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:

This vase looked old and well-made, so I looked up the maker on eBay.  Turns out that these things sell!  And well!  I was thrilled.

I paid a whopping 99 cents for the vase and will be putting it up on eBay soon. 

So not a totally disappointing trip, although I will not be satiated until I find that damn mug.

-Erin