On Saturday I had an appointment for a much-deserved facial {decided by me!}, and it just so turned out that Ma had an appointment for some eyebrow maintenance at the same time and same place, so we went together, taking Lacey with us.
We headed to Double Bay on one of the most perfect days Sydney has seen. Seriously, the whole weekend was pretty darn delectable. After the facials and eyebrows were done we headed to look at the shops. For those that don’t know Double Bay is often called Double Pay, simply because it’s where the ridiculously rich like to play.
Lacey has an obsession with dogs. We don’t have one so she’ll ask politely of anyone with a dog whether she can pat it. So after buying some sandwiches and broccoli salad {seriously we had to do as the locals did, and it was delicious!} we saw a sweet little dog sitting outside with his owner. Lacey asked the lady if she could pat the dog, with my Ma by her side, and the lady said ‘yes’ as she gave us a smile.
Ma and Lacey showed the dog their hands so that he could smell them, and then gently patted him on the head. Before I could figure out what was happening Ma and Lacey were shuffling off and back to the car.
“Thank you so much,” I said to the kind dog-owner.
“Did he say no?” she asked.
‘Did he say no?’ I ran the question through my head. What was she talking about? I suddenly clicked that she meant the dog. Did the dog say no? “I don’t know,” I smiled wondering if she knew I wasn’t fluent in dog and followed after Ma.
It turns out the dog actually did say no by snapping at Lacey and Ma. As we walked through the cafe I realised Ma and I weren’t the only ones getting some maintenance. There were two lovingly bandaged people recovering from a little nip and tuck. I fell in love with Double Bay a little more.
How was your weekend? Do you have any stories to share? Do you speak dog?
Hello Chantelle
had a great weekend – thanks for asking 🙂
I am not in favour of patting dogs I don't know – I learnt that one some years ago now.
what I thought was the cutest dog and so placid nearly “tore my arm off”.
I give dogs the smile now and would rather be with the broccoli salad.
so happy to hear you had a facial (coming from a ex beauty therapist here)
have a wonderful day
x
loulou, from hereiamloulou blog
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Lovely weekend thanks. Soccer, in-laws, nippers, bbq, and then made some danish pastries – and read the Sunday paper (a must). A simply perfect Sydney weekend.
I'm always nervous about the dog thing – usually with my kids I do the same process as you but ask my kids to pat the dog on the back or rear end. I know dogs sometimes get nervous when a hand approaches their head and I also figure if it is an unfriendly dog it is harder for it to bite you if your hand is closer to its butt rather than its snout.
I hope Lacey didn't get too much of a fright.
Hi! I just found you from across the pond. or lake. or ocean… you know – USA. I love your name. I must have spent 5 minutes searching for old fat pictures of you so I could be inspired to do what “you did” and be skinny again. But, alas… I couldn't find any. 🙂
We don't let our kids touch dogs – ever- because I'm petrified that one of them will end up bitten. (even though we own a dog and will soon have another.)
Love the blog – Kristen @ http://www.alittlesomethingforme.com
Ha ha – I feel the same when I'm in Double Bay…but I love going to Papier Damour and Pink Salt!
Hope Lacey was ok. You did the perfect thing in asking the owner and letting the dog get comfortable with you – some parents just let their kids run up to dogs which gets scary for all involved! 🙂 I always think dogs don't have voices so they do use a nip here and there to communicate – but it's up to the owner to regulate how comfortable their dog is, so no-one ends up with missing fingers. I hope she still loves dogs! x
Dogs are a bit too random for me, and owners even more so! Who would let a little girl pat their dog if he's likely to do that!? Weirdo! x
had a great weekend. we had a garage sale on saturday and on sunday we sat at home wish i was at the beach though.
I bet you can't say no to this precious little poppet xx
I worked on the Saturday but then on Sunday we spent the day at Manly soaking up the sun & scrubbing my body with the sand.