It Takes a Village...

Remember this mirror? I blogged about it here and here. Quick recap: this is the Atoll Mirror from Ballard Designs. Last year about this time I decided to get one. One problem, Ballard had quit making them. After calling and e-mailing and having all of my readers call and e-mail they brought it back. (OK, they were working out some shipping issues and would have probably brought it back anyway, but I like to think my readers did all the work)

So you know I ordered one immediately right? Wrong. After going back and forth and agonizing forever, I bought a giant, fabulous, Starburst mirror from Wisteria. Loved it, but couldn't get the Atoll out of my mind.

picture from Shelter

Then Julie from Milk and Honey Home e-mailed me. There was an Atoll mirror at the Ballard outlet near her home for a great price, did I want it? OMG! Did I want it? Heck yes!! Can you believe how nice bloggers are? She picked it up for me, trusted me to send her a check and had her sweet husband drive it to my sister's house in Atlanta. Where it sat, seven hours away, torturing me. I was so close, but couldn't get my hands on it.

picture from Milk & Honey Home

So for Mother's Day I told my husband he didn't have to buy me anything. All I wanted was for him to find a way to get that mirror to Wilmington. And he did!! He called his friend Watson who has a business partner who travels back and forth to Atlanta. This man, who I don't even know, got the mirror from my sister (she drove it out to his warehouse) and brought it back to Wilmington. Watson delivered it to me on Friday. And guess what? It is better than I expected!! How often that does that happen? Yippee!!!

Sometimes it takes a village to get what you want.
Thank you to everyone who had a part in the Atoll Mirror Saga, it made my Mother's Day very happy!!

P.S. Can't wait to show you mine. It is going to hang over a desk in my bedroom. Now I just need to find the desk!!