on the way to whole foods...

we were just running to the grocery store for the week's supply of eggs and bread and potato chips and kettle corn and soy yogurt and luna bars {the last two for my lazy day lunches}. that's all we were meant to be doing.

but then i had a hunch to swing by a new stationary and pretty things store outside of whole foods. and amidst the 75% off christmas cards, the letter pressed posters of the alphabet and numbers 1-9 was this box.

and it was just so perfect my neck got all warm and the rather expensive {but still under-priced} number written on it's tag was not more than a moment's discouragement from sweeping it up and taking it home with me.

it measures 14.5" tall, 9.5" deep and 20" across and i violently shook my head no when she suggested i replace the fading green felt.

the bottom drawer says:
built by
h. gerstner & sons
dayton, o. u.s.a.
model -042