elaine wrote:

> When I'm depressed, I buy plates.
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> What cheers you up?
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> http://i2.tinypic.com/solb1y.jpg
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> Elaine
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Do you mean the plates on top of your cupboards? They look very
happy-making. They cheer me up, anyway.

What I do when I want to feel better? Browse around shops that sell
specialty foods. Mostly ethnic stores. Buying kitchen gadgets helps,
too. Cookbooks are even better then gadgets. I love buying the .Although
I seem to have reached a saturation point of sorts - too many books have
too many recipes that resemble the ones I already have.

Then there's reading cookbooks, in bed and on the sofa.

Then there's cooking when I have plenty of time and new ingredients to
play with.