Couple of those vintage baubles look suspiciously like ones we had when I was a kid.
Lovely haul @freshpopcorn .
We had those baubles with the "dent" in them growing up.
I think Waterford Crystal brought out a version a few yrs ago as I picked up one for nostalgic sake.
I'd say the originals are still in the parents attic, what's left of them.
Came home last night after a week in Sardinia with my daughter. Wow, absolutely loved the place (we stayed in Alghero) but it was crazy hot, 37 degrees on a few of the days. Thankfully I completely missed storm Betty but it is nice to be "cool" again. Just catching up on all the posts I missed and I'm loving the vintage baubles from BT @freshpopcorn, as @DvB says - they are just like the ones I remember on our Christmas tree growing up. this is the first tie I didn't make it into BT on the Christmas dept opening day but I will be in the city on Saturday so will pop in then. Hope all is well with everyone and that apart from power cuts, no-one was too affected by storm Betty.
100 days until December 1st/Advent calenders.
Some lovely stuff in Next Christmas shop https://www.next.ie/en/christmas
I never know to click these links or keep them as a treat!
They might come here!
Ha, I'm really posting here a lot. This meant to be my local Tesco. It looks like it because they got Prime in last week.
Great Christmas movie channel launching September 7th!
In the last few years the first channel to change was the Trace Music channel to Trace Xmas and this would happen around the 7th or 8th of September. Great are just going to show Hallmark movies really?
Yeah, b rate (at best) Hallmark style movies. Have never watched one in its entirety, they're just not my thing really.
Woke up this morning to a foggy christmasy setting in rural Limerick. Leave here today after work back to the big smoke, then London till Tuesday, back to said goodbye to Dublin for 12 hours then back to the sandpit. Airports always make me feel Christmasy due to 1) Love actually memories 2) flying home for Christmas each year when I first left about 15 years ago 3) having a drink in the longue at an hour where I would never usually consume alcohol.
You beat me to it! Spotted these in my local Tesco this morning. This was the only place in the shop they had them and they didn't have any selection boxes. Still plenty of back to school stuff in the seasonal section.
I have tried to watch them before, but they're just not for me either. I think I did see one with Sabrina, the Teenage Witch a few years ago. And so many long ad breaks too.
Tubs and a few selection boxes generally start.
Things will be phased in the next few weeks.
Once the school stuff goes. Some schools are back Today.
We'll have Halloween stuff in.
Our kids started back yesterday!
One nephew and two nieces started secondary school today. Only one nephew left in primary school now, getting old.
Time really flies. You won't miss it until they'll be twenty something.
I'm currently watching all these nostalgia videos on TikTok of the 90's/00's an I honestly don't know where the time has gone.
They make me very sentimental.
I don't know how that's relevant to you.
On dunnes website this morning https://www.dunnesstores.com/p/paul-costelloe-living-ft-spruce/2291130
I also have nieces and nephews who are in their early 30's and can remember them when they were kids so as Ferris Bueller said "life moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it".
If any of you don't know who Ferris Bueller is then this old fogey can't help you 😄
Seeing the said same 'Ferris' appearing in Painkiller on Netflix & him looking so old was a real reminder as to how long ago that film was made... life does indeed move pretty fast....
The 'eyebrows' McDonalds ads are trying to ruin Ferris Bueller for me.
Hi @freshpopcorn , I couldn't help myself grab a few Christmas tree decorations while passing Newbridge Silverware 🎄. I know it might be a bit early but I couldn't help myself. I haven't had a chance to visit brown thomas just yet but might do in the next few weeks.
@SarahSparkle Lovely pieces.
Regarding Brown Thomas they had lovely stuff but I felt they were a €1 or €2 dearer for items compared to last year.
Like everything else except wages unfortunately 😬
@SarahSparkle lovely bits, just jumped on the website and got a piece or two to gift to people. Hopefully they arrive before I depart next Wednesday.
@SarahSparkle love the sewing machine one - welcome to the forum 😀.
Where did that storm come from?? I was out walking in a tshirt earlier and now there's thunder, lightning, hailstones and torrential rain!!
Called to my parents after work today and my brother and his wife called in about an hour after I was already there. My parents came to my house last Christmas Day for dinner and I told them they were more than welcome again in a few months. When my brother and his wife called in after about 15 minutes my sister in law invites them for Christmas dinner as well 😄
To be honest I'd say they'll go to my brothers as he lives much closer to home than me.
I was walking along the seafront in the sun at about 5pm, by 5.45 I was home and it was dark with thunder and lightening. Mad!
Edit- two houses in Blanchardstown were damaged when they were struck by lightening yesterday evening, eeeep.
