A Special Gift

Giving gifts to special people in our lives is a great source of  happiness.

So is receiving them.

This past week, a very special gift came and it was ordered by me!

For me!

Have you ever done that?  Bought a gift for just yourself?

Well, here's how it happened.

I looked at my old, ugly pepper shaker and its non-matching smaller in size salt shaker and shook my head.

They looked awful. 

 It's been that way for a long time since moving several times the past five years jumbled everything up.

It was definitely time for a matching set of salt and pepper shakers.

Perusing Goodwill thrift shops turned up zero. Nada. Nothing.

But on ebay, there happened to be a set of glass/crystal shakers that looked absolutely gorgeous.

They had pedestal bottoms and were just my style.

So I ordered them from an awesome seller in the midwest.

A box came extremely quickly----only four days. 

The seller had  packed the shakers very carefully.

While lifting each shaker from its wrapper, sheer excitement punctured the air.

As much as we are not really supposed to get too hepped up about material things, this set of pepper and salt shakers really makes me happy.

In the general scheme of things, that gift to me isn't really much but it means a lot to me.

Bye bye mismatched salt and pepper shakers.

It's time for them to move on!

WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU BOUGHT YOURSELF A GIFT?