Lucky sponge

This year in the Chinese calendar is a Pig year, sometimes referred to as a Golden Pig Year. It is supposed to be a particularly luck year to have a baby, with hospitals all over China bracing for something of a baby boom. For others, too, it is considered a lucky year; I have at least one Chinese friend that is only wearing red underwear this year. Since in China we have the, uh, opportunity to see everyone's laundry, it doesn't appear that she is the only one.
At WoErMa that other day I bought a three-pack of dish sponges, and found this one, shaped like a pig. For luck, obviously. Maybe it will keep me from breaking dishes, something that happens about twice a month around here as I have to wash all the dishes by hand. Bleh.