Answer: Something he has wanted, even coveted, but did not really need. New dishes!!
LOL, it was something I wanted and coveted and he went along with me. He just wanted the baking bowls. So this is what he got for his birthday:
I am sure my grandmother had a set like this in cream. They lasted forever.We have been looking for new dishes for some time now and found a brand we liked while in Hawaii a year ago. Our old dishes were over ten years old and they were starting to look chipped and battered. With all the issues with products from China and with new additions to our family in the future, we were reluctant to purchase anything that was not guaranteed lead free. We were unable to find anything we both liked and was not made in SE Asia. Homer Laughlin is made in America and is one of the last commercial pottery/china companies left in North America.
We both loved the Fiesta Dinnerware from Homer Laughlin, but we could not agree on a colour. Sometimes too much choice can lead to an impasse in our house. So finally, we decided not to have just one colour but two. I chose three colours that I liked and told Homer to choose one colour he liked and hopefully one of the ones I chose would go with it. He ended up vetoing two of the colours I chose and the colour he liked the most won't be available until June. So we purchased the four piece settings and gusto bowls in Peacock and Sunflower for now. We may purchase some more dishes in June when the Lemon Grass colour becomes available. Neither of us liked the bowls in the four piece setting, but it was actually less expensive to buy the set and add the gusto bowls than to buy the pieces separately. Here's the four piece setting (in Peacock). The handles on the mugs are slightly different than shown:
Here are the Gusto Bowls (In Tangerine - wait maybe this is Persimmon a retired colour):
Five huge boxes arrived mid-week and the delivery driver actually rolled one of them off the truck. Homer was certain they would be damaged and we would be sending them back. Amazingly, they arrived unscathed. The dishes were well packed in bubble wrap and expanding foam.
We are happy with our selected colours, but I like almost all of the colours, so I am not sure we could have gone wrong. If you are interested in checking out all of the colours and the large selection of dinnerware, here is the link to their website. I think there is a lifetime of birthday gifts for us to choose from.
http://www.homerlaughlin.com/ffd/home.asp
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