Dubai For The Weekend

In the early hours of friday morning, my mum and I hopped on a plane to Dubai. 

And an hour later we arrived. We Rees ladies don't mess around, we went to our friends apartment to quickly drop our bags (empty of-course, so we had space for our shopping...sorry dad!) and then straight to Dubai Mall.  For those who haven't been before, it is gi-jimmy-normous. Oh and it has a large fish tank in the middle. 

Look!

We arrived and headed straight to the Cheesecake Factory for lunch, which might I add excited me far more than it should have. A mountain of Kale and Quinoa salad washed down with a blueberry and white chocolate cheesecake was right up my street. 

We shopped until we dropped, literally. Six hours later, we were back at the apartment feeling more than sorry for ourselves with sore feet and bad backs. But it was nothing chocolate and a good coffee couldn't fix. 

We plonked ourselves on the sofa and didn't move until the late evening. 

Now seems a fitting time to show you the view from my bedroom, prepare yourselves...

This, ladies and gents, is Dubai!

Once you have taken in the view you might be able to take in the fact that we went to see Gary Barlow later that night! 

Take That was my first concert so needless to say I was up at the front singing his songs, word for word. And I do not regret a single bit of it, even though I was the youngest amongst a sea of middle aged women.

Drinks in hand, you can tell I am my mothers daughter. 

Confession: I stole this from Gary's twitter. But look at the sea of hands! (I have tried to find myself, I was on the left hand side at the front)

The fine man himself, an up close and personal shot. 

Here is a picture to express our excitement of this moment. 

Despite the lack of sleep and exhaustion the following morning, my mum and I managed to make it to the Mall of the Emirates.  The sacrifices we make...

We hopped on the metro and made our way to the mall for a few final hours of retail therapy. 

Eye spy the Burj Khalifa. 

We didn't last long, our exhaustion got the best of us. After a delicious lunch at Paul, we headed on home to the apartment. Might I add the chocolate that was waiting for us there was a huge incentive. As well as the Coffee machine!

Sadly our short trip had come to an end. But I loved each and every minute of it.

Dubai, you were good. Until next time!