<p>I still use a hand mixer and a large Corning Ware mixing bowl, wedding gifts from my first wedding in 1973. I have a small broiler pan my mom gave me and a serrated-edge knife I bought for $1 for my first apartment (1972). I am amazed at that knife. That was money well spent.</p>
<p>I have been wearing a black wool pea coat a lot this winter that I bought for a special date with my husband when we were dating back in 1988 or so. It is still right in style and still fits, amazingly.</p>