bought on a whim

It didn't actually start out expensive.  I bought a light green, almost chartruse, 12 inch tall vase at our church's giant garage sale a few weeks ago.  I certainly didn't need a vase but it was only fifty cents and I like the color.  The day before Mother's Day I received a beautiful bouquet of spring flowers (lilys, tulips, etc.).  The flowers came with a clear glass vase but they looked really good, colorwise, in the green vase so I used it to display them.  After that bouquet wilted, which cut flowers must do inevitably, I was faced with this empty vase again.  Happily, I was at JoAnn's the other day shopping for something totally unrelated and I saw some bunches of artificial flowers in perfect colors to go in my vase.  So I bought them and now my 'cheap' vase is standing on the table on my balcony holding a lovely, virtually indestructable bouquet.  So now you know, I'm not too proud to use plastic flowers - if they look good. In September I may invest in some color compatible fall fake flowers.  Somehow this fifty cent vase is becoming a little pricey.  It reminds me of buying a pair of shoes and then needing to buy a whole new outfit to go with them - not that I would ever do anything like that.