Rosalins

Such a bizarre little shop. You can drop € 100 on a leather Ted Baker wallet or pick up a pack of meanies for 50c. It’s got one of those old lady smells when you walk in. Like being stuck in a time warp.
Definitely catering for the upwardly mobile clientele of beechwood/​dunville.
They do have a Teddy’s ice cream machine which is a plus on sunny days though. Winner.

Rosalins is your one stop shop if you’re looking for a gift for someone special. They’ve got a great selection of books, Cath Kidston’s delph range and other knick knacks, and a nice stationary section. The inclusion of cards in a shop that sells gifts is pure brilliance in my opinion and it saves me traipsing around trying to find an appropriate card.
If you’re not the girly sort, they also sell a good selection of other stationary, newspapers and magazines.
If you like Brian did once upon-​a-​time, attend Primary School around the corner the shop also sells primary and post primary books as well as offering a book covering service.

This is, or at least it was, my favourite place to buy Golf Balls, Roy of the Rovers and Cola Bottles. Since then we’ve both changed, I no longer go to Primary School around the corner, Rosalins is no longer just a newsagents. She looks the same outside, but inside she’s changed almost beyond recognition.
They have completely spruced the interior into a bookshop, come gift shop, come newsagents. They sell all manner of dainty gifts for ladies like sweet tea-​cups and notebooks and things, and all manner of gifts for gentlemen like wallets and globes and things. The whole idea works very well and the new, improved Rosalins is a great success.
The staff are as friendly as you could want and the range of books is nothing to be sniffed at neither. I didn’t ask if they had Golf Balls anymore, but we’re different people/​places now and it just didn’t seem appropriate.