I went window shoppin' with the girls today at lifestyle...
How often is it that you fall in love at first sight?
I did.
It was as if I was struck by a Thunderbolt.
I remember the moment precisely.
Its still fresh in my mind after all these hours that have passed..I've never seen a creation as perfect..Nothing before this day, made me go weak in my knees and make me walk straight to it like someone about to die of thirst dragging himself to a well of water..
Standing tall between between the Levis' rack and the Ginger rack...as if waiting for me to come to it..was...
.... a short, silk, layered, black skirt...
It fit me perfectly!!
It was MADE for me. It Was ME.
The way it felt on me..the way I looked in it..It was all set in my mind. I'd never be separated from it...It will be with me till forever.
That Forever lasted exactly 27 minutes.
Because that was when I saw its Price-tag.
Rs 4999/- only.
Only.
Only.
It only made me cry.
Why wasn't my surname Ambani or Tata? Or even Kapoor or Khan for that matter?
if not, Why didn't I have a Boyfriend who's surname was so?
I called up my BFF (Best Female Friend) for some consolation.
As patient she is..she beat some sense into me...
5 thousand Grands.
Thats more than a million families make in a month.
Thats more money than people have to educate their children.
Thats more money than what my maid makes. And she serves us for 14 hours a day. Like a Slog.
Heck. I myself could sponsor to educate 5 children a month.
If I got that much pocket money that is...
But those are just thoughts isnt it?
They come, tickle our minds for sometime...and just fade away..
Whose got time? Who cares, isn't it?
They are just other people...they are just other people who are dying of hunger..
They are a part of a world which we don't belong in..
They just look good on the 12th page news of the newspaper..isn't it?
Anyways.. I, with a heavy heart..put that skirt back in the rack..
5k for 1 meter of cloth..WHAT WAS I THINKING???
...Damn, why wasnt I born rich instead of good-lookin'??