Charity China

I've realised how dangerous charity shops are when you're looking for interesting tableware. I popped into my local Oxfam shop a couple of days ago to drop off some bits and pieces and while the lady was sorting my items I had a quick look at the homewares section.

Next thing I knew I was handing over £4.99 for a 16-piece set of fairly kitsch English bone china to add to my afternoon tea crockery collection. I realise it's not to everyone's taste (to be honest it's not really to my taste!) but I thought that diluted with some plain cups, plates and saucers they could be quite fun. We'll see...

In fact, I have afternoon tea news! In a couple of weeks time my sister is having a few friends over and I'll be providing a full-on tea time spread. Actually, it'll be at lunch time but who cares! So we'll see if I have the capacity to make and serve all you'd want from afternoon tea from scratch on my own...