Everything is OK now.

I love it when things work out the way you want them to.  Today I spent a pleasant day with an out of town guest shopping at Jefferson Pointe for things new and a a couple of antique malls for treasures not so new.  We found lots of good stuff but the highlight for me was walking into "Bed Bath and Beyond" finding the coffee maker section and on the shelf marked Mr. Coffee finding exactly one "Mr. Coffee 12 cup replacement decanter". (You may remember I had smashed mine to smitherines two days ago). So OK they called it a decanter not a carafe but it was exactly what I needed. I snatched it up, proceeded to check out and more good news found that the sticker price of $14 had been marked down to $10. What a good day. I can't wait to make tea my way tomorrow morning.