Sometimes you see something that you HAVE to have.  Case in point this past weekend when my Mooresville friends, Judy and Ann and I explored the Main Street Antique and Design Gallery that resides in the old Burlington Mill facility in the downtown area of the town in North Carolina that I love to return to.  The warehouse is huge and filled with vendors who  have booths that seek antiques as well as new merchandise, handmade items and all kinds of vintage and unique and yes–sometimes quirky items.

Judy and Ann were lagging behind and I spied it. The one thing that I knew had to come home with me.  I beckoned to them and told them that I found something.

Oh yes.  It is perfect. Even if it is not functional it is perhaps the best teapot I have seen in a long time.  It may eventually become a table of sorts with a glass top.

I snatched it up and we completed our tour of the huge antique mall and yes—I could have set it up at the counter but I chose not to.  Let’s just say I attracted a lot of attention.  I can’t tell you how many people were eyeing my prize and one lady even popped out a couple of times in an attempt to take my prize from me.  No way.

So the question is—how am I going to get this home to Iowa?  Do you think it can be one of my carry on items????