Pier 1 Imports

I love this store, I could spend hours sifting through the over-​filled shelves and cramped aisles. Hours sifting, but I hardly ever find anything worth buying at the price it’s being sold for. Most items you could find similar at Target, but priced better. Many things you could find better for the same price at local décor stores like The Glue Factory. Years ago (8 years, actually) we received some pretty glassware from here. They are still sold, the clear glasses with blue swirls throughout. It’s obvious now the swirls compromise the glass. It’s obvious because half of them cracked, chipped, or shattered in only a few years. The cocktail glasses were a joke and many died within a year of minor use. The champagne glasses broke if you looked at them wrong. The margarita glasses were champs, though I don’t think we actually ever used them. Once, for ice cream. Which actually worked well, the stem kept your hands from the cold and the glass is designed to hold a large amount of frozen goodness. The glasses held up through numerous moved, they were the only thing left standing when we finally decided to replace all the mismatched glasses we’d accumulated.
So, if you don’t mind bumping into shelves of vases to look through cluttered aisles of twigs, candle holders, and decorative mirrors, this is your store. Just remember to use caution when looking at the glassware, it might shatter if you stare too long.