2009.01.01

Not quite the start I envisioned

Posted in House and Home at 8:22 pm by Jeremiah Wittevrongel

2009 is off to an inauspicious start for me.  While I was cleaning the floors, I accidentally knocked my teapot onto the floor.  And in the case of stoneware teapot vs. concrete floor, the floor scored a resounding victory.  This is the first dish I’ve broken since I bought my Denby about 4 years ago.

OK, so I just buy a new teapot to replace the one I broke.  There’s just one problem with that – my pattern (Smokestone) was discontinued in 2006.  They only actually made it for 4 years.

Luckily, I managed to source a replacement online.  With shipping, etc. it winds up being a similar price to what I originally paid back in 2004.  Still a very expensive little oops to start off my new year.  So now I make a new year’s resolution, a day late:  I will break no more Denby in 2009.