a reason to drink coffee

normally i don't need a good reason to drink coffee. if it's brewed, or within a few miles distance...i'm there! however, tonight i had a really good reason to make a pot and drink 2 (or was it 3?) cups. we had a new mug! 

the mug came today as a christmas gift from one of our insurance partners. i was bracing myself for a paper weight or something engraved, so imagine my surprise when matt pulled out a robin egg's blue box. yes, it was a tiffany's box! once my pulse returned to it's normal level, i started to wonder what could possibly be in a tiffany's box that big. well, as it turns out, the box was home to a 'mug'. i know that's probably a misnomer for anything that comes from tiffany's, but i have to be honest and say that it is really quite hideous. i was hoping for a simple pattern, even solid white, but instead, the mug is covered in a muted map pattern! i probably wouldn't pay $3 for this mug at tj maxx, and now, i'm discovering i can't put it in the microwave (gold in the handle) and probably not in the dishwasher either!

however, i will put it on our shelf and use it every so often, and it will become part of the mug collection that every house has, because who can ever get rid of mugs? my other favorites - the 'it's a girl' mug that matt gave me as a 'prize' the first time we hung out together, a bright orange mug that matt picked out of a whole store when i made him spend the last bit of a gift card, and a recent mug from ella saying 'aunt-like mom...only cooler'. it's nice to know the tiffany's mug will have a home on the island of misfit mugs.