i have been collecting starbucks mugs for a while now and there has always been an "unwritten rule" stating that all mugs placed in a collection must be from places you have VISITED. well as you all know, i don't get to travel much; so instead of buying a mug from every city i visit and having a collection of what... 2 WHOLE mugs, i changed it up a bit and added an "unwritten clause" stating a mug purchased FOR me from someone i hold dear could count just the same.
enter my cousin gregory.
i haven't talked to him in over 22 years. that made me... 4 years old the last time i saw him. [LOTS has happened since then. hahaha.] while my uncle soctt was visiting, he told me greg was on a business trip in las vegas (LAS VEGAS!!). i thought i'd take the prime opportunity to open up lines of communication once again by BEGGING him (greg) to get me a las vegas STARBUCKS MUG. not only did he get me a VEGAS mug but he threw in a SAN ANTONIO mug JUST because he's that AWESOME!
so NOW... i have SEVENTEEN mugs. 18--if you count my forged "tallahassee mug", purchased for me by a dear friend who didn't have the heart to leave the city without one. =)
even though all my mugs weren't purchased BY me in cities i have VISITED, they all still hold wonderful memories for me. and that's what counts the most. =)
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I have a similar collection but mine is shot glasses. I'm not a regular drinker but they don't take up much room and I anticipate the day I have all 50 (and perhaps Puerto Rico, you never know) and I can display them all somewhere in my house!!
ReplyDeleteoh and my rules are the same. Must be a place I visited [or a place a loved one visits]... I'm up to about 32 now I think!!!
And I love your mugs! I always think of you when I see them at Starbuck's I visit.
ReplyDeletewait- now that you are up to 23 - does that count the Tallahassee mug? Just wanna know how far behind I am from you!! I just need to go to some new places (um Tampa!!) I wish we were collecting mugs last time I was there. If you wanted to bring me back one, I mean, I probably wouldn't refuse it even though I didn't buy it myself ;)
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