The true sign of adulthood

Posted on October 1, 2008 by bipolarlawyercook| 15 Comments

I may still have stu­dent loans to repay, and fur­ni­ture inher­ited from rel­a­tives.  I finally have a job with grownups, for grownup pay.  But the real, true sign of adult­hood?  Match­ing sil­ver­ware.  Oneida Calm, if you’re curi­ous.  Many thanks to the BH, who got a $100.00 gift cer­tifi­cate to Linens n’ Things (or “Sheets n’ Shit” as we like to call it) for know­ing all sorts of things about Don MacLean’s “Amer­i­can Pie.”  And he claimed it was all use­less trivia.  Use­less, my match­ing cutlery.

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15 Responses to The true sign of adulthood

  1. Jenn @ Juggling Life | October 1, 2008 at 10:26 pm |

    Sim­ple yet ele­gant. I love them.

    Jenn @ Jug­gling Lifes last blog post..A Lit­tle IKEA Bright­ens My Day

  2. Dory | October 1, 2008 at 11:15 pm |

    “Sheets & Shit”.… *still giggling*

  3. alejna | October 1, 2008 at 11:25 pm |

    I love “Sheets n’ Shit.” Too clever.

    And your cut­lery is quite nice, too.

    We’ve actu­ally had match­ing cut­lery for quite a few years, but I deny being an adult.

    ale­j­nas last blog post..the sound of two hands typing

  4. anne | October 2, 2008 at 12:43 am |

    Agreed! I have 2 mort­gages, car pay­ments, stu­dent loan debt and a dog — but when we got all our dishes to match — I totally felt like a real adult.

    annes last blog post..More Tales from the Wed­ding Frontline

  5. CTJen | October 2, 2008 at 7:48 am |

    “sheets n’ shit”

    *snork*

  6. Kristen | October 2, 2008 at 9:42 am |

    Don’t you like how it takes match­ing cut­lery to make you feel grown up? Never mind the big, expen­sive edu­ca­tion, never mind the fancy lawyer job. But I’m with you — in fact I think I’m ready to upgrade from my Christ­mas Tree Shop set.

  7. g | October 2, 2008 at 1:04 pm |

    “Sheets n’ Shit” !! Too funny!

    We call stores like that “Stuff n’ Things.” but yours is much funnier.

    gs last blog post..Wel­come October

  8. Phil | October 2, 2008 at 3:40 pm |

    ran­domn trivia has helped me win a con­test many a time. just last week I won a $30 gift card to block­buster because I remem­bered Soft Cell sang Tainted Love

    and I like to call it Linen’s n Shit but that was after the onion did it first

    http://www.theonion.com/content/news/new_linens_n_shit_opens

  9. magpie | October 2, 2008 at 4:47 pm |

    Nice. I splurged sim­i­larly about a year ago. I still like reach­ing into the drawer and find­ing it, all nice and matchy-matchy.

    mag­pies last blog post..Those Awk­ward Conversations

  10. jess | October 2, 2008 at 10:49 pm |

    lol yeah it’s linens n’ shit. and grats on match­ing sil­ver­ware. i’m OCD so that’s always been a require­ment for me. i hate non-matching silverware.

    jesss last blog post..dear sep­tem­ber

  11. Sara | October 3, 2008 at 4:52 am |

    LOL on the Sheets and Shit.

    My mother in law got us some sil­ver­ware, but the kind with the plas­tic han­dles with designs. Not what I would have cho­sen, but I’d been using cheap ass ugly shit. My father would shit bricks, but I always try to remem­ber my boyfriend from high school whose mother was so lov­ing and warm and every meal at her table was won­der­ful — with non-matching dishes and sil­ver­ware. I try to remind myself that there are lots worse things in the world than ugly housewares.

    But still — that set you got is beautiful.

    Saras last blog post..Thank you

  12. Cheri @ Blog This Mom! | October 3, 2008 at 1:54 pm |

    Awe­some. Match­ing flat­ware. What will they think of next?

    I’m lov­ing that you’re such a spe­cial cook and … what? You were serv­ing those awe­some meals with mis­matched flat­ware? LOVE IT!

  13. Michelle | October 6, 2008 at 9:03 pm |

    Love the sil­ver­ware set!

    Michelles last blog post..Home Sweet Home

  14. michelle of bleeding espresso | October 7, 2008 at 1:32 am |

    They’re gor­geous! Sorry I haven’t been around for a while…I’m avoid­ing my Blog­lines for fear my com­puter will burst into flames because of the time it would take to load the page. Hope all is well with you :)

  15. Grandy | October 9, 2008 at 9:52 pm |

    Sheets & Shit! I love it!!

    Con­grats on adult­hood. As a won­der­ful cook, I fig­ured you were way ahead of me in that cat­e­gory. We have the fam­ily silverware…but never an occas­sion to use it.

    Grandys last blog post..How Grandy Spends Her Daze

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