There comes a time in every girls life when she must settle down, take a deep breath, and by herself a dinner set. This is a rather daunting, expensive decision that takes a lot of forethought and sometimes even prayer.
Plates are things you have to look out every single time you eat. Unless you're a paper plate fanatic, eat out all the time, or have a cleaner do your dishes - you're going to spend a lot of your life staring at whatever plates you choose to buy.
I've discovered that finding plates to buy is not as easy as one would think. Especially online. I mean, it's easy if you have particularly bad taste are or just happy with white plates. I'm not, and I suspect a lot of you out there feel the same.
Macy's have the best collection of dinnerware I've found online. I love that you can shop by color, price, and designer and that you can zoom super up close to see just what the patterns on the plates and bowls look like.
Martha Stewart, Kate Spade and some other fine folks such as Lenox are selling beautiful dinner sets in blue, and here are my current favorites:
1. 222 Fifth Rococo
2. Fiesta Ware
3. Martha Stewart's Maidenhair Fern
4. Kate Spade's Gwinnett Lane Turquoise Collection
5. Simply Fine Lenox Chirp Dinnerware