Whistling Dixie…Cups That Is
Woman in the Middle | August 11, 2017When I was a kid, if I went into a bathroom at another home and it had Dixie cups in a Dixie cup holder, that household immediately rose in my estimation considerably. Somehow those little paper cups meant class and money to me. They screamed disposable income in a way the plastic cup I had at home did not. (BTW, a TV remote was also pretty special, too.)
Fast forward, when Hubby and I were in our early married years, I decided to class up our bathroom act with Dixie cups and we are Dixie cup people to this day. Those little 3 ounce paper cups are handy. So, when Youngest Daughter announced she was moving out, I asked her (among many other things) if she wanted to take the Dixie cup tradition to her new place. She did, and I told her I would buy her a dispenser.
Unfortunately, Dixie has only one style of despenser for sale at any given time and for reasons I won’t bore you with, I am not impressed with the current model. With the entire internet available at my fingertips, I decided to look around and see if I could find an older model for sale she could use. Dear lord, that is when I found out the two dispensers we have sitting in our bathrooms, purchased many years ago, are now “vintage” per the many Ebay listings for them that I found. Sigh.
It used to be that things I had as a child were vintage. Then things I had as a teenager were vintage. Now things I had in my 20s are vintage. I am beginning to get the distinct impression that I am vintage.
Anyway, “vintage” Dixie cup holders are definitely more expensive than new ones. Looks like Youngest is going to get a new one, whether or not I like the design. And in 30 years it can be vintage!
That is too funny! As are you….
Oh, thank you.
Vintage just comes along all too soon.
So true, so true!
I am sure she will like either one equally.
I am sure we are vintage too! I also have the 3 ounce disposable cups in my bathrooms. Just more sanitary.