New muse

It was a very hot Thursday afternoon. So hot I was glad to be inside a Fred Meyer's shopping for cleaning liquids, wash cloths, kitchen towels and the like. My mom will be here this Tuesday and I do have a lot of scrubbing to do.

But the good part about all this is my latest addition to the shoe closet. The Osho chappal.

I've had similar pairs before. There were ones with the velvet straps which I hated. I also hated the roundedness at the toes. I only liked mine with the thin lining, braided straps and square ended toes. I'd harrass my friends to bring me these from the tiny stalls on Linking Road, Mumbai. At 50 bucks a pair, I absolutely didn't mind having them in blue, pink, gold, purple, silver and brown... all at the same time.

This one is a little different though. Nothing metallic about it. No braided straps either. Just a thin lining of pretty white flowers on a blue background. The best thing about it? I get it in a size 10. I don't have to force my feet in or cut my toes for my heel to have a sole underneath.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for iPhone

I've never worked harder for anything else.

My day began at half past 5. With eyes half shut, I managed to throw on a pair of jeans and a top from the dirty laundry basket (yeah, I still haven't found the stolen one).

We drove down to the nearest AT&T store at the Pacific Place Mall only to notice that there were already 27 of them who beat us. We took out our portable chair and found our place at the end of the line. A guy walked in after us with a pillow and blanket.

Boy made me wait in the line, went to Starbucks and returned with the New York Times as well. We saw pictures and read reviews of the gizmo that was released yesterday. I let out a sigh, remembering that when I went to the store yesterday at 9.30 am (the store opened at 9), they were already sold out, and was asked to return today.

So return we did. While waiting for the store to open, the nice people from AT&T gave us free Mini cookies and Goldfish crackers. They answered queries, showed us demos and showed off the accessories we were very tempted to buy.

Being the 28th in line meant we definitely were getting our 8GB, 3G black beauty. We didn't mind having to wait at all. We all cheered when the store opened. As each one of us were called into the store, high fives were passed around. And as we walked out of the store, jealous grins of those still waiting in line.

:)