The Ring'd Fingers !

... and finally, we got ring'd !

Despite the disappointment that we did not actually exchange the rings, I am wearing one that carries his name, yaaaaay !

This is how it went - people felt exchanging rings was so non-hindu (Whatever that means!!) and hence it was decided to be put on by my bro to him and his sis to me, in that order.

One word - WEIRD!

Anyway... I am wearing one that carries his name, yaaaaay !

and he's got mine too !

Regarding the event, yea it was fun and exhaustive too. We had an overwhelming crowd (twice the expected count) and I should admit I was not prepared for something longer than 3 hours max. We reached home only by 2330 to my plight.

Otherwise, it was immense fun - meeting people who were genuinely happy for us.

The worst part was when the photographer wanted to take couple shots. I was hopeless with posing and he - even worse. There was only pic I wanted - the ring finger pic. And other than that we took two couple shots, one with the garland and one without. How I wish I was on the other side of the cam !

I had looked at my ring atleast a hundred times, in the last 12 hours !!

*Touchwood*

In a week's time...

With just a week more to go, the craziness has started to descend on my head slowly.

Before I begin to rant, here's the list of things I have done, so far.

1. Mehandi Artist - Done.

• Engagement - Susan
• Wedding - Ayisha

2. Make up and Hair - Done - It will be Janani for both.

3.Got a pedi last week, to ease out on the shoe-line tan on my feet. The biotique pack also gets a regular turn.

4. Blouses have been given for designing already.

Oh yea ! That is all !! Rest - yet to be done. Everything else !!

T^3

The - Terrible - Tan

Road trips are immense fun. Who wouldn't agree? Unplanned road trips are even more.

It was indeed a beautiful trip. It ticked off many of my always-wanted-to-go kinda places, viz.,

Alamparai Fort - French Colony - Pichavaram - Gangaikonda Chozhapuram.

But little did I consider its after-effects. Yes, I did realise I am losing an entire weekend without doing anything for the engagement. I still wanted to take the trip anyway. Yes, I knew its gonna make my Monday harder to deal with than ususal. Considering this is the longest working week of the month, its gonna make the going tough. I chose to strive through no matter.

The one thing that never occurred to me - TAN !

It was pretty hot in Pichavaram during the boat ride and UV had taken its toll on the skin. I realised that only the next day after looking at Amma's unsettling reaction, when she opened the door for me, past midnight.

I had gone like 3 shades down the color scale. What worried me was not the color change but the dry, jagged look on the face ! Now I gotta do something about that as well !!

OMG ! Why is my to-do list getting longer day by day ???!!