An Empty Cup For Now

T for Tuesday ... with an empty cup?!

Empty Mug

I just finished my oatmeal breakfast and really didn't feel like drinking anything right away. So decided to share one of my non-white mugs. My daughter enjoys using these non-whites because they are pretty big so she can have these huge mugs of hot chocolate. I must have bought this at the company store 3 years ago. I thought it was really pretty ... all black and smooth with just the company name and logo. Very simple!  Why did I buy it? I have no use for yet another mug especially since I was trying to get rid of all those mis-matched mugs. 
A friend once told me that a lot of the things we bought were to fill the void we got from the rush and lack of time in our daily lives. Never really thought of it that way. But I know it's true for me. It was so bad that a couple of times I had bought the same thing twice because I had forgotten that I had already bought it. Now every time I pick something up, my friend's saying rings in my head. Can't say I have stopped doing that totally but certainly have stopped a lot more of those useless purchases for me.
Well at least this mug was "free" because this was bought with points. Points were given usually after completing a major milestone or some special accomplishment.
But on to a different subject ... I love spring and I hate spring! I love it because everything is blooming. I hate spring because all that blooming triggered my allergy and it's been really bad! I take allergy medicine only when I can't hold out any longer because it just put me to sleep. But even with the allergy, I can't help but went and cut some of the flowers in the back yard. I don't have much of a green thumb but I love bulbs. I've got snow drops, freesia, the ones in the photos below and others that will bloom later in the summer.  They are so easy to grow and they come back each year with hardly any work. My kind of gardening!

After so many years of them coming back and dividing, there are enough for me and the bees and humming birds to share in the house and in the yard.

Happy T-day everyone at Elizabeth's T party!