February is here! Truth be told, I love the month and not just because I was born in this month but just generally, it's so colorful and filled with love and peace. It sort of began a little apprehensively as on the second last day of January, my heart broke into a million pieces (Ok, may be I'm being a little too dramatic, but read on). I bought this Blush Powder and Body Scrub from Body Shop [ Total Worth - 1,011 Rs. :( ] and well, when I went to the Crossword Bookstore at O Mall, I had to leave it in the stand, you know and take a token, and the totally dumb-ass guard gave my bag to someone else because he didn't even see the number and blindly did so as her purchase-bag (He/she had a Strawberry Shower Gel worth 276 Rs.) was also a Body Shop bag!
I was really sad and angry with the stupid guard (He couldn't even answer me properly or chose not to, as to who he gave it to, how much time had passed since he gave it off to the wrong person etc etc) after that and it totally ruined my weekend! Plus whoever (Ami Rajesh Atha, according to the name on the credit bill in the bag that I got) has taken my bag is really mean...they haven't even bothered to return it. And I insisted on taking Ami's Body Shop Bag because I asked the manager at Crossword (Amit Something) for some kind of collateral, which he said he couldn't commit to, unless he received more information.
Anyway, what followed was that I did get my money back for the exact value of my purchase! I mean, it's Crossword's fault entirely. What if there was more valuable stuff in my bag? Would they behave in the same manner? They have to take responsibility! Also, I hate that rule of leaving purchases at the door, because they've been involved in stuff like this a lot of times, according to my friend, whom I narrated this to. But please guys, the lesson to be learnt from this, is please stuff your purchases in your hand-bag or wherever but don't leave them at the Token counter at any of the Crossword Outlets/Other stores in general cuz I'm betting you don't want to be as regretful as the way I felt.
I even looked up Ami Rajesh Atha on facebook and tried calling Information to get his/her whereabouts or rather his/her number but to no avail. However, I did find a girl called Ami Atha and I sent her email yesterday, she didn't revert back. Also, to my bad luck, the day I got my money back, I went to The Body Shop thinking I'll re-buy my products again only to find it closed for further repairs. Now, I'm banking on the one in Phoenix Mills to get my stuff! (Fingers Crossed)
On the positive side of things, I've been reading a lot of books, partly also due to my existing financial status that I can afford to buy books every now and then (Next on the lists are: The Queen of Babble gets hitched and Tales of Beedle the Bard). I bought quite a few books including Nancy Drew (so exciting)! The Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot was totally enjoyable, the 2 books, I read in the series were HILARIOUS and I found myself smiling and even giggling at quite a few instances in the book so I highly recommend it to my girlfriends who enjoy a good piece of Chick-Literature every now and then! :)
Lastly, I have found this cool author at my workplace: Sundari Venkatraman who writes these amazing short stories (Indian) and could very well be in the leagues of Sudha Murthy! She has six short stories so far on her page and she has a published book to her credit too, The Malhotra Bride. I'm going to get it tomorrow so I can start reading! This month is getting to be amazing. Oh yeah, and my birthday is in 11 days so I'm quite excited even though I'm pretending that I'm not. I love presents and birthday lunches/dinners.
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