Ladies and Gentlemen... boys and girls... I proudly announce that I'm finally back to my old self, the clothes loving compulsive shopaholic...
For the past few years I had renounced shopping so much so that I almost hated it... what with only stepping into shops when I had to buy something and walking out again without making a purchase... as nothing I liked fit... but today I out-did myself and shopped till I dropped and I'm as pleased as punch as everything fits just right...
The last time I was so happy after shopping was in 2010 in Singapore... after that I went into denial and just stopped shopping. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that I piled on a few extra kilos and I just couldn't bear the thought of going into shops and not fitting into any clothes... now London has helped me shed the extra weight I was carrying around and I've managed to drop a couple of dress sizes as a result of which I can fit into a better array of clothes... and to say I'm loving the feeling is an understatement... I'm relishing every moment right down to trying the dresses on again as soon as I got home (something that I haven't done for a long long time) and it helps to have R as a flat-mate as she has the patience of a saint and she lets me prance about the flat parading my new purchases... the fact that she was my partner in crime also helped matters :-p
It all began with R asking me if I would like to go to Lords Cricket ground as she wants to buy some cricket memorabilia for her cricket crazy family followed by some shopping and I said "OK, I'll go with you, just to give you company"... famous last words...
Everyone goes to Lords to see the place where it all began, its almost like a pilgrimage to them, but what did R and I do, we shopped... and then shopped some more and between us spent enough money that would have easily fund my rickshaw travel for close to six months back home in India... but its all towards a good cause... the proceeds will go towards maintaining the mecca of cricket and I know a number of cricket crazy people who will approve of the charity work we did this morning...
Coming back to my story, the minute I hit the stores...right from the Lord's cricket ground shop to Zara (I think I just changed loyalties from Aldo to Zara...I'm going to be Zara girl from now on) it was like everything was just right for me and everything I liked just fit :-) it was like one of those magical days where everything just falls into place, my wallet is also a lot slimmer as I spent an indecent amount of money but I'm feeling good and retail therapy is finally working its magic on me again.
Since there is still another thirty minutes to go before this day ends I'm thinking I might as well ask God for the one thing that has kept eluding, Erm, you know what I'm referring to God, so what say??
