Photo Blog: Day 19

Most of the time, when I think about wedding gifts, I think about kitchen gadgets. I think that part of this is because most of the people my age do not have a lot of the kitchen gadgets, so their relatives and friends buy them Kitchen Aid stand mixers, Oster slow cookers, and Hamilton Beach toaster ovens. However, while it's nice to be able to prepare many types of foods that would otherwise be a). tedious, or b). impossible, there is something satisfying when you serve a meal on your china.

When I was growing up (I speak that as if I am not still a toddler, bumping about trying to make my way to the cookie jar), my parents always told me that they would help pay for my wedding in some part. When my wife and I were married last year, I tried not to rely on my parents' funds. A few weeks after the wedding, my mother called me and said that since I had not really asked them for much assistance, she had ordered our China, and that some of it was already arriving in the mail. For me (a... 'frugal' person), it would have been very difficult to justify spending the money on our china, so this call was the perfect solution.

This picture was taken with my Canon XSi, and my 18-55mm kit lens.