Shopping

While we were in Dublin we of course had to do some shopping. Our original plan was to head to Dundrum but this didn't work out in the end. We happily stayed on Grafton Street, floating in and out of the shops and listening to the street performers. 

The Fitzafrenic

I couldn't wait to get in to Inglot!!! I finally made my first Inglot purchase. I bought a highlighter. It is fab! I love it. It is my first one and I have yet to use it for a night out but ye'll be the first to know about it! I also tried a pink/purple lipstick which I loved but it was sold out :( It was lip liner number 60 and lipstick number 419.  I guess I will just purchase it the next time. 

Highlight no. 59

This unfortunately is the only picture I have of the lipstick!

I headed for Topshop to purchase the leather quilted skirt that I mentioned in a previous blog post but that was SOLD OUT too. I was having a very unlucky day. Then we bought macaroons in Brown Thomas. 'Ladurée' must have the nicest macrons EVER. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures because we ate them so fast!

Macarons

And we popped in to Starbucks as we don't have any in Cork city itself. 

Volcano Choir

It was a spontaneous move by Shane, my boyfriend, to purchase two tickets to Volcano Choir. I came out of work one Saturday with the notification centre on my phone full of tweets. It was very strange. I read them as fast as I could and the end result was that we would be heading to Vicar Street. I was delighted. I LOVE concerts. The atmosphere, the crowd, the music, singing along to the lyrics and the merchandise. I try to purchase a t-shirt at every concert that I attend. We had a fantastic two days. I had never been to Vicar Street before but I had heard that it was a small venue. This made me very excited. I love gigs in small venues. Its so intimate and loud! 

Temple Bar

We had never been out in Temple Bar before. We had walked through during the day but not at night. While we were in Dublin we took the opportunity to go there. We popped in to a couple of pubs but decided to stay in Gogarty's. It was so stereotypically Irish but that's what made it fun. Traditional Irish music and Guinness. 

Yes, I did end up with an Irish flag on my face but I HAD to!

A very impressive bar man!

Shane & I

And then he did this....

Me in Temple Bar

Then, it was time to head to Vicar Street. We had a fifteen minute walk. It was ok except for the fact that I chose style over comfort and my feet were literally talking to me. We finally arrived. We got a drink at the bar. Shane chose 'Bushmills Whiskey' because it had a connection to the lead singer, Justin Vernon's father. Then we bought merchandise. 

Emily & I 

Volcano Choir t-shirt

The stage, the anticipation, the wait....

Shane drinking his whiskey

When they came out on stage

Justin Vernon

The concert was AH-MAH-ZING. Their songs just transport you to another world. Its just you and the music. Nobody else. If you have never seen them before.. GO GO GO! Or buy their album! 

Heres a link to one of their songs.  Their two albums are called 'Repave' and 'Un map'. Check them out. If you haven't heard of Volcano Choir you may know Justin Vernon from Bon Iver. Shane bought a vinyl of their album Repave and I simply cannot wait to hear it.