tea time

This is a picture from yesterday's afternoon tea moment inspired by Dawn's tea posts. The muffins started out as the usual banana-chocolate chip and ended up the results of a pantry rummage as supplies ran low.  These mini muffins became an experiment of banana-butterscotch and cranberry.  Strange, but yummy, especially the butterscotch chips.

But what I really wanted to show off was the mug.  I have been keeping my eyes peeled for new mugs for the last year or so and was beginning to despair that I would never find anything in my price range which is "reduced".  

But on a recent trip home to PA, we made a trip into Pier 1 and found one of these in blue on clearance, the only one left.  Since my goal was to buy enough mugs for our home, we picked a set of four in a different style mug and I bought the single one for me.

After we came home, I started using mine and loved it.  On a whim, I checked Pier 1's website and found that it came in four different colors: blue, green, red and orange.  My next trip into town, I went to our local Pier 1 and found all the other colors(minus the blue) on clearance too, so I bought some more in green and red.  I love them all!  The bottom has a detachable rubber ring which is perfect for my needs and it holds just the right amount of liquid.  

It has been a long time since I bought something for my kitchen that I just adore and it feels so nice to have something pretty for not a lot of money.