Bridal Files

Contd from yesterday’s post…

This was all on Saturday. Again the hunt started on Tuesday, Monday being holiday for all Delhi markets! We started from Amar colony market which is opposite to Lajpat nagar central market. Huge mistake! If you need a decent lehenga in any material except net, this is NOT the place for you. 

It took me trial of few pieces to understand I would prefer lehengas in crepes and chiffons. They look more elegant. There was one shop with the name of MCJ (second shop in the first left after you enter the market) which had decent designs worth checking out!!

After wasting 2 hours in that market, we went to Lajpat central where we went to Malhotra’s. It was the first shop in the line and it was where I found some of the decent designs. They had crepes and chiffons but unfortunately I did not like the material quality a lot.

And, then, I found IT waiting there in golden tissue with pink border with a sprinkling of orange in the border and a very pretty dupatta in pink. Its a complete gotta and jerry zari (didn’t know it was called zari not jerry :D) work. And, I totally loved it when I tried it on. It has a orange brocade un-stitched choli which I have given to my tailor. I have asked her to make the back completely dori wala and three inches longer than the regular blouses. The best part is the lehenga looks awesome even in the natural light, not only under the chandeliers. A perfect wear for both night and day. I am gonna take the dupatta saree style and I am thinking of getting loose curls with a bump on the crown. Can you suggest any different hair style?

A tip if you go to Lajpat : Bargain till the end of your breath!!

And, I got a lace with small latkans in gold and silver combo which my mom has stitched on the breadth side of the dupatta to make it look more bridal-y. She skipped the length coz we do not take the dupatta on the head and it would look really heavy that way!

The only extra shopping I did was getting a chooda. I have always dreamed of wearing a chooda for my wedding. I know we have to wear gold so I do not know how will I really manage with so many bangles. Guess I will have to get rid of some of the chooda parts for different ceremonies. Lets see. 

I have no idea where is the market for choodas actually. Someone suggested a shop in Babu Khan market in Sarojini with the name of chacha. Some one said Chandni Chowk is a great place for that as well but since I did not have the time or patience for either, I went to the Malviya nagar market which is closer to my house and there I got a good quality chooda, may be a bit expensive, at Manbhavan store. The uncle over there looked decent.

This is my summary for the week and lets see how the subsequent week goes. I am leaving Hyderabad on Wednesday so I will be offline for almost half a month. I will try my best to schedule a few posts. Also, we have decided to proceed to Singapore because of the scarcity of time. 

I know many of you have asked for snaps so yup I shall try not to feel too conscious and put up some of the snaps once I am back. I also know that the engagement post was sadly lacking due to no pics but that was coz I posted it from Delhi and my laptop was sitting in Hyd. 

So, see you all on 1st December hopefully. Till then drop all the good wishes and looking forward to more comments to answer. Yes, I am aware that I have not replied to any comment since 4th September to be precise so I do have a uphill task after I am back! Awaiting the comments eagerly 🙂

So, week 4 which was after the engagement was pretty quite. I was just busy packing the stuff for Delhi, dating my fiance and sleeping. Nothing much. Things picked up pace again when I landed in Delhi.

OMG, it was such a hectic week and I so hate Delhi after Diwali. The atmosphere was so polluted and it aggravated my dry cough and I am so tired of doing coughing all day long 🙁 Any ideas to get rid of it? Anyways, so we did lehenga hunting and saree shopping in Delhi apart from bit of miscellaneous things!

We went to South Ex on Saturday to get some jewellery basically but we ended up entering Rasi Silks which is in the beginning on Part – II. It is basically a Tamil saree store and has a decent variety of stuff. Their silk scarves are just amazing though definitely pricey!

I got a Kanjeevaram in mango yellow and maroon. Mom wanted something traditional. And, a pink saree which has two or three colors so basically it is a shaded saree. Actually, I do not even know the names of the cloth material of the sarees otherwise would have specified it. Another saree is in yellow with green thread work all over and it is very very pretty. The border is just striking.

The ranges of the sarees over there is pretty good. They have decent collection for even 400 bucks so if you need sarees for some people who are not very close and you do not want to spend much, it is a place to check out. They also have kerela saree collection. The ground floor of the shop is worth checking out as well. Also, they have bit of lehenga sarees. This was finally when I came to know what a lehenga saree is!

And, that concludes my shopping for sarees. I still have to go for saree hunting with my in-laws. They had asked me to pick a few and the rest, they will buy with me!

Ok, hats off to all the brides who actually go for lehenga hunting and designing and spend weeks and months in search of THE ONE! I got bored in just one trip. I had been clamoring to go to Frontier Raas since Day 1. And, finally, I thought I will get my lehenga over there.

Since lehenga is not the main tradition at all, my dad was pretty reluctant and re-usage of the piece is a huge issue so I had decided I would not cross 20k for it. So, when I entered the second floor of Frontier Raas, I was bowled and confused by the excess glitter and thought I am way out of budget here 😀

Finally, I searched for some really light lehengas. Most were in crepes or chiffons and my heart went out to the pink and yellow lehenga with belt on top and border at bottom (pink and yellow are different lehengas, not the same). 

But, the awesomest piece was a navy blue lehenga with threadwork all over and with a red and gold border which was extremely light and at the same time looked awesome. It was 50k and my parents were downright no for it 😀 Ok, not that I was jumping for it. Later, my dad said it was looking a bit old and not like it was 50k, even though he loved the border. I had to accept that argument, though! So, it was good bye to Raas then.

Rest of the lehenga story would continue tomorrow 🙂 Hope you are eager for the story!

Now that I am finished being too lazy, I am regretting having ignored the blog for so long so I am resolving not to miss even a day of post in November but obviously that is not possible 😀 See, I already missed the month’s start! But, lets hope for the best 🙂 So, let me talk about the engagement. This is gonna be probably the 10th or more narration of the event so bear with me 😀

So, I am officially engaged! I have no idea how am I supposed to feel but I guess I was expecting the sky to burst open or the roof to fall on my head. But, I have to say it was pouring like cats and dogs that day so guess the sky did burst open 😀

Otherwise, it was full of an eventful weekend comparing to which the regular life pales! I have forgotten how it is to work or how it feels to blog. I seriously need to get back to blogging but somehow I am just not able to 🙁 Anyways, let me not digress.

So, as soon as I landed in Vizag (Visakhapatnam), my mom took me to jeweler for the ring selection. Well, as usual, the choices were too limited. But, still, I did get a decent and unusual ring just a size bigger to mine so it fits at least. The next morning me and my dad went for shopping and we did the gadbad. Well, not exactly me but dad 😀

Anyways, that’s a different part. But, the actual day was so like a dream right from getting up at 5 in the morning to getting dressed and being draped in a saree to sitting for makeup without fidgeting, man….how do you really manage it?, to getting my hair braided with extensions to getting into those 2-3 inch sandals on a wet floor…damn…it was really hard!

There were definitely a lot of things that went wrong but my recently married friend had already advised me that there would be things which you wouldn’t find at the last moment, things are bound to go wrong but do not panic, everything will go alright. And, trust me, this is the only tip I will give to anyone over there. You have to stay positive and be radiant instead of being stressed and that is the key to beautiful pictures 😀

So, back to the ceremony, there were pujas and ring exchange and breakfast and my SIL and her father gave a performance (they are celebrated singers and they are soooooo good) and then we played housie and dumb-charades and finally a bit of DJ. And, having a large and boisterous family helps with it all and fortunately the lunch was awesome as well 🙂 All in all a very tiring and a fun-filled day.

I wore two sarees. I was supposed to change into the saree the in-laws would gift me later on after the pujas were over. Will show you the sarees soon 🙂 See ya till then!