Outfit of the Day - its a Wrap!

Today is Raksha Bandhan. This festival celebrates the relationship between a brother and sister. Translated literally, it means Bond of protection. In this festival, the sister ties a rakhi (holy thread) around her brother's wrist and the brother gives a gift in return. With this ceremony, the brother also vows to protect his sister :) I love this festival because of the love it celebrates between a brother and his sister/s.

Hubby's sister came over on Sunday to tie rakhi cause she would be busy in office today. Afterwards, we took her out for an evening of fun. We sure had a blast!

Coming to the topic of the post, I wore a wrap around skirt for the outing. The wrap around skirt in the below outfit is quite old, but I love the colour and design of the skirt. I paired the skirt with a black tee and some matching jewellery and I was good to go!

Do let me know what you think of my OOTD. And do you like wrap around skirts?

 Skirt - Don't remember, Top - bought in Gurgaon, Necklace and bangles - bought in R-City mall, Shoes - Inc 5

Outfit of the Day - casual again

So this is another casual outfit. I got the top from GAP on impulse because I liked the colour. But I was not sure how I would style it because of the uneven hem. I had planned to get the hem altered and make it even. But then I paired it with tights and loved the casual and comfy look.

So the top remains uneven :)

Let me know what you think of my OOTD!

Top - GAP, tights - fashionandyou.com, clutch - H&M, necklace - Talismans, shoes- United Colors of Benetton (UCB)

Outfit of the Day - Traditional Again

Today's outfit of the day consists of items from the recent sale haul.

As lamented before, getting traditional clothes in my size is next to impossible. Till date, all my traditional clothes (except the kurta from this post) have been stitched. So it was a pleasant surprise when I came across a kurta in XXS at Global Desi which fit! Also, I found churidars (leggings) which also fit!

And another discovery - the kurta and churidars are so comfortable! This was like having a triple scoop of my favorite ice-cream :)

Anyways, I wore this outfit to office and found it to be super comfy and stylish at the same. What more can one ask for?

So do you like my OOTD? (And yes, I am standing on the sofa in the last pic, just cause I felt like it :-p)

PS: Please ignore my hair. Humidity in the rainy season makes my hair curl and poof :-(

Kurta & leggings - Global Desi, Bag - Rhysetta

Sale haul!

Yes, I am back with another haul :)

July is sale season, and I of course have to shop in sale! Right? Right!

What I have realized about shopping during sales is that you need to hit the stores within the first week, max the second week, of sale. Else most of the good stuff and many of the sizes are gone. And given my extra petite size, I try and make it during the first sale weekend so that I get enough choice in my size :)

So below are the pics from my sale haul. All the purses have been gifted by my mom (isn't she terrific? :)). So you know where I get my shopping gene from - ;-)

(All the prices stated are the discounted prices)

Jewellery

Necklace - Globus - INR400

Earrings - Fashion at Big Bazaar (FBB) - INR185 per pair

Which is your favourite earring?

Purses (gifted by mom)

Blue one - Rhysetta - INR1,495

Yellow one - INR1,395

 Blue sling bag - Espelho - INR1,500

Green one - Espelho - INR2,300

Top - Mango - INR790

Dress - Mango - INR2,380

Kurta - Global Desi - INR650

I also bought leggings with this which are not pictured here for INR350

So did you like my sale haul? What did you shop for during the sales?

Singapore Haul!

I have been missing quite a lot recently from the blog. So sorry for that. Have been bogged with work. But I will be more regular now :)

So today's post is dedicated to the shopping I did during my Malaysia-Singapore trip. Unfortunately, I do not have photos of everything that I purchased. Below are some of the things I bought for myself.

Missing in the pics below are the following items: t-shirts for hubby, a Chinese outfit for my 3-year old nephew, shirts for my brother, a purse for my mom and a neon green purse for my niece (she had specified that she wanted a neon purse!)

For myself, I bought a couple of Chinese style dresses, and a few necklaces. Let me know what you think! :)

Chinese style dresses: I have been wanting one for so long! that I bought 2!! :-p

Price of the short one - S$79, the long one - S$89



Necklaces from Talismans - 3 for S$10

Top from Uniqlo - S$29

Makemytrip.com - Review

With the travel posts done, now comes the "much-awaited" review of makemytrip.com. :-p

I will first give a description of our interaction with the company and then provide the pros and cons.

When hubby and I decided to go to Singapore - Malaysia for our vacation, we checked out a few different tour operators and then based on cost-benefit analysis, finalized on makemytrip.com. During our research on various operators, we had already decided on which tour suited us best - based on no. of places, cost, no. of days and the pre-decided dates of the tours.

The first thing before finally deciding to go with makemytrip was to check the websites of the hotels which they were providing and decide whether we were fine with them. We did not much like the look of Cherry Loft Apartments which they were providing for Singapore, but decided to go ahead since any place in Singapore couldn't be that bad. Tip: Always check out the websites of the hotels being provided before deciding to book.

Once we had finalized on the trip to take, we called up the number provided for customer care rather than booking online (which provided INR500 discount per person) since we had a lot of questions which needed to be answered before we finalized the trip. The customer care number "eventually" directed us to a "Travel Specialist" (TS). It would take a long stretch of imagination to think of the TS as a 'specialist' as he knew very little about the travel aspect of the trip. We asked him our queries, of which he could only answer a few and said that he would get back to us on the rest after confirming.

Day 8: A stroll around Singapore

Day 8 was the last day of our vacation. We were catching the flight back to India the next day. So we decided to take a walk around Singapore.

Cherry loft Apartments where we were staying in Singapore was close to Little India. I wanted to go to Bugis Street which is flea market which is really good for shopping. So we decided to walk through Little India, have lunch there and then head on to Bugis Street.

Bugis Street was very crowded and it was a lot of fun to browse through the different shops. I ended up buying a few necklaces from Talisman's there. Bugis Street is a teenager's paradise in terms of clothes, shoes and accessories. It is also a good place for souvenirs but we found that these were cheaper in Little India. Bugis is also a great place to buy bags. So if you are interested in bags, definitely visit Bugis!

From Bugis Street, we took a bus to Clarke Quay. Clarke Quay is a wonderful place to hangout anytime during the day. You already saw Clarke Quay pics by night on Day 4, here I will share some Clarke Quay evening pics. :)

From Clarke Quay, we took to metro to Marina Bay Sands (it has a free light and sound show at 8.30pm and 9.30pm). Along with Clarke Quay, Marina Bay Sands is another great place to visit at night. So do keep two evenings free when you visit Singapore to visit these 2 places.

Hope you enjoy these last few pics from my vacation. Next up will be a review of makemytrip.com.

Little India