We stopped in front of a kirana store (run by a baniya*, people who have moved from Rajasthan to the Marathi-ness of Pune), and inquired about the Sabudana rate. Why ? Because pregnant friend who is now the mother of a 8 month old Avani, thought all the big shops (the marts and all) were making her pay more. Of course there was a difference. Not drastic, but then we could rationalize the extra charges by the marts for packaging and cleanliness etc. The baby got her first grocery lesson.
We moved on to a bigger 'more now' mall. We roamed around, going crazy over all the cutesy baby stuff (we had a baby with us!!). We felt good about a pair of friends having fun with the baby. At the checkout, when asked to fill in a membership form, I promptly showed them the 'now' (then?) distressed and hungry baby and asked if we could skip. We were allowed to. Saved by a 8 month old!
During a pit stop we also decided that sometimes not-so-educated people are wiser and simpler. About life. You can call this 'randomness in conversation' among friends.
When the outing was about to end, we bought plants from a nursery. We tried haggling and then bargaining. We sucked. But may be he saw it too and to make us feel good, gave away one tulsi plant for free :D
All this while Avani was fast asleep in her kangaroo bag! And we garnered all the smiles from passing by parents,ladies (not the creepy kind) for her cuteness!
Day outs are fun. Specially with toddlers :)
-nightflier
*Brother asked the boy (I seriously dont know his name :() from the kirana store about school during a home delivery, and thus we got to know about the Rajasthan connections.
We moved on to a bigger 'more now' mall. We roamed around, going crazy over all the cutesy baby stuff (we had a baby with us!!). We felt good about a pair of friends having fun with the baby. At the checkout, when asked to fill in a membership form, I promptly showed them the 'now' (then?) distressed and hungry baby and asked if we could skip. We were allowed to. Saved by a 8 month old!
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When the outing was about to end, we bought plants from a nursery. We tried haggling and then bargaining. We sucked. But may be he saw it too and to make us feel good, gave away one tulsi plant for free :D
All this while Avani was fast asleep in her kangaroo bag! And we garnered all the smiles from passing by parents,ladies (not the creepy kind) for her cuteness!
Day outs are fun. Specially with toddlers :)
-nightflier
*Brother asked the boy (I seriously dont know his name :() from the kirana store about school during a home delivery, and thus we got to know about the Rajasthan connections.
Wish we could have this fun together too. Avani is so cute btw.. Let Rupali know.. :)
ReplyDeleteyeah we will some day :)
Deletewill do! she will be happy!
The foto is so cute! :) I keep seeing her fotos on fb :)
ReplyDeletebtw, being a mavshi to close friends' kids is so awesome!! Only one of my close friends has had a baby till now, but even she is far away. So I have all this pent up mavshi-ness that I need to unleash :D
thanks :)
Deletehehe I agree!! The thing is my friend kept on asking me if I was not feeling weird about shopping with a baby and I was like hell no! I love it! :D
nice photo. I always rationalise thinking my time is worth money as well. However, since I am not a mall fan at all, if I have time, I prefer standalone shops!
ReplyDeletethanks! it needed a lot of photoshopping to hide some obvious flaws ;)
DeleteI like the one-on-one relations of standalone shops, but then malls sometimes offer you more choice. So its a decision based on mood for me.
My comment was lost? :( I was saying how I hate malls, but then rationalise with the expense thinking my time is just as expensive
ReplyDeleteNice shot ... what a cute baby! ... I like both ... depending on the mood like you said. But when I don't wish to haggle prices ... Mall is an obvious choice.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you a fun day .. reminded me of Baby's Day Out. Except the baby didn't have as much fun as your guys here :P
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you guessed it right :D we sure had more fun than the baby ;)
DeleteAwww.. Avani made me comment on your blog today. :D
ReplyDeleteI also want to go grocery shopping with Avani. I am missing all the fun.
thanks for the comment :D
Deletecome here, we will have fun! :)
i did not think outings way babies can be fun.....but it seems to be so!!
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hehe, it can be fun if the baby is an angel like Avani :)
DeleteP.S. All babies are angels :D
Thanks for nice Day out Yamini Mau...
ReplyDeleteyou are welcome and looking forward to more adventures :D
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