The kids had money for Christmas which was burning a hole in their pockets so against my better judgement I took them to Dublin to have a look at the sales. I think when it comes to shopping I have the bloke gene. I can’t see the fascination in traipsing around the shops for hours, looking at all kinds of clothes….then going back to the first shop and buying the first thing you saw. I know what I want to buy so I just go in and buy it.
Anyway I did manage to take a few photos so that kept me amused, I only had Jono’s compact camera with me. The lights in Dublin are really lovely. The shops weren’t that busy, thankfully. My pet hate is when the sale signs say ‘Up to 50% off’. When you go in to look at something there is a measly 2 euro off or something ridiculous like that. Now I’m sure there are bargains to be had but we didn’t really find any. I came home having spent a whopping 1 euro 85 on a Lush bathbomb (which was half price 🙂 )
Lucy got lured in by the M.A.C cosmetics in Brown Thomas…which was packed and I quickly got bored so Jono and I headed to Bewleys Cafe where there was a free exhibition on (it’s still running by the way so if you get a chance do go and see it). The exhibition is called Christmas Street and it’s by Paddy Campbell. Voluntary donations are accepted and will be donated to Heart Children Ireland.
It’s amazing to see the amount of detail in the exhibition.
There are a few more photos of our day in Dublin on my Flickr page.
All in all we had a lovely day until the return journey home. This family got on the train and decided to let their kids do their own thing. So the kids were running up and down the train throwing cake at everyone and singing ‘Shite is falling’ to the tune of Shakin’ Stevens ‘Merry Christmas everyone’. Here is just a fraction of the destruction they caused.
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