Have you ever had this many pen pals mombo? :-)
If I was more talented (and had more time), I'd clip a little bit of this and that from every previous reply and weave it into my own. As you can tell, many of our stories on acquiring our Harbour Lights addiction are amazingly similar. We saw the HL version after visiting the real one on vacation (Currituck, Outer Banks vacation '96 here) and at some point in time decided we REALLY liked these replicas and why stop with only those visited? But this is YOUR HL story, so you get to write it YOUR way.

I'M totally hooked, and had one HECK of a time on my personal Treasure Hunt for retired pieces. No disrespect meant for Retired@Retail which is a GREAT service, if you want 'em, get in your car with the dealer list. You'll meet some wonderful people along the way.

I cannot stress this enough, join the Collectors Society right away. I waited over a year (I was a collector, after all, not a joiner), and I lost out on a year of this great fraternity.

Welcome to the HL family. You'll always feel at home with us.