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20th Nov 2017

81 Thoughts You Have While Last Minute Christmas Shopping On Grafton Street

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Cometh the day, cometh Christmas time – and cometh the time we all bloody wait until the very last minute to pick up Christmas presents for everyone we know.

Classic.

You say you’re not going to do it every year, but then you act the twit again and spend your evenings inhaling mince pies instead.

Listen, it happens. To us all.

And we all think the same things…

1. Ugh, I hate myself

2. EVERY YEAR

3. Why is there NO parking?!

4. GET OFF THE F*CKING ROAD!

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5. Oh my God, are those Hatchimals in his bag?

6. WHERE DID YOU FIND THEM????

7. Good Lord, there’s more people here than I thought

8. All of them eejits

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9. Ah, Cath Kidston, that’s Mum sorted

10. *walks in and immediately leaves*

11. That amount of floral should be illegal

12. *voms on the inside*

13. Is this the top or bottom of Grafton Street?

14. Who really knows?

15. Am I sweating?

16. But it’s December

17. I’m fucking sweating

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18. Jesus I’m never having kids

19. EVER

20. Have people SEEN THEM?

21. Ugh whyyyyyy didn’t I buy everything online

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22. €42 for a hair brush?!

23. Good grief January will be bleak

24. KEYWEST ARE YOU STILL HERE

25. Jaysus the River Island mannequins make me feel anxious

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26. Oh look, a puppy!

27. Whispers: ”Take me with you”

28. I actually need a McFlurry before I can tackle the rest of this street that should be renamed hell on Earth

29. *drinks McFlurry before paying*

30. OH GOD WHY CAN’T I STOP SPENDING

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31. I hate myself

32. I hate others

33. I hate Christmas

34. I hate life

35. Maybe we can just not buy each other presents this year

36. And MAKE EACH OTHER GIFTS

37. Lol no, fuck that

38. I have no skills

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39. I feel weak like a baby sloth

40. So…very…sleepy…

41. How do people run in the morning?!

42. This meandering pace is slowly murdering me

42. Suppose I could just give a box of love…

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43. It’s a classic

44. You can’t go wrong with a classic

45. So I’ve passed Ginos once and actually not gone in

46. Look at me go!

47. Can’t wait to bulldoze into the second one

48. Heh heh

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49. Good God that busker is rubbish

50. Shouts: ”Get a new dream!”

51. Did that old woman just elbow me????

52. I’m wounded

53. I need a Mao

54. Four helpings of Duck Pancakes please

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55. Bloody hell, I’m knackered

56. Must. Coffee.

57. Oh my God it’s WHAT TIME?

58. Need…coffee…to….breathe…

59. Red cups are part of the experience, surely

60. Finally

61. Now I can get truly stuck in

62. The weaklings have been weeded out by undermining and overcrowding

63. But I will PREVAIL

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64. Omg, fuuuuuuck that queue

65. Maybe I’ll just buy online

66. That’ll save me on parking!

67. And sleep!

68. And I’m staaaaaaaaaarving

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69. EVERYONE IS WALKING TOO SLOWLY

70. Is that crazed loon on Wheelies?!

71. Gift cards are cool, right?

72. Fuck yeah they are

73. *adds 48 gift cards to cart*

74. Note to self: Never check bank balance again

75. Ignorance is bliss, yo

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76. Ah, finished

77. Such productivity! Much kindness!

78. That wasn’t too bad actually

79. *365 days later*

80. Ohhhh

81. Fuck

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