Fresh by Moschino

How interesting is this new perfume from Moschino which I spotted in Debenhams this morning.

The packaging is certainly eye catching but I think it would feel funny spraying this on your wrists and neck every morning!

 

At the moment if you buy the perfume you receive a free gift of a Moschino backpack.  It's a pretty cool designed bag too, with a graphic design of American registration plates.

Roller Derby

A couple of months ago after seeing some Roller Derby on tv I said to Enid we should do it if we could find somewhere in Dublin. She thought that was a super idea! So I started investigating on facebook and found a club who were due to start their "fresh meat" course soon.  As it happened that has not been scheduled as of yet but I found another club who were holding an open evening yesterday.

 

Boomtown Rollers are based in Spin Roller Skating on the Long Mile Road

We were able to hire all the gear for €5.  Hello what can you get for a fiver these days??!!!!! Plus how cute are these white skates I got to use!

Here we are all ready for action!

Can I just explain this outfit and say it was not planned...I should have got my gear out the night before but instead just grabbed it that morning.  And I couldn't find any of my cut offs/3/4 length leggings.  These are shorts I normally wear for bikram yoga and I hadn't realised how short they were for roller skating!  Everyone else was wearing leggings like Enid, which is what I shall be wearing next week!

More important than what I was wearing, was how good it was. 

AMAZING!!!! 

We loved it. 

 

I was so happy I could actually still skate.  The last time I was on a pair of roller skates was over a quarter of a century ago when I was ten years of age!  The Boomtown Rollers were all so nice and were great at giving instruction.  We had an absolute ball skating around (derby direction!) and practicing stopping (falling is a valid stop apparently!) and other skills. 

 

At the end of the session we were given a demo of Roller Derby.  Whoa it is brutal!  I cannot wait to have enough skill on the skates take part in it proper!

 

So, dear reader, any suggestion for my roller derby name?!!!!  Answers on a postcard please!

Barbie Dolls of a 21 year old vintage

Back in January 2015 I first blogged about my collection of vintage Barbie dolls. I sold a whole bunch of them in the summer of 2015 at a rockabilly festival - funny what sells at this type of thing - and am now selling the final 10 remaining dolls.

 

These dolls are all from 1995 thus making them 21 years of age.  I think they would make a perfect (unusual and special) gift for someone who is turning 21. 

 

Do you have any 21st birthday parties coming up?!

 

 

These range in price from €8 to €24 and I am open to offers/to do a special price for my friends :-)

Check out my facebook page here for more photos and details on price of each!

Old (dodgy) buildings of Dublin

Down a side street beside my office, on Sackville Place, I spotted this funny little building.

Can you imagine dropping your child off here for dance classes of a Saturday morning??!

I certainly can't!!!

Also on Sackville Place:

The sign above the hairdressers is for the offices of Phish International Services - a Philippine/Irish company. I wonder what services they provided??

Book Launch - Declan O'Donnell "Rooms"

On Wednesday evening my friend Declan O'Donnell held a launch to celebrate the publication of this first book Rooms.  It's a really nice read with some great advice on what makes a good home. I'd recommend this book to anyone who is thinking of making some design changes in your house.  Or if you just like looking at pictures of other people's houses :-)

 

Myself and Cousin Kasey

Enid and Kasey

Svetlana & Enid

 

The launch was on in the Dean Hotel which is pretty cool.  If you have not been there I recommend you go right up the rooftop restaurant where there is a fantastic view out over Dublin city. 

 

Myself and Kasey went for the 8pm train which was perfect and meant we were not home too late - 'twas a school night afterall!

 

Lilly Pulitzer in Ireland

This morning Enid and I went to see (and Enid bought) a Lilly Pulitzer dress which I had seen on one of those local facebook Buy and Sell pages.  It was really good condition and priced at €20 so it was a great bargain - Lilly shifts are approx. $150-200.  And as you can see it looks totally cute on Enid!

I've never seen Lilly's (as they are known) here in Ireland.  The one Enid bought was brought back from Australia by the seller.  This is my one above which I bought in Key West.

It is actually a little big for me so Enid did a job on it and altered it to fit.  So now we are set for Key West with our two Lilly resortwear dresses :-)

Afterwards we went to Starbucks for hot chocolates, it is very cold in Dublin at the moment.

Phone Screen Protector

Earlier on today I blogged about my new phone.  I have learnt my lesson in the past so next on my shopping list was a screen protector and case for the phone.

Normally I get my screen protectors in Dealz - a sheet of sticky plastic for €1.49, job done.  However there were none in Dealz so after comparing prices in all the phone shops and Argos, I settled on this product below for €18.

Well!  I am saying it here and now, I will never be getting the Dealz one again.  This one might be much more expensive but it is also much much better.  It is thicker plastic (tempered glass as they call it), I know it will protect so much better.  Plus it was incredibly easy to apply.  Much more easy than the Dealz one - and looks much better, no bubbles whatsoever.  I cannot recommend this enough.