Yes, There WILL Be A Quiz!

(Thursday's Post; pay no attention to the date in the corner!)
The other day, on the way home from my sister's house,
my minivan insisted on taking me to HomeGoods.

Y'know, they've got some nice things in there.

So I opened up the wallet, let the moths fly out, and got me some.

Specifically, four of these bread & butter plates:

 4 of these luncheon-sized plates:

 12 of these cotton napkins, 'cause they came in a pack of 12 and after all, what's a girl to do?

I also bought two 60" x 60" square tablecloths in linen, one in red, one in gold.

I like square cloths on round tables.

So, I brought it all home, and decided to test different dinner plates with the new plates and napkins.

As I've said before, you are never too old to play with dishes.

Which setting do you like?

The one anchored by a green Dollar Tree dinner plate:

Or .... the one with a red dinner plate, part of a set of 55 dinner

plates I bought 2 years ago (for $20) to use for big parties:

Or, the white and red swirly-bordered Dollar Tree plate;

I thought the swirls might look good with the 

Jacobean designs on the small plate and the napkins:

All three table settings are on the gold linen cloth from HomeGoods; the red one is underneath.

I have no idea why I did that -- I had thoughts of doing the place settings on both cloths, but -- I got lazy.

Also in common -- the wineglasses.

Big balloon glasses from Dollar Tree.

The flatware is our new everyday:

Reed & Barton Williamsburg Royal Scroll.

I love three-tine forks; I had a very cheap version of this pattern when I was first on my own.

So cheap that the fork tines were sharp and if you weren't careful you could cut your lip eating your salad.

True story.  Don't ask me how I know.

Anyway . . . I love the contemporary interpretation

of the Jacobean pattern in the napkins

and the small plates, partnered with the very traditional flatware.  

 Left to right -- White with Red, Red, or Green dinner plates.

Which would you like to eat from?

Or should that be "From which would you like to eat?"  -- Cass

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And before you go -- I just want to show off my newly re-hung
Front Door Wreath, a simple leafy affair.  Now it's at the right height!

Hung with a piece of wide double satin ivory-colored ribbon, leftover from Alida's wedding back in June.

 For more on our front porch and Fall decor
-- and I don't count the fallen leaves! --
check back tomorrow, Friday.

For now, the wreath turns its back on us; how rude.
Although that means we are all now inside That Old House.
Hope I have enough chairs . . . . and goody bags.

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