Outfit of the day - Christmas colours

I know its late for wearing Christmas colors. But I recently bought this dress from Forever 21 and I find the colors very Christmasy :-) Also, I found that the purse I received from Rosegal looked really good with the dress. 

The purse is a really lovely tote in red and green which has a detachable long belt so that the purse can also be used as a sling bag. The quality of the purse is very good and the delivery was very quick. I can see myself pairing this tote with many other dresses :-)

Also, Rosegal offers free shipping worldwide and 30 days unconditional returns.

Let me know what you think of my OOTD and the tote :-)

Dress: Forever 21

Purse: Rosegal

Boots: Myntra

I love New York!

First of all,

Wish you all a very happy new year! J

So I am back from New York and as you can see from the post title, I am smitten, very smitten! I have travelled to many places, but I have never felt the attraction that I feel for New York. I loved the city, and I think a part of that is made up by the wonderful friends I have there (you know who you are - thanks for making my stay so amazing! Love you guys!). The city has a life and energy which draws you in and then you are stuck. You don't want to ever leave!

Despite the cold weather, I was fortunate to be in NY in December as I got to see the gorgeous Christmas decorations everywhere, especially at Rockefeller and Wall Street (even the bull had been decorated!). Also, one more reason, the Christmas sales! They were just too good and I ended up shopping like crazy ;-). I wonder whether I should put up a haul post, but that would mean too many pics, and I don't think I am up to it :-(

Off to New York!

As the title suggests, I am off to New York for 3 weeks! So excited. Unfortunately have not been able to post before leaving as I have been very busy. The next 3 weeks will also be very very busy in training in NY. So I will not have time to blog, reply to comments or read your blogs for the next 3 weeks :-(

Please bear with me. I know I do this often, but during a journey, I rarely have time to blog.

But I will be back in 3 weeks and will love to share my NY experience with you. Till then, wish you a Merry Christmas.

Have a blast!

Happy Birthday blog and outfit of the day

I started 'Everything That Clicks' in November last year as a whim since I love clothes. It was uncharacteristic since I am extremely photo shy. But I thought it would be fun and something different to occupy time. But I never realized how important this blog would become. It has made me understand things about myself and has made me experiment with my style. And now I can't imagine not having a blog :)

I also did not imagine that I would get such support for the blog. And for that, I want to thank you all very much. I love to read your comments and I hope you keep visiting!

My blog actually took off only in January of this year and so I plan to celebrate another blog birthday in January of next year.I will also have a giveaway then. So watch out for it!

Moving on to the outfit, I chose a dress with a busy print and paired it with stockings and boots. I bought these boots recently for a trip I will be taking soon. I will let you know about that next week :) Of course, the boots were a bit big (no surprise there!), but after putting two insoles, they fit perfectly :) Since the print of the dress is so busy, I only paired it with my nude and gold clutch and big earrings.

So let me know what you think!

 Dress - Globus,

Boots - Nell (ordered from Myntra),

Earrings - Fashion at Big Bazaar,

Clutch - H&M

Outfit of the day - Cream and black

I featured this Mango dress in my sale haul. I wore it this week to go shopping with mom :)

The dress was a bit wide at the bottom. So I got it narrowed from hip downwards. And I paired it with plain black pumps and a black sling bag. This sling bag is one of my favorites!

And as for shopping, I bought a purse for my mom for her birthday. She really loves it! :)

So do you like my OOTD?

PS: I have included some pics at the end to show some of the nonsense during the shoot :D

Dress: Mango

Shoes: Mint Drop

Purse: Rhysetta

A trip to the South

Like I mentioned in my previous post, I was on a week's trip to the south of India. It came about because my pop-in-law has been wanting to visit Kanyakumari for a very long time. So we decided on a nice week long trip to 4 places - Trivandrum (long name - Thiruvananthapuram), Kanyakumari (tip of India where 3 oceans meet), Rameshwaram and Madurai. I will dedicate this post to my vacation. Hope you enjoy seeing the pics of these places :) However, cameras were not allowed in most of the temples, and so there are not many interesting pics to share in a couple of these places

We made our hotel and car bookings through makemytrip.com. But the journey was planned by us, based on the whims and fancies of the family members :)

Our trip started with Trivandrum which is famous for the Padmanabhaswamy temple. This temple is dedicated to Lord Vishnu and the principle deity is in the sleep posture. The temple is only open to Hindus and has a particular dress code (men need to wear mundus and women need to wear sarees. If a lady is not wearing a saree, she needs to tie a mundu around her waist - which is what I did). After visiting the temple, we went for a backwaters boat ride which was beautiful. One mistake we made was staying in a hotel in Trivandrum. The hotel (Seven Hills) was not very great. We realized later that the better hotels are located in Kovallum (just 17 km away from Trivandrum) which is famous for its beach. So if you are planning a trip to Trivandrum, book a hotel in Kovallum.

Since cameras were not allowed in the temple, I only have pics of the backwaters.

Happy Diwali!

Its Diwali!!!! the biggest Hindu festival. It celebrates the victory of good over evil. It is the festival of lights, though in many places it has deteriorated into bursting a lot of crackers and creating pollution. :(

Anyways, I celebrate Diwali by lighting lamps and making rangoli. It also involves wearing new clothes, doing Lakshmi Pooja and eating loads of sweets :)

Below are the pics of the rangolis I made this year. The first one was a lot of effort and took around 2 hours. The second one was made with a predesigned net and took just 5 mins. Hope you like both! :)

PS (I am out for the week): I know I have been very lax in replying to comments and visiting blogs. I have been really, really busy at work. And currently I am on a vacation to the South of India. I will be back next weekend and will very eagerly reply to comments and visit all the blogs. Please bear with me till then! :)