I had a few pieces of tupperware and a couple of Holly Hobbie dish towels that I kept in a box in the closet. A few short months after I got married my dad's mother died. She was in a nursing home. Her things were in storage. They cleaned out the unit and gave me most of the house hold goods. Glasses, flatware, pots and pans, and some furniture. I teased my dad that he sent me off with a dowry, especially when he used to tell me he was giving me $20 and a 20ft latter when I wanted to get married.