Originally Posted by sarahrachel
you know what I realized isn't fair anymore? I'm 18 and want to get stuff of mine. But I keep reading how some of you got dishes real cheap from grocery stores, or collected things in boxes to send away for bowls and I WISH THEY STILL DID THIS!!!! That's how my grandma got her dishes as well as her sisters. They took turns from oldest to youngest to get dishes and I wish I could do that. I'd have more stuff to add, and maybe have to find another chest!
You could try going to thrift stores and sales. Even though my daughter just signed the lease on her first appt we still collect things for her. This weekend we went into a kitchen store and they had cooking utinsils on sale buy two get one free; they were 2.99 ea so I got her three. Even though the stores rarely do the instore dishes anymore you can still collect things buy just going out and searching for bargins and when you get to use them you'll have the special memories as to how you got them; rather it be a thrift store; craigslist or a yardsale or at a great deal at a local store. I can't wait until my daughter sets up her kitchen; we've been collecting for years and I know she's forgotten some of the things she has now. She had forgotten about her Paula Dean cookware and it was just this past Christmas. The point is; there are always new ways to start collecting new memories for the future; different that the ones in the past but still new.