Background: Yesterday evening, I got up to make some tea. (Good background, right? I mean, that really sets the scene for you, doesn’t it?)
Me, to John: What size mug?
John: Mexican.
Let me explain. We don’t do sizes the normal way when it comes to mugs. Oh, no. Small, medium, large, tall, grande, venti – those are not descriptive enough. Here’s a selection of the mugs we use most often:
- In the front row, from left to right, we have littlest and little – these match our dishes. We’ve had them since we got married.
- In the middle row, also from left to right, the answer to the mug size question is college (the last remaining dishware from our college years – I think the rest of those dishes went to Tom after we graduated), Jess’s (no one uses those but her), Mexican (we bought them in Mexico, I swear), and big Mexican (same as the others, but bigger)
- And in the back row, we have the more obvious self-explanatory descriptions: Superman, Beatles, Mad Hatter
We have entirely too many mugs. Okay, now I need to know how many. Hang on.
You can let go now. 41. We have 41 mugs, not counting travel mugs. And how many people live here? Yeah. TWO. Ridiculous.
momma betty
Mugs are worse than bunny rabbits. Whatever you do, don’t store them in the same cabinet together.
ibcrandy
As long as you have the shelf space for them I say you can never have too many mugs. Hell, I three on my desk right now at work, and that means I’ve taken some home to clean them recently. Personal favorite: Casablanca mug.
Zannah
Wow, I don’t have any at work. But I don’t like the coffee at work, so you know. Except I could use one for water and not plastic cups… I’m overthinking this.
Mom, I think Randy just gave you permission to ship him your extra mugs.
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