Ironstone - Get It While You Can

Have you ever found yourself in this situation?

Your strolling through a shop,

the type that has those one of a kind treasures that are so fun to find.

You stumble upon an amazing piece,

just what you've been searching for,

and it's calling YOUR name.

So you move in a little closer,

remembering other pieces you've found that were similar
but too damaged
or
the price too high
but this one is looking good so far.
As you peer in even closer your heart begins to race a little
and
you begin thinking that this one may be the perfect piece.

You reach out,
touch it,

picking it up to look it over real good.

I mean real, real good; the top, sides, bottom, every which way you can!

You are so excited,

it's practically perfect,

the price is amazing!

AND
THEN
that old saying begins going round and round in your head,

"You better get it while you can, better get it while you can!"

You know right then with the condition so good and the amazing price,
that you should grab it up,

head straight way to the register,

and take that treasure home with you!

BUT...

you start to doubt,

begin to hem and haw,

ask yourself over and over, "should I, or shouldn't I?"

AND THEN...

you put it down,

walk away,

you look back,
several times you look back,

but keep walking away,

AND THEN...
you can't shake the decision as you drive home,

once home you can't get it out of your head,

you've been looking for pieces like this for your collection,
and this piece isn't damaged like the others,
and the price is right!

SO THEN...

you head back to the shop,

rush up to the front door like your pants are on fire,

locate the isle,

find the booth,

look on the shelf

and

it's

GONE!

Have you ever been there?

Me too!

And I vowed that from that point on I would trust my gut
and never let that happen again!

BUT...

right

before

Christmas

I

found this ironstone beauty,
no chips or cracks,
perfect condition,
the price was AMAZING,
and I walked away.

For the next several weeks before Christmas

and several weeks after

 I thought about this piece.

I thought about how I've come across many ironstone covered dishes before

that were chipped,
cracked,
cost way more than I would consider spending.

And this one had such pretty detail,
in such condition,
at such a good price.
I should have gotten it,
why, oh why, did I walk away?

















A few weeks after Christmas,
doubting this piece would still be there this many weeks later,
I hopped in my car,
headed back to the shop,

rushed up to the front door like my pants were on fire,

locate the isle,

found the booth,

looked on the shelf

and
guess
what?

There she was, I couldn't believe it!

So I brought her home with me and here she is now,
on the cupboard in my farmhouse style kitchen.

Moral of the story...

find a great piece, in great condition, at a great price...

get it while you can!

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