See this spoon? I used to have a bunch of these guys. Now I'm down to 8. I have my suspicions on how this has happened.
The realization that we were running low on spoons has been slow coming. I've been in denial for awhile telling myself things like "Oh, the rest must be in the dishwasher or the sink." But tonight, every dish is washed and put away and the final count is 8.
This flatware was a wedding gift from my Grandma. A heavy, heavy box, it had 12 each of knives, teaspoons, soup spoons, dinner forks, salad forks and two big serving spoons . The first year that I had Christmas for the family, I was already down a few spoons and a fork, so ordered some more. Oneida was having a sale so I bought 8 more forks and teaspoon. I had so much flatware, I couldn't fit it all in the drawer! That was 12 years ago.
Fast forward to today and my missing spoons. Oneida is very sorry, but they have discontinued my pattern. I've checked around all the flatware replacement sites and have found my spoons at two of them. They both want $6 a spoon! I found my pattern under headings like "Heirloom" and "Vintage" Come on! This set came from Kmart and we've only been married 14 years! This is not antique silverware!
But it's clear now that our spoons are valuable. My new plan is guard and protect these last 8 spoons from the dangers that they face. Obviously, we have a gremlin or rogue yard gnome sneaking around and filching our spoons for their own nefarious purposes. How dare they!
Behold the Brewer brandishing my 6 new spoons that he found on Ebay for me. You may remember not long ago I was bewailing my spoon problem. Most of you told me, in not so many words, to suck it up and accept that I would have to have mismatched flatware. But not Brewer. Bravely he dove into the virtual garage sale that is Ebay and came sputtering to the top with not only these 6 spoons, but also 3 knives, 3 forks, 4 knives and an adorable little sugar spoon. My silverware drawer overflowth.
