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When you think of impulse shopping, what comes to mind? Shoes? Handbag? Yarn? Not this gal. Upon stopping for a bottle of wine to have with our Chinese food, I was immediately taken with a bottle of Chianti. You know the one. Round, not tall, with the raffia around the base. Stick a candle in it and – voila! – instant atmosphere. I had to have it. As the clerk rang up my purchase, she commented “how very ‘Pinterest’ of you!” Take a look! Even when picking out wine, I am such a nature girl.
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My mother had a bottle with a candle all dripped with wax back in the 70’s I think. I love when things come back into fashion:)
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I know that look well!! When I lived in the North End in the 80s they adorned the tables in many small Italian restaurants.
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The MR always buys a bottle of chianti with Italian. Hope it went just as well with Chinese.
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Wine is like denim; it goes with EVERYTHING!! teehee!
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Gosh when I was growing up there was a chianti bottle with a candle stuck in it everywhere you looked. And the ones that had had a few candles in them and had loads of wax dripped down the side looked really cool. All you need is a checked table cloth and a big bowl of spaghetti 🍷🍷
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Yes!! Just like a scene out of Lady and the Tramp!
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Just in time for Valentines Day dinner!
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Those are cool bottles! Was the wine good with your Chinese food? Or did you get different wine for that. And yes, I agree with knittingjane – chianti bottles with candles in them were all over the place in the late 70s and early 80s, at least where I grew up.
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The wine was just fine with the Chinese. The Chianti was very light; I enjoyed it.
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Glad to hear it 🙂 And also now you have a cool bottle!
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I remember when I was a teenager and got invited to my Social Studies teacher’s home for dinner. She had a Chianti bottle with a candle and I thought it was THE coolest thing I ever saw and could not wait until I grew up and could get me one!
You are living the dream 🙂
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That’s me! Living the dream!! 😀
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How fun!! There are worse things to be associated with.
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I agree 100%!!
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That flash brings me back to my childhood. 🥰
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LOL “how very Pinterest of you”. wine is good for you, =)
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Haha!!! Tell that to my husband!! 😆
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