass it on to my daughter or daughter-in-law if they want it. But alas, due to me being so against it when we were getting married I'm gonna have to pay for it myself, at least I get to take my time picking it out. I want something simple yet elegant, like something you'd see at a not-very-fancy-but-still-nice dinner at Buckingham Palace or something. We're not talking those crazy pieces people spend thousands of dollars on, I'm not that crazy, just something around $100 or less for a 5 piece set, I want these to last a lifetime so I gotta find quality and you don't get that with the cheap stuff.

Alas my search continues. There's so many I like it's hard to pick just one!

Here's links to the ones I like that I've found so far:

Option #1, Option #2, Option #3, Option #4, Option #5, Option #6

Right now I'm really liking #1, but I also really like #5, and #4, and #3, honestly I really like all of them :P