Things We Collect

We travel a lot (and long may it continue) and apart from taking thousands of photos, we’ve started to collect a few things. Starbucks Mugs I started collecting Starbucks mugs in Kuala Lumpur and now it’s a little bit addictive. In total I have 38 from over 20 different countries and four continents.

Our Starbucks Mug Collection at 599 Third Street

I’m sure one day we’ll find a use for them. Now they just get packed away in a box! Winery Coasters Our latest idea is to collect coasters from wineries we visit. So far we’re up to 16, the vast majority (obviously) from California.

Our Winery Coaster Collection at 599 Third Street

Once we have a family home our plan is to use them as tiles in the kitchen. Looks like we have a lot more winery visiting to do. Wine Bottle Corks Not really intentional but we have been throwing our wine corks into a basket which we had to empty last week. In about two years, we drank at least 200 bottles of wine! That’s an average of 1 bottle every 3 days and change. Some folks will think that is a lot and I know others will think we are amateurs!

Quite a lot of Firefly Ridge at 599 Third Street

Firefly Ridge was the winner. We’ve drank almost 40 bottles! It’s normally a $16 bottle of wine at Safeway, but we only buy in bulk and when it’s on sale. Lisa loves getting a bargain at $5 and it makes a great table wine.