Big Hug Mug Hunt

Are you watching HBO’s new show True Detective? If you are, then first things first: I am the Yellow King.

Ok seriously, everyone watch this show. It’s incredible. Matthew McConaughey is brilliant. You may have loved him in How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days, but on this show he is EVEN BETTER.

Also featured on the show is this mug:

I had never seen this mug before, but apparently it is a thing. Sarah said she sees them all the time at sales. The mug was sold by FTD the flower company and came with a bouquet inside. I guess everyone on Earth got sent one of these in like the 90s. I didn’t get one because I live a sad and lonely life (because I am the Yellow King).

Anyway, since I am obsessed with True Detective, I decided I wanted one of these mugs. So off to eBay I went.

WAIT. What’s this?! Big Hug Mugs are selling for crazy money on eBay?!

I needed to find myself a Big Hug Mug fast…and then sell it! Turns out, Sarah was also on the hunt:

It also turns out that Sarah already owns a Big Hug Mug (shocking I know). She probably got it at this sale.

Everett and I headed out to a nearby thrift store yesterday to try and get our own mug. I was sure we would find one.

The mug pickings were slim. There was no Big Hug Mug to be found. Things looked dire. Everett wanted this afro rocking horse, but I told him we had to press on. We left the horse behind.

Ok, so we didn’t find a Big Hug Mug. I was bummed. We are actually going back out today to search again. If you have a Big Hug Mug, please hurry up and go donate it now to a Metro Detroit thrift store.

What we did find was this: