Today I- oo! something shiny!

Today I came home early from school because my eyes were starting to cross from looking at the computer screen all day and my neck was starting to ache.  I was in the mood to do something

active so I decided to clean the kitchen. Not just surface clean but go through the cabinets and organize, etc.  During my cleaning session I came across treasures that I had forgotten about.  Look at these wonderful silver pieces! These are two of many pieces that my mom tried to force on me.  Not that I really mind, but a girl like me only needs so many shiny things.  I do love shiny things though..

They didn't look so shiny when I found them.  They were basically all black and still wrapped in saran wrap from when we moved almost 2 years ago!  I polished them up so they look all pretty now.  I love polishing and cleaning things like this.  Its such an immediate gratification- look what I did! I made all that tarnish go away.  Unlike the rest of my day- look, I worked in excel all day.. wooo..

I also found these beauties.   I am very conflicted over this crystal sugar and creamer set.   They were a wedding gift from I don't even remember who.  Neither of us drink coffee.  We don't even own a coffee maker.  But they are nice and if I ever did pick out a fancy sugar/creamer set it would be these.  So we keep pushing them around.

Do other people have stuff like this, that you never use but its so nice that you just keep it anyway?