i had been wanting to post a few more blogs b4 chim's wedding. the insane shopping tht we did, the clothes galore tht we lugged home, the frequent trips to kanchipuram (awesome place for pattu / silk saris, i say!) and of course the pile of sandals mounting in the corner of our bedrooms would give u a faint idea abt wat i'm talking... but then, I kinda got busy... ok! i was jus too lazy to put my brains to work and come up with a good post....

and my mind's fogging a'ready!!!! AAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWW (yawning)

brb!

a wedding is too loooong an event filled wit scouting for clothes, for jewels, for footwear, for accessories, for many inevitable necessities and more shopping! So if movies and books and serials can be made on such a subject why not a blog i say!

therefore putting my right hand forward, i now start the chronicles of the wedding shopaholics lakshmi and divya punctuated wit guest appearances by geetha madhusudan (the bride's mother). the former 2 are pawns in the helpless n totally intoxicating game o' shopping (below 4-5k ie.). guest appearance by geetha madhu is for high budget expenses.

so, there we were, last weekend on a full fledged shopping spree with our front-end shopping lists in the bag and a lot of miscellaneous items in our minds.

destination 1: kalpadruma

it was like a treat for the badly starved cannibal. handloom materials from all over the country - ikat, mangalgiri, kota, kalamkari, vegetable dye print, kantha work materails, in silk and cotton....... wished we could have taken them all. But alas! we were on a mission and moreover, on a budget! she picked up a few mangalgiri n vegetable dyed materials while i grabbed more mangalgiri materials in all possible shades. I walked out with more than what I wanted.

destination 2: nalli

nalli has been our all time favorites frm college days - georgette (plain n printed), chiffon (plain n printed), jute cotton, jute silk, raw silk, silk cotton, polycot, ikat, kalamkari, banaras silk, bissi-lissi, varieties of crepe, pure cotton, kanchi cotton, printed silk, and more..... this time however, we didnt get wat we had in mind. so we bought wat had our names "virtually" written on them. Result - we still have the pending items on our shopping list. But we have more clothes than we bargained for.

Now, I pray tht The Lord above keeps my blogs away from people who frown up on impulsive shopping. and frm vicky's (groom) father who asked us "do u gals do a lot of impulsive shopping?". "no way uncle!!!", pipped up divya and lakshmi... "oh thank you God, Vicky is safe", uncle must have thought.

And I pray tht Lord keeps reminding me tht its lakshmi who is getting married my cupboard's over flowing already and there are sooooooooo many things still pending on the list.

D continues to crib - a few hours, to me, seem several days,
as, with a severe headache, at my laptop i continuously gaze,
i admit, ain't no busy bee,
but i yearn now for hot strong tea.

L convinces - to food we move....

D echoes her mind - d musquitoes gave me no proper sleep,
i wish i lie in slumber, deep...
i have an idea in my mind though
why not wind our tasks n off we go...

L consoles D - home says she...

L asks - D y?

D crouches - i wish i could reply
wit a funny poem tht wud imply
the plight my mind is in
absolutely, no smile n no grin

L says - I query more....

yes! the wedding hall booked. the engagement hall booked. the wedding and engagement dates fixed. of course, the groom also (sigh!) finalized.

so, we have 275 days to count till the wedding and heaps of things to do.

of course, this gives me splendid opportunities to get into every designer store in town, buy n own fabulous ensemble, try my hand at designing and what not!

PS - to the 50 yr old divya and lakshmi.... take a look at this page now. u were crazy gals once.