for the Laydeez

I did surprisingly well today. I dropped work off to a friend who has a beautiful house off the SCR, I love being there. She made me lavender flavoured Earl Grey in white china, and listened to me complain, and we talked about the delights of Ewan McGregor.

I popped back int town, which I was dreading but it was great! The backstory t this is, I wanted to buy a slightly collectible Moulin Roti bear for my babbins, I'd got one for my little nephew last May for about €20 on sale. The same shop kept telling me they were now €65. ??/ Asked in Powerscourt to be told they didn't have them. So I bought one on Ebay thismorning from the UK, total cost €41. Then went to Powerscourt and saw them in full view for €32 ARG!
When I got home I asked the Ebay lady for a refund (planning to go back to Enniskerry at some point) which she sweetly gave - I love how friendly Ebay people seem to be.

In town, I went to the Toy Shop on Dawson St. to buy a dragon, and while I was paying I spotted the Ted in question - asked the price - €28!! Score! No more shopping trips. Then I popped into BTs in to get a certain gift, sadly not exactly what I wanted but it'll do. And I found the most delectable perfume and body cream - Laura Mercier, she does sweet, foody concoctions in old fashioned confectionery jars - things like lemon or chocolate souffle body cream, all fluffy and smelling deliciously edible. If I'd had a spoon in my pocket I might have eaten it all. I wore Bodyshop vanilla perfume for years but they changed it and now it's not so nice. Everywhere I went I would hear people saying 'Smell of flogs!' in wonderment. I miss it, though my cousin sent me some nice stuff from the States. But there's a gourmet vanilla perfume that was just lovely - aha, I thought, and there was a nice spicy one that would do for the husband. Sadly, it's not to be, until someone buys the rights to my blog - €60 and €72 respectively. Ah well. If anyone's wealthy, go get it, its gorgeous!

Then Grafton St. was looking just lovely with its posh lights, very sparkly. I was rushing home to my kids to decorate the tree, so I forgot to look at the BT window, but it does nothing or me usually - when I was a child, I used to get brought in to see the Switzer's window, all the elves and bears and Santa, and fake snow and glow. That was magic. Not Amy Winehouse type models in overpriced non-Christmassy decorations. Meh.

So this post was meant to be just about Chocolate truffle body cream, but is also about magic of Dublin nostalgia like the black and white ad that's on at the moment, the 'my Dublin' one? Well, I may be turning into Ronnie Drew, but I find it touching!