The expensive plate

I bought this plate a few weeks ago. It's Royal Albert and the line is called "Harvest Song". I've been thinking about this plate ever since my husband and I found it last July. We were walking around The Forks on our anniversary after dinner. There's this Antique store in the lower level of one of the buildings. It had some pretty neat stuff in it and it was fun to just walk around and look at everything. I saw this plate and instantly fell in love with it. I didn't buy it then, but have thought about it every time I go to The Forks. So, the other day I finally bought it. It was $39! I thought that was a little pricey, but, it's antique, so it was worth it, right? WRONG! Little did I know, this line is still being made and I could have bought this plate for $10.99 plus shipping online. I bet you could even get it at The Bay here, too (I haven't checked that out yet). I was ticked! Ticked at myself for not doing (easy) research and ticked at the antique store for getting away with ripping me off. Oh, well, it's done - can't return it. At least when I start collecting this set - many, many years from now - I'll have one plate already. Plus, it makes a story for when I hand it down to my child and it looks great on our dresser 'cause it matches our room quite nicely!