Friendship is like building a relationship with a stranger then later on strengthen with common likes and experiences together both good and bad. It is great to have somebody to share laughters with, to have advisers and to confide with. Knowing that somebody is there to pull you up at your lowest is such a reassuring thing.
Friends Ces and sister -in- law Angel decided to go to Limerick for a change! (husbands agreed, and gave us a needed break ;p ) first Saturday of March.. We usually just have coffee in our fave Mocha and Co. Cafe in Ennis, but we wanted some adventure and shopping! Trippers as we are, we decided to take the bus. Well none of us know how to drive yet so we opted to take the public transportation. As we know, Sylvia (another sister -in-law) have a tight schedule that we couldn't just ask her right there and then. Limerick is just 45 minutes away from Ennis, so the travel is grand. You get to sight seeing as well as the Bus goes from town to town till Limerick City. This was the time when I just recovered from 2 weeks of flu and It was still chilly when we went. We've been in Limerick many times before but never together and in a Bus at that!
We met up at the Bus Station at 9:45am, got return tickets which is EU 14 per person from the ticket machine and hop in the Bus. We Arrived in Limerick and took a cab down to our first stop TK Maxx which is about 15-20 minutes from the City Centre. TK Maxx is a great shop with designer brands and affordable stuff which is funky and unique in itself. The girls and I separated ways to give each other space and time to browse and check on what to buy. I wanted a holdall bag and a small backpack for an upcoming travel and also a comfy shoes. I think we spent 2 hrs in the shop! They both got stuff for their kids , homeware and sunglasses. Angel got stuff for Sinead's first birthday too.
Nearly lunchtime, we walked ( yes we walked about 15-20 minutes on a chilly day) to Childers Road another shopping area to grab a bite at KFC. Full and refreshed,we then continued checking the shops. . . and buy! ;) Afternoon, decided to have a coffee break at Costa Coffee before calling the cab.
Me calling Pat, the cab driver who took us to TK Maxx : "Hello is this Pat?"
Pat: "Yes"
Me: "Are you in the City"
Pat:"Yes, I am"
Me: "Remember the girls you drop off TK Maxx? Can you please Collect us?"
Pat: "What?? You're still shopping? (laughs)
His reaction was just hilarious! It was like 4pm.Well, we told him where we were and he collected us, was such a funny, nice man ( like a grandpa ) and he teased us on the bags of stuff that we have. Pat drop us off the City Centre... And the shop browsing didn't end there haha. We continued around the city till we got tired already and headed to the Bus Station.
In the bus I was feeling sick already, so I decided to take a nap. Finally in Ennis almost 7pm, felt a bit better, we said our goodbyes and parted ways. Got home and had a terrible headache. But happy coz of the bonding time and I bought what i wanted. All in all an awesome day!
Next trip? hmmm ;p
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i love shopping day! what did you get? :)
ReplyDeleteshopping and bonding with friends is just awesome.. got myself the leather/suede hold all bag, comfy leather walking shoes and a handy backpack for the Rome trip :) not much really. just the the travel essentials.
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