As it is with most people and big shots, we trooped up to wish him. It was the first time in my year at Reliance that I have been formally introduced to the man, inspite of seeing him on a number of occasions.

We later went up for some yummy cake.

After a relatively relaxed time at work, I had quite a day. Anuradha, Shemina & myself headed to Crawford Market to pick up stationary for a group of under privileged children who are taken care of by the residents of Raheja Park, Vikhroli.

Went to my regular shop and he gave us a good deal on the stationary. Shem picked by a lovely handbag from the place next door and I indulged in a lovely clutch. Headed for the paper lane to pick up odds and ends. We were hungry by this time and so Anu treated us to falooda at Badshah’s. I topped that with a big glass of fresh lime juice.

We went to Mangaldas Market to have a look at the material. I picked up a lovely piece in white embroidered chiffon to make an Anarkali styled suit.

We cudn’t resist the temptation of walking through the fruit bazaar where the girls picked up some mangoes.

It was a short walk back to the station and a train that wud take me to Bandra and them to Andheri. I sure enjoyed the time spent with my IT colleagues , this was the first of its kind.

I had previously agreed to meet Priyanka for dinner. She picked me up and we headed to hill road to do a bit of shopping and finally to Lucky for dinner. It was her first time there and she wanted to sample the food.

We tucked into the assortment of food we ordered – sweet corn chicken soup and masala papad for me, plain chicken soup for her and a main course of reshmi kabab and tandoori pomfret. We had a nice time catching up.

Took a 56 and reached home by about 10:30. I was really tired as the Crawford trip was unexpected and I did not have the right footwear for a tramp through Crawford. – stilettos even if they are only and inch high can leave your feet hurting like crazy.

Had a lousy end of the day. But that is a story that my heart refuses to share here.

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My first stop was St. Xavier’s College. While I had agreed to meet my sister there I skipped along early to catch up with some old faculty friends! While I don’t miss being in Xavier’s I always feel a sense of nostalgia when I go back ….. You know a whole flood of memories of the 5 years I spent there. The happy times and the not so happy times (yup there were a few of those too). Anyway back to the present. I had agreed to meet Kevin so to the 4th floor I went. But the poor man was really harrowed with a lot of formatting work he was doing so decided not to trouble him too much and set of on a round of the college. Peso as usual was extremely busy. My sis was still stuck in the Heras Institute doing reference so decided to make a visit to the chapel and then take a walk to Chimanlal’s.

I picked up the paper for my Christmas cards at Chimanlal’s. Decided to get cracking on those before the painting begins. Also picked up some pretty cards and gift tags which I could use as stocking fillers for Christmas. Picked up a few second hand books on the way back to college where I met my sister and we set off to Crawford Market.

We made a not so quick round of Crawford where we picked up gloves for my sis (she’s heading north on a vacation….the lucky thing) and a whole lot of odds and ends. Also managed to get the ribbon for the invitation cards. We were quite hungry by this time so has a snack of Sev Puri knowing fully well if we eat anything more we will have to face the music at home for not having lunch there!
After the shopping there was one place I still had to go to and this is a place I really love going -the Post Office. In a time where the internet is such a convenient medium of sending and receiving mail, I love the special charm of snail mail. So next time you want to get me super excited send me some mail via the Indian Post! Anyway, I promised M that I’d get her card to the USA franked so that there was no fear of the stamps being stolen and hence the card not reaching. As usual the franking machine was not working, so had to put on some stamps and coax the lady at the counter to stamp them so that I was surer that the card would in fact reach.

After a relatively hot morning (a lot of walking after a looooooong time) we headed home and gobbled down lunch at 4.30.

I managed  to get a few winks of sleep before I realised it was time to meet Michelle and Chetna at Bandra for an evening of ‘looking to see if I find a  nice dress’. The rain suddenly decided to play spoilsport so disrupted our plan, Chetna had to head home and I got a dunking! Anyway the good thing is that I did try on a lovely black number. Maybe I’ll get a chance to wear it soon

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