Fetish

I love cake stands. A whole lot.

In fact, I love antique shopping. A whole lot. If I could have a job where all I did was antique shop from dusk 'til dawn, I'd be the happiest gal alive. But then my cable, electricity, cell phone, and internet would get shut off and I'd have to find other means for bringing in income. Let's not even think about that.

But really, antique shopping is not only a fun hobby, it's also a great stress reliever (for me). There are great little shops downtown where I work that I get lost in on my lunch break. Back to my point.

I started collecting kitchen-esque antiques about a year ago and my three main items of choice have been aprons, table linens and cake stands. I really can't even bake that well and never make any baked good from scratch (thank you, Duncan Hines) but a beautiful cake pedestal can make anything look good. Really! I've been ebaying all morning for a new cake stand (I know, not as fun as finding it in the corner of an old shop called Cat's Meow or Linger Longer Antiques, but it works) and have came across a few that I don't think I can live without.

I don't have room for anything I buy at antique stores, or Target for that matter, but thing is, antique pieces are not like mass produced ceramic dishes you find at Wal-Mart. They are rare and I get this weird feeling in my stomach that if I don't buy it, I'll dream about it for the rest of my life picturing me making pretty cakes and having nothing to put them on because I left that cute, pink, milk glass cake stand on the shelf of MiMi's Antique Mall in Dewey, Oklahoma. Tragic!

Hey! It could be worse. I could be all about collecting Precious Moments figurines.