I finally got a full night of sleep last night. After the long, hot day on Saturday, I fell asleep around 11 p.m. last night. Early by India standards, but man was I exhausted. I slept straight until 9 a.m. Absolutely wonderful.
When I woke up and turned on the television, "Slumdog Millionaire" was on. There is something so interesting about watching that film while in India. Plus I just really like that movie.
Nidhi picked me up at 11 a.m. for our day of shopping. We spent almost all of our time at Galaxy Hotel. I was really looking forward to seeing Anokhi, but I didn't find as many items as I had hoped there. Probably a good thing considering the amount of shopping I did across today.
After Anokhi, I noticed this shop across the way called Crew Republica. Once I walked in, I saw the most amazing sandals. After much debating over style and sizes, I picked up two pairs for me and two for my sister. My sister really does make out like a bandit when I am out of the country. I almost always pick up two of everything so that she can have the same items as I do. Lucky girl.
Following Crew Republica, we headed upstairs for Craft Traditions. When I came last time, this place was called Cottage Industries and I famously spent ₹10,000 in true, dramatic Tara-shopping fashion! I was a bit more pragmatic in my shopping this time. No sweeping armfuls of papier-mâché elephants into a basket. I did, however, still manage to beat my previous shopping spree—₹12,000. Man I'm good.
We had worked up an appetite at this point, so we walked across the hall to Monk for some delicious Chinese. Noodles with chicken and yellow curry. Ah-mah-zing. I need to eat there at least one more time before I leave.
Full and tired, we made one more shopping stop before heading home—Metropolis Mall for a visit to Max. Sadly, I could not manage to find something else to purchase today, so I left empty handed.
Being that it's about a million degrees outside, we did make one special stop before reaching the Marriott: Cocoberry for some frozen yogurt. Thank you Lord. I devoured it. But not before giving the server a ₹50 tip. Why? Because I was in a good mood, I liked his service, he seemed very nice, and it was terribly fun to shock and confuse him. He definitely did not understand what was going on and seemed very amazed when he finally realized what happened. This made me happy.
Oh, and we passed this on the way home. Horse and carriage ride anyone? Totally random.
I have not yet recovered from my meal at Monk, so I feel like tonight's dinner might be a late one. I'm currently waiting for Ericka to arrive. Tomorrow I'll be back at work for an early day, but in the evening Sups is taking me to Kingdom of Dreams. Can. Not. Wait.
When I woke up and turned on the television, "Slumdog Millionaire" was on. There is something so interesting about watching that film while in India. Plus I just really like that movie.
Nidhi picked me up at 11 a.m. for our day of shopping. We spent almost all of our time at Galaxy Hotel. I was really looking forward to seeing Anokhi, but I didn't find as many items as I had hoped there. Probably a good thing considering the amount of shopping I did across today.
After Anokhi, I noticed this shop across the way called Crew Republica. Once I walked in, I saw the most amazing sandals. After much debating over style and sizes, I picked up two pairs for me and two for my sister. My sister really does make out like a bandit when I am out of the country. I almost always pick up two of everything so that she can have the same items as I do. Lucky girl.
Following Crew Republica, we headed upstairs for Craft Traditions. When I came last time, this place was called Cottage Industries and I famously spent ₹10,000 in true, dramatic Tara-shopping fashion! I was a bit more pragmatic in my shopping this time. No sweeping armfuls of papier-mâché elephants into a basket. I did, however, still manage to beat my previous shopping spree—₹12,000. Man I'm good.
We had worked up an appetite at this point, so we walked across the hall to Monk for some delicious Chinese. Noodles with chicken and yellow curry. Ah-mah-zing. I need to eat there at least one more time before I leave.
Full and tired, we made one more shopping stop before heading home—Metropolis Mall for a visit to Max. Sadly, I could not manage to find something else to purchase today, so I left empty handed.
Being that it's about a million degrees outside, we did make one special stop before reaching the Marriott: Cocoberry for some frozen yogurt. Thank you Lord. I devoured it. But not before giving the server a ₹50 tip. Why? Because I was in a good mood, I liked his service, he seemed very nice, and it was terribly fun to shock and confuse him. He definitely did not understand what was going on and seemed very amazed when he finally realized what happened. This made me happy.
Oh, and we passed this on the way home. Horse and carriage ride anyone? Totally random.
I have not yet recovered from my meal at Monk, so I feel like tonight's dinner might be a late one. I'm currently waiting for Ericka to arrive. Tomorrow I'll be back at work for an early day, but in the evening Sups is taking me to Kingdom of Dreams. Can. Not. Wait.
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