Sigh life is difficult with my man being in the US of A. Well he has been away just for the last 12 days or so and will be coming back to the capital in no time. But I miss him. 


Weddings!!! If anyone was to ask me how to go planning this whole drama [believe me it is much more drama than a well written play. Many sudden twists and turns, new characters, old ones, action, melodrama and blah!], I'd simply say, "Elope!" Yes. Undo the complications in your life and run! Go to a court house, register, wait for a month, turn up on the given date in jeans and kurta, sign the papers and be off to a cozy location for a long honeymoon. Sigh...how I wish. But no! I wanted a full wedding with all the jazz. 


So here I am already exhausted. Shopping is almost done but you never know if there is another shopping spree lurking behind some  corner. Frankly I don't think I can handle another saree buying session. Bas. Went to my sasuraal, Delhi, recently. My ma-in-law took me shopping and she couldn't stop with the gorgeous sarees! We had planned that we would buy maximum two more sarees but ended up with six. Six long hours of browsing 
through two stores in South Extension and Greater Kailash left my man exhausted. Poor him! 


Got back home and realised I required a lot of space to pack the goods. So had to buy suitcases immediately. That done, the clothes bit doesn't end here. After things are bought one has to get hold of a good tailor and a good designer. Petticoats and matching blouses have to be done. Unfortunately we had been procrastinating and so most of the designers we knew about, sent us packing right away. 


The tailor said he would give everything after Diwali...what a sigh of relief. And then we met this god sent designer. She agreed to do all my stuff by December. Phew. 


So for now...thats it!

Shoe-imply awesome!

Shoes...and more shoes. I don't know about the other brides but my trousseau is a lot empty without shoes. I have quite a few as you have already guessed. In the past I have dedicated an entire blog post to shoes on Ire. And this one is no different. Okay it is a bit different because these are going to be a part of my wedding loot. And my own wedding gives me a chance to buy blingy shoes! Oh how I love bling...yeah I have a couple of pairs of golden [mind you... matte finish gold] chappals and stilettos. 


So I was waiting all these months or rather from the time I was officially allowed to shop, to buy meself shoes...its so typical me. There have been times in the past when He would be around and every time I ventured close to a shoe shop, he would panic. He would be like, "No Nikki, nahi...you have lots of them!" The situation has changed a bit as he doesn't mind me buying them, simply because it makes me happy. :)


And with shoes, the first thing that comes to my mind is of course Sarah Jessica Parker. Women across the world would watch Sex and The City for her clothes and shoes. 400 pairs of sexy sandals...Jimmy Choos and Manolo Blahniks! What else can a girl ask for? Nothing. So just check out some of mine below:   

These are brow peep toes...very comfy!

Ooooh...these are my current favourites! I want to wear these to my engagement...did I mention I love bling? Hehe

So far so good...have these much as yet! Have to still buy a pair for the wedding, one pair for reception [Mum], one for Delhi reception and a couple of flats! If my pocket permits then I can get myself boots as well!

I am not a fan of gladiators but these caught my fancy! Oh so very comfy!

More to come...will keep you posted!

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...