Desi girl

As corny as the title sounds (I hated Dostana, couldn't sit through 7 minutes of it), it is pretty apt for what I am about to write here. Let me get you started then..

This Sunday, for the first time I found myself actually getting excited about going to USC, about going to a whole new place like L.A! OK now I know I decided to go to this school over a month back but I have been (and probably am) tensed about the prospect of starting a whole new life in a new land, and being so far away from home. So believe me I was happy when the excitement creeped in this Sunday. How, you'd ask! Well it was because I decided it was time to start SHOPPING!

Now don't get me wrong, I know you're thinking - a weird girl frantically putting whatever she can see in a huge shopping bag at a clothes store. Well correction but I am NOT like that. Since I love putting things in points let me tell you why :

1) you'll hear me complaining about this all the time!! The "hep" stores don't have clothes for slightly oddly shaped people! OK maybe it's not as bad as it sounds, yes they do have clothes, they do stock XL sizes. But they are terrible! If I was armed with a camera (which I plan on carrying with me the next time) I'd have taken a few pictures as proof. You will see how there seems to be no difference between an M size and an XL. Some brands don't even stock XL!!

Speaking of brands, it's a shame to see a sporting brand like say Reebok stocking sportswear for skinny women. Hello?? Plump girls could be visiting the gym too you know, and it's almost ironic - to get fit you'd want to buy sportswear but to buy sportswear you need to be fit. Nuff said!!

I am not done ranting about point # 1 yet ...

Forget sizes, see the price! They're hitting the roof for mediocre fabrics. It's like if you don't like wearing clingy, limp fabrics you can't hope to buy from these "hep" stores. Ironically again, Indian women need comfortable clothing, not tshirts which need to be tugged at to make them less clingy and ensure they cover essentials (think low waist jeans ; I'm not even going to venture there right now else you won't hear the end of it!)

OK now that I've painted a pathetic picture, let me just say as a plump person myself, I need to really scour the racks to get comfortable yet interesting (I am not a fashion victim - refer point #2) clothes which actually suit me and don't have me looking like an over-stuffed pillowcase! I don't mean to be too hard on these stores, I do get the occasional clothes-of-my-type, and M and XL do have a marked difference, but that should be my lucky day!! Thus you see shopping, to me isn't as pleasant as people generally make it seem.

I have a solution to this - buy what you get, wear it, however it looks on you, because if they're selling it maybe it's supposed to look that way..

Do you think I'd have fretted and fumed so much if I were following this wonderful solution? NEVAAARRR!! Or probably I don't shop at the right places or at the right time.. Mull on this and wait for point #2.

Till then, cheers, and keep chomping on those carrots my friends!! :)