Green Glasses for Summer Beverages

Here are the results of my Green Glass mission.  To be fair, Chris bought me the etched stem glasses from Pottery Barn, and the butterfly etched tumblers I found at Home Goods.  The remainder were foraged all over The Shoreline, at countless shops, but none carrying the name "Antique" in them.

The Pink Champagne Flutes in the back come under the heading of Starbucks Habit. Several years ago my Financial Planner asked me if I had a "Starbucks Habit" meaning, do I spend $5 a day on coffee that I could be saving for retirement. 

I don't have a Starbucks Habit, thank you.  I make my own coffee.

I do, however, have a Chochkte Habit.  When I admitted this to him, he didn't know what Chochkties were, so I sent him this definition:

CHOCHKTE:  (CHOCH-KEE): Anything you find in discounts stores, import places, home decorating bargain stores, or the gift department of any major mall anchor store. Typically sells for $29.95, and five years later, you put them in your tag sale pile.

I was in a rather expensive establishment which specializes in upscale tropical clothing and home decorating when I spotted these glasses.  

I gasped, they were so beautiful.  

When I turned them upside down to see the price, I nearly fainted.  $70.  Each.  I put them back on the shelf and congratulated myself that I delayed gratification for the sake of my future retirement.

And then a very loving friend bought them for me as a going away present, when I moved back East, and I treasure them.  They are used exclusively for Easter Brunch.