Serendipity

How about this for a coincidence!

This morning I met up with my mam.  As we walked towards Grafton Street she commented that her lipstick had ran out and she needed to get a new one.

We pottered around Grafton Street and went for something small to eat.  When we came out of the café we noticed a queue (not a huge one) wrapping around Brown Thomas.  I asked what people were queuing for and was told "free lipstick from Mac, it's National Lipstick Day."  Free lipstick! Have you ever heard the like of it?!  Plus don't forget what my mam had told me earlier on!

It was about 10.50am we stood in the queue. At 11am they opened the doors and we were inside in another queue by 11.05am.  We were given wristbands to wear which we would exchange at the till for our lipstick.

It was really great!  I thought we would all be just literally handed a lipstick e.g a classic red with no colour choice.  But instead there were 8 samples/colours to choose from!

Both mam and I liked the same shades - we liked "hot gossip" and "crème de la femme", with both of us going for Crème De La Femme in the end.  It was quick and easy, we were out of the store delighted with ourselves by 11.20am.

 

What a seriously great giveaway.  Thank you Mac and Brown Thomas!



A big purchase!

I spent Friday night over in Enid's.  It was really nice - we took a dip in the hot tub, ate steak and drank wine.  

We also went SHOPPING!  Here I am in Brown Thomas (a big department store in Dublin) in the nespresso department drinking coffee.  

While Enid was originally the only one of us in the market for coffee machine shopping, we both ended up buying one!

Such a good price that I just couldn't resist.

There is a special offer on at the moment that you get a €50 voucher when you buy a machine.

Equally they have a "welcome pack" offer for €57.20 for 150 capsules, plus a nice perspex storage box.

So my machine was €99, + €57.20 for the welcome pack, minus the voucher = €106.20

And how cool does it look in my kitchen!

Enid (of renovating lpa.blog) was under very strict orders to get all black. Her husband is very picky about his colours and design :-)

She had to get a machine for €149 as the €99 one was out of stock in the black.   So while she spent €156.20 in total I still think it is great value.

Finally, (and most importantly) the coffee.  We have one of these machines in work.  I am a big fan.  I am looking forward to tomorrow morning sitting in bed, reading the newspapers and drinking nice coffee.