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06th Aug 2015

From music festivals to mammy’s cooking: Here are 9 little luxuries we just couldn’t live without

What's your simple pleasure?

JOE

What could you not live without?

Well, let’s start with the obvious stuff; there’s food and water, oxygen and the lovely Emilia Clarke.

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But this article isn’t about essentials, it’s about life’s little luxuries.

The stuff that makes life worth living, rather than the stuff that allows us to live.

Read on…

Getting to a summer music festival

One of those luxuries we all enjoy… until Monday morning comes around.

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A movie and a take-away with the family

Junk food, a good movie and your favourite people… simple, but wonderful.

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Watching your favourite team live

Even when they lose, which is more often than not, this is simply sublime. You can’t beat a live event.

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New clothes

Look good, feel good. This luxury is one that usually only comes around on pay-day, but when it does, isn’t it just great?

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Getting the latest Playstation/ Xbox game

And playing it for WAY too long…

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Our mammy’s cooking

Many a hungover Sunday morning taxi was got just to receive this luxury!

No matter what age we are or how far we have to travel to get it, this will always be a luxury we could just not live without.

Hell, this Kerry man even risked arrest for a taste of his mother’s bacon and cabbage. (NOT A EUPHEMISM)

Homemade Corned Beef and Cabbage with Potatoes and Carrots

A night out on the tiles

Who doesn’t enjoy letting loose every now and again?

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The perfect cup of tea/coffee with someone we haven’t seen in ages

You know the type.

When the tea is made just right, you’ve a lovely *insert favourite biscuit here* to dip in it and you’re with a mate you haven’t seen in ages. Ideal.

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Going to see your favourite band

There’s nothing quite like screaming every lyric to your favourite song and acting like an obsessed teenager… when you’re actually 29.

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So there you have it, our 9 little luxuries we couldn’t live without.

We took to the streets to see what you couldn’t live without. Here’s what you said… 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6miN0PSf5Zk

So while there are some things we know you can’t live without, Ulster Bank understands that you want a mortgage you can live with. So in order to give you a mortgage that may suit you, we’ve developed a range of mortgages. 

Take a look at our mortgage options or have our team call you to arrange an appointment.

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