January Shoes

As I had mentioned in an earlier post, one of my resolutions for this year is that I would buy a pair of shoes every month, so here they are - My January Shoes!

I love these shoes, they fit well, are quite comfortable for such high heels and they have this butterfly which was, in fact, what made me buy these shoes in the first place.

Shoe happy is the best happy! :)

January Shoes

No Ma'm, we do not like short hair here

Last week, I was at the airport waiting for my cab. There was a group of foreigners next to me. A girl was staring at me, I smiled at her. She walked up to me and told me that I am the second Indian woman she has seen with short hair and the first with short hair and a sari.

That got me thinking. You actually do not see many Indian women with short hair. Sure there are women who sport stylish bobs but really short, boy cuts, not many. I pictured all the women I knew and realized that only one of them had short hair. Even the celebrities do not have short hair. In the West, we see celebrities with short hair like Meg Ryan, but not here. Sure, they do wear wigs at times but they do not chop off their hair. Why?

I asked my male friends and most of them said that they prefer girls with long hair. Is it because of that? We always look for that nod of approval, esp from our partners and in most cases short hair does not get that. I know that the BF does not like me with short hair. But, what the heck, it is my hair and I will wear it the way I want to.

I still do not know why we do not see many Indian women with short hair and I want to know what people have to say about it. Do share your thoughts on it.

To Do List for 2012

Yes I know New Year and the time for making resolutions is gone. Why now, you may ask. Well, I make resolutions and am usually pathetic when it comes to keeping them So, this year I decided to give myself a month and see if I actually make any efforts in keeping them and if I do, then I would list them. Am happy to announce that I have been quite good so here is the list.

1. Buy one pair of shoe every month. This is the best resolution that I have ever taken. It does not require much of an effort considering the shoe crazy person that I am. There is also a penalty attached to this. In case I do not buy a pair in a particular month, I have to buy 3 the next month. One for the previous month, one for the current and one is the penalty.
2. Read the books that are already there on the shelf and then buy new books. Basically buy fewer books.
3. Write regularly
4. Finish the incomplete stories
5. Gift myself a car this birthday.
6. Be organized
7. Travel to atleast 5 new destinations
8. Yearly trip to Gokarna 
9. Join a gym/swimming/yoga. Exercise!
10. Eat and cook more veggies.
11. Learn to cook atleast 5 new cuisines
12. Take care of myself 
13. Be more patient and less impulsive
14. Learn to like my job or find something that I like
15. Visit Delhi and College 
16. Go to Benaras with Sangy to buy the Benarasi sari
17. Lal Paar Dhakai Jamdaani
18. Answer calls/messages and call people back
19. Find and join a book club in Bangalore
20. Not let go off nautanki me under any circumstance.