katespade We use paper plates as often as possible to cut down on dishwashing. We have two sets of dishes, one a more "fancy" set, and another Corelle for everyday use. The salad plates on the fancy set are used like once a year. The Corelle salad plates are so huge that I use them as dinner plates for H and me. When my parents come over I use the bigger plates to make it more "proper" lol. I don't have guests over often. I haven't cooked for my ILs in...4 years now?...and have no intention of doing so any time soon.
Anyway, we have 8 place settings for both the fancy set and the Corelle set, and that works well for us.
I don't know about salad plates specifically (other than the obvious, salad. Haha) but we use the giant plates when we have company or eat several courses like meat, plus two sides, plus bread, etc. We use medium plates for our average 1-2 course dinners, and the small plates for snacks and desserts.
We use our salad plates as plates for every day eating. I know for me it helps me eat less. We only use our dinner plates if all other plates are dirty. We also use our dinner plates to put meat on after it comes off the bbq and such, so more as serving plates. Lol. We don't adult well either.
My MIL just left and I'm so happy to have my house back. I'm in a bit of a bad mood today so now I'm laying on the couch drinking coffee and watching Bob Ross on YouTube.
Our salad plates are small-ish so I use them for small things, lol. Like a sandwich, or scrambled eggs or something. They came with the set, I didn't buy them specifically.
Post by luv2rn4fun on Oct 25, 2015 15:41:36 GMT -5
I've been sick since fri afternoon. Very lazy weekend here. DH is looking at houses with our realtor and C and I stayed home. Just got a little nap in and have nothing else planned for today. Really hoping C doesn't get sick and I feel better by tues (long day...appt with OB in city I used to work in...appt and plans with coworkers).
grover- glad you escaped the wedding without having to deal much with your sister. If you don't feel comfortable with the shower I would just not go...you have to be fair to you too. ((hugs))