D wedding!!

My marriage is happening this month and I have put together a few short write-ups regarding the preps and the engagement story :)

Inviting friends :)

Sareed!

Gifted!

Yeah engaged :)

Also, my cabmates have been doing the count-down for the wedding and ye...its a week away as of today....

Yeah engaged :)

First let the pictures speak:

Ye, it did rain like crazy n I dont blame the nature-gods...I have stolen far too many coconuts in the past and in my part of the world..there is a belief that having done a thing like that..U can expect the clouds to come down :)

Fun having family and friends get together...gotto meet some of my relatives for the first time also :)

Though the photographers were after us...after seeing the album...I really shudnt be complaining....coz they have done a good job :)...n as my cabmates say...good use of photoshop:)

Inviting friends :)

Inviting ppal for the wedding is great fun :)

Didnt get to go and personally invite a lot of my good pals as I had hoped to .....But gotto visit a few pals ..some of who..I had absolutely no contact with for years!!

Its lovely to re-connect ....to know about ur friend's friends :) or gossip abt general stuff :) or get to meet ur pal's families...Im sure now I know whr they get some of their talents from :)

Not to forget the foodie thing .....I had breakfast at Manju's house...lunch in Vani's and Shw's house n snacks in almost all the other places I went to :)...some places I had to almost plead with them to avoid having the snacks and also ended up parceling them as well :P

Went to my favourite school teacher's house ...I was meeting up with her after so so many years...as otherwise I only call her on Teacher's Day...n she was so sweet ki she gave me a gift also, when I left her place :)

In Missionaries of Charity, I was touched by so many inmates asking ki...arrey when is ur wedding??...I had mentioned it the last time I was there...But they taking note of it was very touching indeed :)

My driver took me to all my friend's places n he asked me only one question...Madam...eshtu mathadtheera ?...as in Madam, how much u talk?? :P...this he asked as I was using the time v took to travel between friend's places to make calls to other pals....n all I told him was that...Im actually an introvert...but today was an exception :)

Sareed!

No...no...no..no....this one is not gonna be one of those senti blogs or those I m grateful for having such pals wallah vote of thanks one....This one is only gonna present the story as it is...no strings attached:)

Preethi, Praveena, CJ n me go to 6 different saree shops to get my wedding saree.....I take them for a ride one entire day...throwing my usual tantrums n wanting to get "the" saree...while Preethi has this flair of picking the right sarees...n having a clear cut picture of the type of zari, its purity, its look, its shade, its authenticity...n as to how it wud look in the photos ....Praveena n me were almost sailing in the same boat ignorant abt Kancheepuram sarees !!...but not today :):):)...today we know well...as good as wat a Preethi knows :)

As far as CJ was concerned, well ..she has this skill of picking up lovely sarees as well...n her focus area was on the fact that watever saree u choose...it must bring out a glow on ur face :)

So, we went to Nalli Next, Samyakk, Deepam, Vijayalakshmi, Sudarshan Silks and Kuberan Silks and later realised ki Samyakk had the best range and variety and they have a separate section for bridal selections....followed by Kuberan Silks in Chickpet....

Sudarshan silks was closing down for Lakshmi puja, so we didnt quite get to explore the range there....

Will never forget it when Preethi asked the sales person to show us sarees till 30, 000/-. I almost fainted right there :)

If Preethi didnt like a saree, Praveena loved it and vice versa :)...I think all in all...V wud have seen close to 50 sarees or even more...n their tastes wud have converged on not more than 2 sarees :)

Will never forget or forgive Praveena :)...when after getting the saree ...on our way back from Samyakk...she made this remark telling...hey...show me the saree ya...lets c how it looks like in broad daylight...n then she was like....it loooooks pink ...n I was devastated :)...simply coz I wore a pink saree for the engagement...will be wearing a pink saree for the reception...n a pink saree again for the wedding was not something I was looking forward to ......even though my mother's and sister's wedding sarees were all pink :)....But later I was glad to know that she was only pulling my leg :)

When the sales person at Deepam showed us one saree, CJ was like...hee...please dont show us that...I am planning to wear that for Seema's wedding...n finally....Yeah....when I look at the saree now...wat strikes me now is tat ...Oh..ok..wat if someone coming to my wedding wears the same one as mine....but then I shall have that poor soul sent into immediate hiding :)

Another update...sudd-suddenly decided to buy a ghagra too for the reception n this time I went with family...V walked into one shop...n bought a ghagra in 30 mins!!....hehehehehe....I really didnt have much of a say...did I?:)

Gifted!!

Wellllll.....Gifting to some is the joy of giving ...but to me...it is both a joy of giving and getting :)

The past few weeks have been overwhelming in this regard!!

Im getting married this month and some really close pals of mine have gone berserk:) n have ended up making me feel really gifted!

Be it a lovely crystal set or perfumes or a digital photo frame or an ipod shuffle or a Baggit ka bag ...Im totally overjoyed already n believe me when Im saying this...I cant n wont ask for more :)