Photos :: Glass Collection & a Birthday

I have always been a hoarder...excuse me...collector. When I went to Australia in high school I brought back basically everything I touched as a souvenir. And I really mean everything. I had a big container full of what was literally Australian garbage. Wrappers that looked different from the wrappers we have here, twigs, toilet paper that I used, etc. That was a test to make sure you were really reading this. I didn't bring back used toilet paper. Anyways, I have tamed my hoarding/collecting and I have become really good at not bringing things home that I don't need. I could go into detail but I have already steered pretty far away from the point of this post so I need to reel myself back in and get down to business.

When I started this collection I did kind of have a need for it. Ivan has a fairly extensive collection of beer glasses but we didn't have very many glasses to offer people drinks in that weren't teensy or plastic. I had spied these types of glasses hanging around the thrift store a few times but resisted the urge to snatch them up. They are glasses that have flowers on them representing the months of the year with a little description of the flower on the back.

Then in late March I saw the April glass and decided that I needed to start my collection. I feel like this is a good collection for me because it has a definite end point. Once I get all 12 glasses it will be complete! Here is my collection so far.

Excuse my chipped nail polish, how embarrassing!
And here is the back of the glass just to give you an idea of what they say.

I am probably too excited about  my glasses and I get really nerdy and like to use the glass that corresponds to the month that we are in. I'm having a problem right now because I haven't found August yet. What the heck am I supposed to drink out of? Another really dorky thing I like to do is when people come over, give them a drink in their birthday month glass. I am slightly terrified of breaking them because recently a certain cat who will remain nameless broke my awesome "Nag Nag Nag" glass that I didn't even get a photo of. Maybe once I have the entire set they will go on lock down and become display only glasses. 

Have you seen these glasses before? If you are local you better not think they are cool and grab them at the thrift store before me! 

And...more important than my little collection...today is my best friend Kaylah's birthday!

I wish, wish, wish that I was there to party with you Kaylah but we will see each other soon enough for some camping fun. Make sure you wish that lovely lady a happy birthday today. Happy birthday Kaylah! You is my friend.

(totally stole this photo from Kaylah's blog but it's me so is it really stealing?)

♥elycia