Archive for the 'shopping' Category

Dublin’s first shoe shop for women’s size 8+ shoes!

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Cinderella Shoes have opened a shop in the Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre within the last couple of weeks. This shoe shop only stocks ladies shoes in larger sizes from size 8 to 12. I have blogged before about the lack of Irish shoe shops stocking any big sizes, so this is very big news for [...]

Super Selection of Christmas Trees

Friday, December 14th, 2007

I’m a bit late getting my first proper Christmas tree organised. I figured an artificial one was the most practical option from the off, but when I saw the dire selection of overpriced mangy tat around town, my romantic vision of a real Christmas tree returned. Admittedly I was late to the party, but I [...]

I must have this moon chair!

Friday, August 11th, 2006

Unfortunately, the basic camera on my phone does not do this beauty justice. I have never ever got the least bit excited about furniture in my entire life before but now I have serious chair lust!
I walked into At Home with Clerys today and I fell in love at first sight with the Fama [...]

Yummy Cakes in Dublin

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

Yet another long gap between posts. Rather than break it with yet another post about property prices (yawn!), I thought I’d write about one of my more pleasant pastimes: eating cakes.
Thankfully, I am not alone in my appreciation of appetising pastries and delightful bakeries and cafes are springing up all over Dublin city centre. Cake [...]