Kicking Myself

No, this isn’t my Christmas mantle,

And neither is this one.

Nope, not this one either
(though I dearly love all that ironstone).

So, where is my Christmas mantle?
Oh, that’s right, I don’t have one!

You see, last month at the auction house,
a chippy, old, white fireplace mantle
went up for bid.

I admired it, but figured the bid
would go too high for my budget, so I really
didn’t consider bidding on it,
plus, I didn’t think I had a good place to put it.

Now, I realize that
I have a wall that really needs something
large and that mantle would have been perfect.

I can just picture that mantle
on that wall, all decked out in greenery and old lace
with a few antique postcards nestled in the greenery,
and our stockings hanging on it.

But by the time I realized the bid
wasn’t going very high and I was just
ready to bid on it, someone else had won.

Woulda’, Coulda’, Shoulda’…
but I didn’t.
Yeah, I’m kicking myself.

Instead, I have a Christmas
corner cupboard.
I guess that will have to do.

By the way, if you know the original
sources of these images, please let me know.
The were unsourced on Pinterest.

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