Obsessive Compulsive Organizing - OCO!

Being married to S, has brought a big change in me...and that is, from being someone not too organized, I have become obsessed with organizing and keeping everything in order! Be it my clothes, accessories or maquillage! ;)

For a long time now, I have been looking for a proper dressing table coz all my costume jewellery, skin care stuff, my precious make up and everything else is scattered in the bathroom, bedroom and in every nook and corner possible! I wanted it all in one place, and where I can actually find things when I want to wear something!  

I searched for a dressing table everywhere and it was either too expensive, too big or not something I was looking for! Finally, S came up with this brilliant idea to combine this that I already have, buy a similar storage unit, and simply combine it - it totally worked! Everything fits into it. And the bonus is that, it looks colourful, feminine and really MY style! :) As I blog about it, I realize it has gone through many improvisations! It worked out financially too well...coz it was really inexpensive and hence we are in consumer surplus status! :D

The quirky stool was something I bought on a whim, but it fits really well with the entire setup now. Isn't it cute?

I have looked heaven and earth to find a suitable stand for all my earrings! Finally, I found this on www.buyincoins.com and the cosmetic-jewellery-junkie in me, is finally at peace! :D They take at least 3 weeks to deliver, but I was sold out on the free shipping policy and the fact that the prices are bloody cheap.

The rate at which I am buying Buddha figurines, our home will soon be called "The Buddha Home", coz including this one we have 3 already!

On our weekend trip to Bruges of all places, we found this epitome of calm and tranquility in Belgium! The texture of the stone is unique and the facial expression is of utmost importance to me. S loved it too and I promised that I would lug it around wherever we go, but I WANT it! :)

I am loving the fact that peace and calm reigns in every corner of our home now, literally and figuratively! Can you feel it too? :)

Pulimoottil Silks | Pulimoottil Lehenga / Sarees | Indian Dresses

Pulimoottil silks prevailing standards and moving towards high class fashion by providing the extra classic and fashionable clothing concepts. Pulimoottil has great sense of quality with strong customer commitment and satisfaction. Pulimoottil has started its business in the year 1955, when Sri. Ouseph Chacko and Sri. Ouseph John took step and had established an exclusive showroom for Apparels.

Pulimoottil has its faith that perfection and progress never ends, it always has new ways and ends. Pulimoottil Silks, having established itself as the market leader, continued to move ahead with a commitment of quality and innovation, making them a known name for apparels in India. Weaving new trends and setting new standards the Glorious Journey resumed. Pulimoottil silks have been in the business of producing high class fashionable outfits for ladies, gents and for children as well. They have a huge range of dresses showcased in their showrooms. The range covers all types of local, modern, foreign and cultural dresses of all types and taste. For bridal wear they have a vast and fabulous dress range of sarees, lehenga choli’s, modern bridal wears and shalwar kameez. Today we have some fantastic and fabulous range of Pulimoottil sarees for you. All Pulimoottil saress are perfect in every aspect either the fabric selection, the embroidery on it, the embedded design or a dress pattern. Let’s have a look in Pulimoottil fashion world….!

Indian Bridal lehenga

Pulimoottil Bridal Sarees:

As you know bridal sarees are always expensive and has rich embroidery and ornaments work, which needs more concentration while designing the pattern and embedded design. The beauty of work also requires extra effort and creative mind to nourish the dress design. Pulimoottil designers have developed at their best and generate fabulous designs with fine and sharp work of embroidery. All the bridal sarees have latest and trendy fashionable cuts and designs which the audience demands. Below are the sum of tremendous bridal sarees of Pulimoottil.

Bridal Dress

Dulhan Dress

Banarsi Bridal Lehenga

Pulimoottil Bridal Dress

Gorgeous White

Modern Bridal Lehenga

Bollywood Bridal Lehenga

Fish Tail Bridal Lehenga

Embroidered Lehenga

Pulimoottil Sarees

Indian Saree

Silk Saree

Cultural Saree

Embroidered Saree

Pulimoottil Party Wear Sarees:

Following are the best collection from Pulimoottil Party Wear sarees. The sarees have been designed according to the nature of event for which they have designed. Latest trendy techniques to nourish party wear sarees have been used by the Pulimoottil designers. Blouse styles ranges from sleeve less to full sleeve and all the saree dresses have beautiful neck styles with the fabulous beauty of embroidery. The wearing and stitching patterns are also according to the latest fashion and demand.

Mixing and Matching Fashionably!

You can never have enough of clothes or shoes, right? Right! But sometimes, I have too many things unused and some of my favorite pieces get lost in all the excess! So I decided  to mix it up and wear things differently. 
Anyway, here's what I do, so that I can "maximize the potential and value" of my clothes and persona! ;)

I bought these really inexpensive singlets in the U.K in fiery red and a mellow biege, which I pair with this sort of translucent top with sleeves, and it gives it a nice retro vibe and spices the top!
I also picked up these skirts in cotton and knits to use them in summer and winters respecitvely, that look great when paired with flip flops or boots, depending on the season!

Cargo skirts are apparently in vogue, I didn't even realize I had picked one until I saw one in Vogue later ;) The "cargo" tag comes from the fact that the skirt has large pockets on either side of the skirt. (not clearly seen in the picture!)


With stockings or leggings, they make a style statement in winters! I am very fond of waist coats and tend to pair them with a plain simple top. It not only adds pizzazz to an otherwise boring sweater, but also adds warmth in the cold! By combining different garments to make different outfits, you can also save space during travel.


Cowl neck tops double up as a top and as a scarf during winter! I bought this top with the same idea, however it turned out to be a short one! 

So I wore it with a sweater and again, here's an interesting way to mix n match and "maxi" mize! So you can give the scarf or stole a miss, and in this case, black and white is monochromatic and goes well with almost all dark colors! I paired it with a pencil skirt and dialled down on the "formal" tone.

Rijas Bridal wear Collection | Latest Fashion in Bridal Wear

Rijas Fashion (Pvt) Ltd. based in Pakistan, is a large company dedicated in producing superior quality fabric, dresses, lace and all kind of embroidered stuff those widely used for fashion fabric, under wear and home use textiles. Rijas Group is one of the leading textile groups of Pakistan. Rijas Group has proven that quality and excellence never goes out of scene ever. Rijas Fashion is serving their valued clients and customers with customization and highly personalized assistance. Rijas Fashion is now producing different quality of fabrics in 100% cotton and various mixed blends, embroidering, stitching and top quality fashion garments. Its fabrics, tones and designs have opened up a multitude of variations for urban and leisurewear.

Rijas Fashion has recently launched its Latest Bridal Collection 2011. Rijas Bridal Collection 2011 has portrait eastern culture, ethnic values and bright colors with the quality and variety of fine fabric. Rijas Fashion designers really know about latest trends and values of different cultural festivals and that’s why they are so successful to produce high quality trendy outfits. In this Rijas Bridal Collection 2011 you will notice the range of color scheme from hue to vibrant shades those are the true colors for the wedding occasions. It is a collection of beautiful bridal dresses for beautiful brides. This collection also has wedding formal dresses. Pakistani model and actress Aamina Sheikh and film-star Resham did the fashion photo shoot for the latest Rijas Bridal Collection for weddings. To have a complete look, please scroll down to navigate…!

Baraat Dress

Banarasi Lehenga

This is a typical bridal dress in cultural replica. This bridal dress is fine mix of modern fashion techniques and old cultural style. This is in-fact a bridal lehnga choli that is being gradually modified and customized by the Rijas Fashion designers perfectly. Very fancy and heavy embroidery work has been done on it with fine mix of zari work on silky fabric. The embedded design is so cool and appropriate for the cause. Shoulder less top blouse has given this dress a modern touch which is the need of time. Red and green color combination is just awesome and perfect.

Walima Saree

Embroidered Pallu

This bridal saree in purple and pink color fabric is looking dashing. The color scheme really works and also the fine embroidery and designing work at the borders of saree pallu is looking really marvelous. The blouse is in modern style having single shoulder sleeve less pattern. Spotted embedded design on fabric and the glorious lace work at lower border both are giving the splendid right work on a bridal dress.

Bridal Party Wear

Black Saree

Cultural Bridal Wear

Lehenga Choli for Wedding

Engagement wear

Mayoon Wear

Mehndi Wear

The rest of the collection includes bridal shalwar kameez dress, modern and classic lehnga cholis’s and sarees which has been exclusively designed and customized by the Rijas Fashion. Dresses have real beauty of handmade embroidery, the blend of motives and zari work, the fine support of lace and different kind of ornaments and the sense of art and fashion of Rijas fashion. Hope you will get pleasure and like this Latest Fashion in Bridal wear by Rijas.

Third Consecutive Diwali in Paris!

I celebrate Diwali every year, here and here in Paris...I realized its high time I stopped moping that I miss home ( read India!) and start celebrating Diwali in its true spirit this year too! So this year I prepared in advance and decided to make the most of it, though its a regular working day here in Paris.

I must admit, in all these years of being married, this Diwali was the first one, I actually made sweets at home and it turned really well, and it was done in less than 10 minutes! I hope to share the doodh pedhas with some of my friends here.

Nowadays, we buy clothes ALL the time and don't really wait for a festival to shop nowadays. So its our own little diwali tradition to buy  something new for our home, every year now!

For better posture, we  swapped the low-lying couch for the flexible bed-cum-couch for frequent use.The advantage with this one, is that I can change the "upholstery" as much as I can change the numerous curtains in our home and it is a welcome change, for sure! This time, I bought a beautiful set of satin duvet and pillowcase covers as our "upholstery" for our living room furniture.

The deal breaker was the red pintucks and the lovely purple detailing on the duvet! :)

We went grocery shopping over the weekend to the Indian area in Paris. S had brought along some watches to replace the batteries in them. There is a jewellery shop who also does this for us. So I was just looking at some earrings there - but of course! I loved this cute little ring and have been wanting some thing permanent that I can wear all the time for my second piercing! We got this for me, and well its something new for Diwali too! :)


There is an interesting background to my second piercings. I wanted to do three things after I got married and I told S that its something I have always wanted to do...When he heard it, he smiled and said "of course" , coz I guess he thought they were simple wishes or he just wanted to indulge the child in me?

I wanted to colour my hair, have another piercing in my ear and wear coloured lenses. I never really did the last one, even i felt they were silly! Amma would not allow any piercings coz she thinks it looks like a kurathi ( gypsy?). I find it really feminine and very cute!

I got it done in Bangalore earlier as soon as I got married, but it hit some nerve badly and I had terrible headaches - so I let it close. I got it pierced again in Paris sometime last year and it was much better - it was with a surgical needle and there was hardly any pain. I often think if I want another one? ;-)

I came back from work to quickly light up the diyas and candles at home, and then later, was going to meet my lovely friends for dinner at Saravana Bhavan ( our only source for some comfort food, when we crave authentic south indian food, and i don't want to cook!)...

Wishing all of you a very happy and prosperous Diwali! May the sparkling lights drive away all the darkness from your lives, and light up your mind, body and soul with positivity, happiness and lovely thoughts!

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