Adios Austin

My title sends a clue why i've been absent from the bloggin world all this while. I was busy packing and packing and sealing the packs and gearing to move out of austin. It been a combination of excitement and nervousness all thru the session. With 2days for the movers to pick up stuff and 5days to vacate the apartment , butterflies in my tummy are fluttering even faster. To be frank , the very fact that Im going out of austin for goodand not for a vacation struck me when our friends organized a "surprise farewell" for us on saturday night!
It was infact a big surprise as it was a leak-proof planning and we didnt even have a clue..Well that's what is a surprise party -said a friend.

Surprised me n Dileep


However it may be , we leave this place with cartload of memories and basketful of friends. Austin for me is a launch pad for life in the US, and being the first place I lived , I developed a special attachment for the city and the apartment I live in. Never did we change the apartment since Icame here, so these things make me want to cling to the apartment and city. But Life has to move on, for a career or for the need to moe up the ladder...and so we have decided to move. Dileep would have loved to stay back if not for the lack of career choices for me in austin.
Hope this move will bring us more friends at the same time keep in touch with existing friends and enrich our lives.

Thats our austin gang...not all of them as couple of couples are on vacation.

shoe shopping

No matter how many shoes I have , I always want more. N to add to that...I'm a kind who gets bored easily. I always want to use things for some time n then I get bored!! N I throw them away! Well , It is likely to tax the pocket but then intelligent me won't go for branded things but only koti maal !!

one such item is Shoes!! Hmm footwear to generalize were in picture from the Ramayana times when Bharatha prayed Rama's padharakshas when Rama went on exile.
But I have no clue when the industry started coming out with different varieties of foot wear. but I can guess that's when girls (like me!! ) lost their heart for them. There is never a time I don't go wow over some nice sandals / shoes. But not everything I can wear. When I do buy ...God save my shopping mate...I'm very very picky about them. No big heals , well flats are also not always ok...no pointed heals , no elastic straps ...delicate looking , pretty looking but should last ! n thus goes the conditions...

don't u see I even end up contradicting myself.So last weekend ,finally ..With the insistence of my hubby dear (which was the result of my constant nag that my sandals have worn out!).. I set out to buy more footwear...at my favorite store.."payless shoe store" ...

I wish I could look at the faces of people reading this...though I'm sure u'd say what "pay less shoes " with a tortured face!! but yes that's where I go....sastha maal , ache variety , n possibility to come back soon ...attract me to this store...

n these are my finds....




so ppl. , flats for comfort...

n heals for style...n they are small enough not to cause accidents...hope I carry this one well!!1

n then..if u happen to find a store like this one...do lemme know..I'm ready to dig thru it...

hello vacation

traalaallaaa......I finished my Summer sem on friday. I should actually be feeling wonderful coz I have nothing to do for the next two months. But the surprise here is that I feel none of that excitement, which is possibly coz of the hectic schedules I was on right from Jan this yr. kya bole boss..what way to start my year!!
Right now ' I'm actually looking forward for Sep this yr..when me gonna start Doctor of Pharmacy. I will b "legally" called Dr. Tata , but heard that pharmacists call themselves by first name. dhaaa !! thats a turn off !!
now, as usual lazing over the weekend....so lazy that I actually slept. but plannig to do a lot of "stuff" in the coming days ...like organizing my cookbook (plannig to actually start a cooking blog, but antha oopika undha naaku ??????) , for others hmmm lemme think n let u know.
BTW , for those who r wondering when I'm gonna move...I will I will...whats the hurry...I'm supposed to go anyway tho aaram se jayenge!
ok ppl, thats all for now...more ramblings later