Yesterday was a madness with household chores, planning ahead of my own travel, a manager calling in sick and all the rescheduling and me and my neighbour's long list of tasks that has to be attended between 11am - 3pm....all on a working weekday!!
We made a pact to start the day early, finish household chores and she to finish her own travel related packing before hand. We finished brunch and then started off with a laundary list of things to get done and all blended well in an order to match the demographic spread too 🤣. For example, ironing on left of house, then collecting coins (for her temple visit) from a shop next to it, to bank branch that is a bit round about etc. it was fun!
The highlight of these errands was : getting my gold bracelet diamond fixed, exchange a ring and also get a rose gold chain soldered. We were very much on track with our time commitment untill we visited the massive jewellery store!
The conversation started with getting the missing diamond fixed but the caviat was that the piece had to be sent to another city and it would take a min of twenty days whereas, I am scheduled to travel on the next weekend.
While discussing with my neighbour, upon her suggestion to swap 18 caret diamond bracelet with a 22 caret, I thought let me explore and see if I like anything as much I had loved the one I am wearing on my wrist but I had a second thought and told her that this bracelet is associated with my shopping with mom and how we both had taken it together...and may be she may not be happy if I exchange it; she definately would be happy if I buy new ones but...not to let go the one I have.
So we decided to call mom and check with her once, giving her the background of one missing diamond for the set of 32 (tiny ones) & viola! Ma was onboard.
I also had a ring that I had purchased in my hometown and once it saved my finger from getting pulled apart... And instead the ring got skewed. So that ring was on sale too :)
Now, with gold etc, Indians have a lot of beliefs about buying on a certain auspicious day etc and I had some certain thoughts about it to but then I went with the song of my heart... If it says yes! It is a yes :)
After spending almost ~90 mins and way above lunch timings, we bought two rings, thats all ;) and then heading for the last leg of the shopping - apparels.
While returning, we were met with heavy rains and were two hours over our schedule. We nicely got drenched and were laughing uncontrollably due to the mad rush on road, shower coming on us from all directions and water seeping thru our layered clothes and the chill we would feel with each blow of heavy winds.
Somehow we reached home and thanked God. All our dried laundry got wet too.. Which created a little panic for my neighbour as she had planned to carry some for her Travel toda, later it all worked out.
In the evening, I had called mom to show what I bought and she sounded a little disappointed as she didn't find my purchase meaningful but she also was kind enough to say - you liked it?...if yes, that's enough. I told her - I l💍ved it :) and then I tried to explain her my side of story :
I already have 'love' on one of my finger..., now I got the heartbeat and a rose (may be?), to complete the lovestory.
On this side of phone, I was silently laughing at myself... But I truely loved those designs and I am such mad individual that the new rings I bought, were slightly loose fit for my fingers, but I went ahead and got them! Just because I loved the designes so much.
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