The much awaited get-together!!!

We ladies from school have been planning a get-together for some time now...and it only happened a fortnight ago! After discussing for what seemed like ages and many fone calls later, we had decided to go to a resort with our respective kids in tow...but again a last minute change..had to happen with the five of us from different parts of town trying to meet at one mid-point so it will be easier for all of us to commute and make good time.
We had decided to go to a resort for a day outing 5 ladies and 3 kids, but the weather had changed so drastically that there was incessant rains everyday of that week.
Finally on the day before in the evening we decided that we will just meet (only us no kids!) in the morning go for much needed (think shopping) and then may be have lunch somewhere nice.
Even after all these discussions there were still last minute changes and 3 of us met in the morning at 11am in Com street, and were roaming the streets in the hot sun (of course we shopped-those details will make for another blog itself ;-)]
We went to Splash on MG Road insearch of some good stuff...one of my friends ended up spending a bomb there( did you not R??)
We took an auto from here and went to UB City for lunch....we were ravenous by now that we could easily have eaten a horse.
We went to Toscanos and there was a wait of about half an hour there.
Finally the other two ladies joined us here. We had stimulating conversation over good wine and melting-in-the-mouth watering food. After all this we were still not satisfied with the conversation we had or the topics we had yet to discuss so we went to Corner house for yummy ice-creams. After an hour here and so much more talks we went our separate ways promising that we shall meet again soon!!!!

Its Holiday Time Again!!!

I have been thinking of this holiday for 2 months now planning everything behind hubby's back (this is supposed to be a surprise for him) I have told him to take off 2 days from his work schedule. I had to tell him that much atleast as you cannot try and ask a business man to take off just like that without prior notice....I will be more surprised when he says he cant make it :-)
So, finally after a lot of dilly-dallying I decided to arrange this outing for our anniversary but then again advanced it to a week early and thought it will be a good birthday gift for dear hubby and a much needed and awaited break from the concrete jungle..
So, i am off tomorrow to this jungle and also trying to cover a beach when we are there. My hubby did not ask me where we r going or what we r doing? so going really good till now!!
Anyways I am going to have a great holiday by letting my hair loose and the best part is no cooking this weekend ;-)!!! c ya all

Peace Within!

When you feel like you are going to scream, take a few moments to get away from it all if you can. Breath deeply, try to see things in perspective and come out and face the world again when you are ready----
At the pace that i am going screaming my self hoarse, i dont think I will be ready to face the world again for some time...
I am trying to kind of balance things out but how much can you try too..it is extremely frustrating to play both the roles without anybodys help especially when you have horrible people around you who are always frowning and dont appreciate what you are doing for them...
I am truly irritated with the whole thing but I cant change it anytime soon
I feel like I am going into this deep vortex of depression from where i dont think I can see the light at the end of the tunnel let alone the end of the tunnel :-). Will i ever see it in the near future. I always thought I am an optimist but i dont know anymore..... these things always happen in a cycle so should i console myself and say there will be better days????
May my distrubed and distorted soul find peace soon! Amen! to that.....

Foot (Wear) - Fetish!!!

I am kind of in a daze these days and being pulled by colourful and cute, fancy footwear. So, I thought I will write a blog on them with some pictures of course!!

The first set of chappals that started off this fancy for me was one purple braided chappal that Anu was wearing one day. I was so impressed by it that the first picture was taken for this blog but unfortunately i dont have the picture anymore.. She took us to this shop - "The Shoemaker" which has branches in the city. We went to the Jayanagar shop and i was mesmerized and bowled over by the collection they had in the smallest sizes (my size). Most of them fit me!!! the tiny little feet of mine I was overjoyed and decided I will go there soon. Shoe-Maker here I come!!

So here are a few sets of feet in a variety of chappals..... May the foot fetish continue!!!

A Few of My Favorite Things

Ice-creams in different flavors (usually late in the night :-)

1. Spicy corn on the cob in the rain


2. Playing with my daughter


3. Going on a walk early in the morning with my MP3 player plugged to my ears


4. listening to soft soul-rendering music


5. Chatting with friends over a big mug of coffee


6. Clicking and posing for pictures :-)


7. Wearing big shades that cover half my face and feeling like a celebrity


8. watching exotic locales on TLC


9. Yummy Italian Pasta


10. Watching a movie starring Julia Roberts


11. My hips dont lie - Shakira


12. All songs from mamma Mia and the location the movie is shot in


13. traveling a weekend in every 3 months


14. Standing on top of a mountain, breathless after a long trek and feeling on top of the world


15. colorful clothes


16. Watching a movies in 2nd show


17. Nail polish in bright colors, mismatched:-) havent worn them like this yet...


18. Masala puri with a lot of green chutney (hot & spicy)


19. Fixing a mid-night meal of MAGGII!!!!


20. Playing in the water - Sea, river, lake, stream, Swimming pool or amusement park (you get the drift right??)


21. Long rides in the night


22. Shopping - loads & loads of it!!!


23. Reading books


24. Watching romantic comedies

Not necessarily in the same order, but yes they are some of my favorite things!

Bright knick-knacks

In my last post about the arty stuff i had said i will do a foto post about all the little knick-knacks I picked up from the Soul Santhe & Lepakshi in CKP so here it is finally.....

I picked up just a few little things from the Soul Santhe.

This set of 3 bangles in multi colors is made of papier mache. It was in all shades of blue and little green and purple & green. I liked it at first sight and had to have it.

I also bought a big bracelet in plastic in brown color which has polka dots...so very retro and went ahead and bought it.

Also bought this owl pendant and after going crazy looking at all the owl pendants around from Forever 21. I just 'heart' it & now i can rest content.

These were the stuff from Soul Santhe...but now comes the best part.. ;-) from here we went to Chitra kala Parishat where they had an exhibition going....

I bought silk thread bangles in 9 colors - 1 of them complimentary from the stall keeper as he knew my friend. He gave me one extra because I was her friend. Thanks R!

I also bought another chain in blue color which had a mirror done with crochet and had little shells and an earring in dull brown color.

I bought a really nice necklace made from metal and beads.

I bought a colorful Jaipur juttis that would go really well for summer. I dont have a foto of it though... It is a beautiful mix of colors and has a mix of blue, green, pink, orange & purple. Awesome isnt it??

I bought a nice summery printed top in lovely hues with dull gold metal embroidery and another flowy Kaftan with white color as the base and has pista green, peach & light brown abstract design on it.

But, these clothes i will only wear and take pics to put it up....until then watch out for it...!!

Arty Stuff!! & new chapters!!!

Last week when I went to the Soul Santhe, we noticed this exhibition happening at Chitrakala Parishat...my friend and I thought if we finish early at the Soul Santhe we would give a flying visit to this exhibition too...We finished at Palace Grounds by 4pm and from here we went to CP.

We entered, Lo and behold- it was an entirely different world. I bought so much stuff here (much more than what I bought from the Soul Santhe), I have been wanting to show it all off!! i have been wanting to do a photo blog of it. I will do it first thing tomorrow morning! So, after all the euphoria of the World Cup where WE WON!!!! yooooohooooo!!!!!!!!yippeeeeeee!!!!! i am just counting the days till this chapter of my life will be over and new chapter with fresh pages will begin!!! Though i dont have any breather between the 2 chapters...hope it will be much more interesting and enlightening than this one was.....