Wedding Shopping!
I was reminded of an incident when I went “wedding shopping” with my mother-in-law (MIL) for the first time. Here I was, the bride-to-be in 15 days, standing in a big Nalli’s shop in Chennai. And my MIL bowled me a googly. “So what (event) saree do you want to start looking at?” Next question: “So how do you want your Chennai reception saree to be?”
Simple questions! But I found myself dumbfounded. Frankly, I am not one of those girls who breeze in and make an easy conversation with everyone around. But I do belong to those kinds who can speak a few words when they are addressed. On this particular occasion, I totally blanked out.
At this point the last wedding I had attended was my sister-in-law’s wedding, approximately a couple of years back. That was the last I had seen of all those gorgeous colors and silks.
What followed was a battle, close to 2 hours, to find the right reception saree (yeah, my MIL helped me with the decision to select the event!)! My mother and MIL sought the not-so-readily available stools to perch themselves, while Brat, his sister and I reviewed and discarded hundreds of sarees, . Big thanks to all the crusaders of the battle!
It was cake walk after that! I knew how to pick sarees. As a follow-up victory, I even picked up the next saree, while strolling past a counter in Nalli’s.
That is a picture of the two of us @ our wedding reception, with our parents!
posted by PH @ Wednesday, March 22, 2006
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