Christmas at work

Last year I was on leave right from the 20th till the 2nd of Jan. And though I enjoyed myself back home I did have to hear a lot from the folks in office about how I was missing all the fun. A couple of team members said they were feeling like orphans. And I did feel bad about not having put a crib up in Pune.

Well this year I decided to stay at work till the 23rd. I'm hoping to get some decorations up. I went to MG road yesterday. Luckily a friend agreed to come with me. I think I'd have felt lonely doing Christmas shopping alone, as it was I had a lot of fun. :)

I went there with the intention of spending around 500. Well I actually spent more like 2000. And you'd probably say I have nothing much to show for it.

Well that's because most of the money went towards buying an amazing crib set. Tiny little pieces, but beauuutifuull ones. Anytime you're buying a crib set you should always look at the Mother Mary piece. The first shop I went into showed me a set for 350 bucks and took out two cute camels to tempt me. But I was resolute. I asked for the Mother Mary piece and as expected it looked horrifying. I asked him if he had any other sets. He told me he had another 'imported' one, but it was 1,250. I turned and walked out little knowing that another half hour would find me right back there.

The second shop I went to had a HUGE set. Very, very tempting but I didn't even bother to ask the price. I asked them if they had a small set and they showed me the exact same set I saw in the shop next door!!! Well, ok, I know it couldn't have been the same set, but it sure did look like it.

Then I decided not to buy a set. I bought 2 sets of lights. One for the office, the other to take back home. Also some ordinary decoration for the seats. And then when I should have been heading home my feet wandered back to the fist shop despite all the words of warning my mind was giving me. I hesitated, and then asked the guy there if I could see the 'imported' set.

I looked at the Mother Mary piece and all my resolve crumbled. Her face was so pretty. It looked even better than the set we have at home. Then the shop keeper tipped the scales. He said, "This is a one time buy. You buy a crib set, it'll last you for your lifetime". And suddenly I was the owner of a crib set. A real "good" one. Something I'll keep till I'm old and I can give it to my grandkids. Wow! I really feel like an adult now.

:)

Here's a picture I took when I got home...

And that left cotton. Cotton so that the little people have a comfortable snowy bed to rest on. I've asked my friend to get the cotton. So today is going to be a really nice day at work. Christmas has arrived!!!

(I'll add pics to this post later. Much much later. Probably in Jan)