Chiconomical

I have the best friends! The last two days have been so brilliant, I can't even begin to tell you all the wonderful things I did! Nope, it was something life-changing like jumping out of an airplane. No, everything was quite ordinary mind you, but I'm the girl who gets the most joy in many mundane things. So the 'festivites' (because it did feel like Christmas is here already) started off when my best friend came to visit early in the morning (You may know this already from my many tweets!) and I think that may have set the mood for the rest of the day.

I went to Uni to get my results for a few of the finals test-papers and erm...I did okay. Considering how my exams went, I wasn't too unhappy with most of my grades. I managed to leave a bit early and had a nice little visit with my old work colleagues. No reason, I just missed them! Oh, and after that, I managed to meet up with my best friend again!! Woohoo!! Although, we did have a maniac run looking for a wedding outfit for her sister. Phew! We were, quite literally, the last customers to leave the mall!!

On to the outfit, this was actually last weekend, I was popping out of the house for a little grocery shopping in between study sessions. I love the nautical feel of it. Honest, I didn't plan it this time, but I'm extra extra happy with the whole look!







What have you been upto this weekend? Talk to me in the comments below. You can also find me on Facebook!!

Have you ever stood in front of your wardrobe, and said,
 'What if I wear this dress today?' then thought,
'But I just wore it last week (I blog now, so I can't even pretend otherwise, there's hard proof!).'
'Oh, but your not Richie Rich rich are you now? So obviously your going to repeat clothes! Duh!'
'Yes, but....'
'No buts, just put it on and get on with your life!'
'Oh awrite.....maybe I can add a few new accessories and make it look different?' (with a puppy face)
'Lol! Remember your finances, you spend most of it on 'education' and associated expenses now!' (crushed)
'Come on....it can't be that bad can it?'
'Lets see, the shoes, the food, the books, the new folders, the 'I can't walk to the train station in the rain' cabs, the expensive shampoo, ....'
'Those are basic necessities, you can't live without washing hair now can you, and I didn't wanna get drenched!'
'....and the little trip with friends, the train shopping, the new pencil case, the street shopping with three shirts...'
'Waiiit!!! That shirt, what if, I wear the striped shirt I got last month!'
'You could.... but the denims you wear it with are in the wash, most of the clothes need to be ironed, and your already running late!' (oops!)
'Well....what if....'

And that's basically how the conversation goes on and on and on. Today's outfit is a result of one of these monologues full of ifs and buts and maybes.







Of course I had no time to do my hair after all the intense debate, so my hair looks like a bush in all the pictures and I'm wearing my glasses since putting on lenses would make me even more late.(Why do I talk so much!?) What do you think of today's outfit? Talk to me in the comments below and let me know what you think and also if you have any such debates with yourself (or maybe I'm the only crazy one!). You can also find me on Twitter, Instagram, Bloglovin and Pinterest. 

I wrote my last post (you can read it here) about dressing for girls who don't want a Marilyn Monroe moment when they're out and about town (that's quite a real possibility thanks to the windy rains we've been seeing!). Here's another way to dress along those lines.
I bought this playsuit last year before a trip to Goa with the family. While I haven't really worn it much after because mom's not really a big fan of it, its a pretty good outfit to wear on a casual Saturday. (Although living in India means anything this short will earn you lots of stares, but oh well).




The playsuit has tie up straps on top, which means you could easily throw this on over a swimsuit without much fuss(major selling point when you're dreaming of beaches). The little bow at the waist is just a cute little touch. I kept the look simple because I can't stand the heat that is follows heavy rains! Do you have those times when your travelling during rains and everything's drenched, then it stops and you've got a sticky, icky feeling? Please tell me you do!

Anyway, that's it for today. You can go through my old outfit posts here. You can show me your favorite summer outfits by sharing them with me on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest or Bloglovin! You could also share your links in the comments below! I love hearing from you! 

I've got a few friends who've gone to the States to pursue higher education. One of them recently asked me what she should wear for the Independence day celebrations. Now, first of, I was quite flattered because it made me feel like a cool fashionista offering her advice. Secondly, the whole discussion made me feel like dressing up so this post is my take on the red, white and blue trend that always crops up around this time.
I paired a nautical skirt with a simple white silk blouse and added a little bit of red with my belt. Simple and functional!

I'm done with all my old posts about Lakme Fashion week and now I'm back to outfit pictures!! If you follow me on twitter (you can do that @QuirkyEngineerR) or are a regular at this blog, you'll know that my best friend, the one I usually pester to take my pictures has gone off to do her Masters in a land far far away (kinda like the kingdom from Shrek!) and that means I'm left with nobody to take my pictures! So, I've resorted to the timer on the cameras to help me out. Sadly, I'm still not confident enough to do this in public (and also I'm a little scared somebody will steal my camera while I pose) so I'll be taking pictures in my room for now. If you know any photographer who can help me out then please let me know!

The rains have stopped today so I thought it safe to bust out my white pants (oh, look at me all brave!) mainly because I've been dying to wear this little blue blouse that I got myself for my last birthday. Also, its the perfect backdrop for my skinny spikes necklace. (I have a slight spike problem at the moment). I've noticed that I've been shying away from arm candy ever since it started raining. I think its mostly because I recently lost one of my favorite rings thanks to an unexpected rain ambush! Oh, if you could just see how sad I was! Anyway, here's my outfit for today.





 This spike necklace is something I'd seen a lot of on various websites. While I can't justify spending the amounts they're telling me to there, I did find this one and a lot of its variations on the streets.

 I kept the look simple because the shirt has such a nice fabric and I wanted to to speak for itself without being overtaken by prints. That being said, I'm definitely going to try this out with my printed trousers pretty soon! I can currently imagine atleast three different looks using this shirt! I didn't want to be too formal so I tied the front of the shirt into a knot. Knots are a great way to breath fresh life into simple outfits such as shirts or maxis

Do you have any spikey things in your closet? Do you style your looks with knots to change things up a bit? How are you styling them? You can share you pictures with me on twitter(@QuirkyEngineerR) or on instagram (quirkyengineer). Or, you talk to me in the comments below. I'd love to hear from you!

No, I haven't gone crazy and started talking to inanimate objects. Well, maybe I have..... seeing as how I'm convinced that there's a black hole in my pocket that's sucking all my money away. I think that in an alternate dimension there another me who's got money raining from the most unexpected places.  No? Its my own spending habits that are doing that? Oh....okay....umm...oops!

Another week and another round of shopping! I'm so broke its a Joke! Wait, that rhymed! I really do like rhymes! No, that isn't what this post is about....oh yes, shopping! I've been dropping the BIG bucks this week! For starters, I've got a new phone!! Yay! Although it cost more than a month's salary, and technically mum n dad paid for it....its still mine, and since my old phone was literally falling apart and periodically going into a coma (it lost a few keys last month) this had become a necessity! Thank you so much daddy!

I also did a bit of sale shopping and got a couple of prezzies from my cousins! I went to Globus this week! I LOVE Globus sales....makes me wonder why I still don't have a store card! Must get one next time!

They have some fabulous items on sale currently, and if your in Bandra, you definitely need to have a little look in! Oh, and FLAT 50% thank you very much! They've even got some gorgeous dresses on sale but sadly, skinny little me couldn't even make the XS ones stay on me! One actually slid right back down! Lol!!

Here are my buys (Oops!) from the sale....



And now for the presents! My sisters are fabulous and I love them to bits! Also, they know exactly what I like!(An added bonus!)



So that's my week in purchases! I really do need to sort out my wardrobe...maybe by styles and color?? Any ideas?? Drop a line in the comments down below to let me know! :)
xx

Last Tuesday I went shopping. It was absolutely brilliant and I loved every minute of it! I think shopping's my drug. I can shop all the time and especially if its shopping for jewellery!! So I had a pretty awesome day checking out stuff on the streets (and MAN! was it some good stuff) as I had to send some things for my sisters.
Its funny how a perfect day can turn into a nightmare in about a microsecond. I got home (extremely proud of my purchases) and mom told me that my sister's grandpa (so in a way my own aswell) had passed away. Since then we've been running around making arrangements and have barely slept for about 10 hours between all of us. This whole situation has made me think of how fragile life can be. It takes less than a second to move from exhilaration to excessive tears. I didn't think I would have been able to do much blogging but I think this is my way of trying to heal myself. If we all keep crying, who's going to take of everything? Atleast that's what I've been saying to myself. So, in an (dunno how successful) attempt to bring back a bit of normalcy in my life, here's a round up of all the things I got for my cousins.....