Nifty Thrifty

The dish with cover bought for £7 on the Isle of Arran during our last holiday. The Midwinter "Spanish Garden" plate has 12 others to match - small, medium and dinner plates. We eat off these now - first time we have had "real" dishes that match and they only cost £3.50. I'm a sucker for anything turquoise.

I would never catch and kill butterfiles, so I ummed and ahhhed in the charity shop over these framed beauties, but I loved them and their typed labels so much I parted with the £2.

Coffee or Tea?

Both the coffee service and teapot were found in local Charity Shops here in Gateshead. One of my best finds ever (and most expensive at £10 - nearly $20), the porcelain coffee service is Polish and had 12 cups and saucers, so I shared some with a friend.

The teapot is German.