2018 - Diwali Purchase - Part 2

The second phase of our Diwali purchase was in Chennai, in the Skywalk Shopping Mall, to buy dresses for my friend. As per our plan, we started after lunch, last Saturday. I took some time and effort to get ready ;-). Upon entering Skywalk, first we went to "BIBA". Material with them was less. My friend didnt like any. So, we next went to "Naidu Hall". I suggested the long chudi, which is in trend in the recent days, though it more looks like a nighty. There were a couple of collections. But before purchasing, we decided to take a look at "Soch" too.

The saleswonmen in Soch quickly understood our expectations, and she showed us the right collection. We shortlisted a couple of them, and finally selected the best one from it. Though I wrote in 2 times, the process almost took us about 30 minutes. Before billing, we went through the whole shop, and I like one particular trendy model, which we have bookmarked for a future purchase.

Then we went to "Naidu Hall" again, and this time, we selected a long chudi and billed it. Before finalizing, we had along dilemma in selecting the color. Finally we selected a light pink one.

Then there was a surprise to my little friends. We went to game zone, and to their surprise I allowed them to play. Initially it was agreed to play 2 games. Then it got extended to 2, and then to 3. Thier second game was car-driving - Driving the real electric car, that goes around and at-times dashes with other cars. It was finalized that Dhanesh with drive and Deepak with assist. They did a good job, Dhanu quickly learnt how to drive it and beautifully drove it. Deepak did his best to help him. It was also agreed that next time they will swap their roles - Deepu with drive, and Dhanu will assist.

Then we came home happily, which complete the second phase of our Diwali shopping.

- SPGR.

2018 - Diwali Purchase - Part 1

Like all years, Diwali purchase this year too was unique. This year it started in Trichy, when me and my friend went to Town. First we thought of going to Pothys, as we crossed it on the Holy Cross road. But we are anti-pothites, and we decided to continue to be so. So, we decided to go to Chennai Silks and then to Sarathas, if needed.

[photo:Chennai Silks in Trichy]

We entered Chennai Silks, and we could see the difference in which its employees treated us. I remembered my co-brother using the phrase "Pothys Effect", to describe some of the changes that happened in Nagercoil, after Pothyees came there.

First we decided to do dress shopping for kids. We went to the boys section, and the Guys in that section showed us many varieties, and helped us a lot in selecting the right dress for my Little friends. After we become fashion conscious, it really takes us a long time to select dresses and apparels, as we are considering many factors like color, cost, quality, fit and uniqueness. Then we went to girls section, where we wanted to get a good modern fashionable dress for my niece. This time, it took us a really long time. Much longer than what we had expected, as our expectation was a bit high. This time again the sales-women was very helpful. She went through the floor, from end-to-end and brought us different varieties of dresses. We were considering from chudi to midi to other modern outfits. After a long search, we found the one, which we both liked, and especially my friend liked it a lot.

Then we moved to men's section. As soon as we entered, the salesman who first caught us, started showing us formal shirts. I stopped focussing on formal shirts long back, and they are not enforced even in software companies nowadays. We went straight inside and started looking into casual and trendy ones. I was not impressed with any of them in the display. My friend liked one particular design, in orange color, which when I tried was a bit misfit. When I tried another one of the same design in a smaller-size, and it was a perfect fit. When I came out of the trial room, my friend was holding another pink-colored-designed shirt, which she wanted me to try. Thus, this time I got two shirts for Diwali. Then we went to the pant section, where the salesman said "free-ya irukkum". We laughed at it, as we were looking for the ones that will be a perfect fit.

We then went to the ladies section. Not much collections were there. We were close to the lunch time, and by this time we became tired. Not much salesperson were there, probably because they might have gone for lunch. Hence we dropped the idea to take Diwali dress from my friend there. We decided to see in a different shop on the next day, but later postponed to take care of it in Chennai.

Then we went to the nearby Archana sweets, where we had snacks. Then we got some sweets and started our journey back to home. That completed the first phase of our Diwali purchase.

-SPGR.