The gift of a charming new tea mug!

Last Saturday, I returned home from a day of shopping with my aunt but with nothing to show for my efforts save a few toiletries from Dollar Tree and a great new book — which it turned out I already owned. Sigh. (Yet another reason I really ought to catalog my books and have a list on my iPhone or something, but who has time for that?) So when I arrived back home and found THIS in my mail from tea friend Michele, I was extra delighted!

I really thought I'd seen just about every design of tea mug in existence, but this is one I'd not seen before, and I love it! I also love that it was "Printed and Decorated in Scotland," since I'm told my ancestors came to this country from Scotland and Ireland.

I'd never heard of McLaggan Smith Mugs or Samantha Morris before, but isn't this backstamp just delightful? Yet another reason I truly love my new tea mug!