My wedding website!

Dear All,


Given the free time on hand I have these days, I channeled my otherwise wasted energies towards creating this wedding website. So do have a look and let me know what you think!


Himanshu and Nikki

So I am meeting all sorts of people who are going to help me be the beautiful bride. Lol. Last Sunday I met the make-up artist. We got to know her through some family and so we visited her home-cum-office. Once there, we  were greeted by scores of stray strands of hair. No she ain't shedding hair...just conducting her class. About six enthusiastic women worked diligently to get some hairstyle right. Don't ask names...because I am not much into hairstyling and all.


A few minutes into the visit, we were escorted to this room that seemed like her parlor. She handed me a thick album to browse through...it contained all the bridal makeup models. The room had many pictures of her dressing brides and so on. So I liked what I saw. It was nice...simple and all that. 


But I am not sure of how much I want of this. It is not the expense that has brought me to the decision [its freaking expensive...the entire thing will come up to 30k or so!]. The thing is, I hardly know about makeup. I own a flew glosses, a compact and Kohl, thats it. I have never applied rouge...don't even know how to! I used to have some foundation but I have made a mess of it in the past [best not to go down that lane!]. 

I don't even want to wear the heavy maang-tikka and all [the traditional/ornamental head gear Indian brides wear] but mom was like, you should...it would look nice. Bah. I think its going to be a mess. I will be tired with all this going on. 


I don't know how other brides feel. But I have this nagging feeling that I should have eloped else had a court marriage and be done with it. At the end of the day, we - Him and I, want to be together, so I guess that is all that matters. But thats not happening. My ma and pa, his mom, have scores of things planned. Will keep you posted on these...

Sarees and more...

Gosh...planning a wedding is no piece of cake. Recently I got talking to this guy friend of mine and he was like, your wedding's six months away and you are already shopping? Aren't two months enough? Well, that got me thinking. 

If I had to do everything in two months...it would be crazy for sure. Why? Because a wedding is not only about shopping. And shopping doesn't mean that you get into a shop, buy whatever you like and then you are done. No way! Weddings are special...very special and it is an occasion of a life time [for me yes...cannot say for the others!]. So I asked this guy friend to shut up. 

Him's been very patient with all my ranting about shopping and all. Some days are good and some are bad. On some days I find really good stuff to buy while others are just a waste. Frankly, it is confusing. Simply because there is so much to choose from!

And my mom is the opinion that a trousseau should have variety. This is the first and the only trousseau planning I have been involved with...so yeah it is definitely fun! According to my mum there should be a variety in sarees. So I have a mix of cottons, silks, Georgette, crepe, net etc. But then it does not end here. We both; mom and me are saree lovers. My mum can hold an exhibition of her sarees alone [she owns about 200 plus and what a variety!] 

So my trousseau is going to be something like this:

Kanjeevaram

Temple Design Saree

Tusser Silk

Maharashtrian Silk saree

Bengali Dhakai Saree

Bengali cotton saree

Kantha Saree [I have to get this yet!]

Bandhani Saree

Leheriya Saree

Ikat print saree

Patola Silk saree

Designer Net saree

More to come...I am running out of names. 

Please note: none of the above images are of my trousseau...pics will be taken soon!

Shopping...what else!

I have been staring at the blank 'new post' page for a while now. This is not how I intend to begin a new post in my bridal diary...poo poo! Okay to cut the crap...I am excited. I am so excited that it is tiring me out. I jump at at any new shiny thing [not that this is new] I see in a shop window. 


You know like most women, I enjoy window shopping too. I used to love to peer at stuff on the mannequins and  think of how they would look on me or if I were buying it, what would I go in for or how the frill at the end killed the outfit for me even though the embroidery was good. Exhausting...isn't it? Ha, and I haven't even begun talking here. All those days of thinking, imagining and rethinking, and re-imagining are over. It is now my turn to actually enter the shop, try out the stuff laid out and buy some of it. And I am buying loads of it. 


I have already bought stuff that amounts to 1/4th of my trousseau. I am not giving any details yet a my hubby-to-be is reading this and I want to surprise him. 


My trousseau was being planned in my head for years now. When the real time has come, I am being practical. I want to save and cut down on things I thought I would buy but they are outrageously expensive. I want to be able to wear most of the stuff always [hope to remain the same size though...]. So I have some really pretty sarees, a few good salwar kameez pieces and the rest of the list awaits to be bought. 


In the mean time, I have downed umpteen number of coffee cuppas [yummy filter coffer that I am so going to miss in the capital] and have been marching all over the this place called Matunga. Believe me, if you live in Mumbai, you know this is the place to get all your silk sarees from! 


So this is it for now...more on the coming tuesday!