Street Shopping in Bangalore- Dubai Plaza, Bangalore

I'm a shopaholic, I'm sure you know by now, but my wallet doesn't allow me to spend extravagantly. But at the end of the day, I have to look stylish.. after all, who doesn't want to look stylish??

But surviving in Bangalore when you are a shopaholic is not easy. Unlike other cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata where you can street shop and you get good bargains, you will hardly find any cheap stuffs especially clothes in Bangalore... So, I find myself frequenting this particular place in Brigade Road called as Dubai Plaza. It's not a street shop but you can definitely get stylish clothes at "street prices". It's a small complex set up by the Tibetan people and you will find loads of exported clothes at a reasonable price.

When I suggested this place to some of my friends, honestly they didn't find anything good there and I'm talking of friends who know nothing about fashion (no offense, depends on one's own idea of fashion) Let me warn you that "anything stylish means you need to go through some pain". The pain I'm talking about here is "patience" which is a virtue rather than a pain. The shops are stuffy, the complex lacks AC, no ventilation, clothes stacked up, you will end up sweating a lot while you hop from one shop to the other but trust me, hard work always pays....

You can get the best and the stylish of clothes if you search with patience. The clothes, flipons, converse, wallets, accessories, bags, umbrellas that you find here, you will not find anywhere else in Bangalore (at least for that price). You can also get good quality and well fitted jeans in this place. Now, there's a similar type of complex that has been opened in Koramangala, near Jyothi Nivas college. This one is less stuffy and some shops are air-conditioned too..

Another bad thing about this place is that the Tibetan shop keepers are not so bargain-friendly. So don't try bargaining here, the stuffs are cheap anyways. You will find good stuffs (after a lot of searching of course) at a very reasonable price.

One more reason I love this place is because I once saw this very pretty dress online (on some Korean website) but I couldn't order it as they charged a bomb for delivering it to India. And as luck would have it, I saw the exact dress at Dubai Plaza. I did not waste a second to grabbbb it..!!!

As I mentioned before, this place stocks some really good bags, according to the latest trends and are quite affordable and they have a wide range of selection too..

If you love to keep yourself stylish and still keep your finance under control, then this place is definitely worth a visit...!!!

My desire list: Mallu sari

August 2012. 

Just recently, one of my class mates from college called me up and announced that she is getting married. Yes, to the same guy that she was dating in college. Both are from "God's own country"- Kerala. She said that the marriage would take place in Kerala and I was super excited. 

Even after being in Bangalore for more than 7 years, I have never been to Kerala. Yeah, sad I know but it just never happened. I always wanted to spend a day or 2 at the boat houses in Kerala. When I was in a relationship, me and my boy had planned it a couple of times but it never materialised. Now, since I'm single I don't see it happening.. .. Maybe, I can plan a honey moon trip later.. :)

Now, the BIG question is, what do I wear for the wedding????? Mallu Sari I decided......

I have never worn a Mallu sari before so I'm thinking of wearing it this time. The wedding is in November (still long way to go) but I already have a faint image in my mind as to how I want to look....Not to forget, I also would want to wear the white flowers on my hair (gajra)...

But the sad part is that I have just had a hair cut which turned out to be so short that I hardly have any hair at the back side... I wanted to have the Rihanna hair cut and the parlour lady screwed it all up and I had to almost have a boy cut on the back side to get it fixed...ewwwww..now my hair looks like that of Rihanna in the front but if u see me from the back, you will think that I am a guy.. :P

So, I'm just praying that my hair grows long very fast... So that I can wear the Kajras.. Ooops, I meant gajras (the song kajra re kajra re was playing in the background while I'm writing this)....God, I need a miracle...!!!! I need that perfect traditional "mallu" look and I need my hair long...I should have listened to my sister when she asked me not to chop off my hair....But, I am me...I only do what I feel like doing...

Anyways, this is roughly how I want to look... (I googled the image)

I have decided that I'm going to wear a green blouse and green bangles. The lady in the picture here at the left (Nayanthara) isn't wearing the white flowers but I would love to include the white flowers (if my hair miraculously grows long by then)....

Something like this.........


I shall keep you all posted about my look in November.. till then Tadddaaaaa...!!!!

Look great at an affordable price..!! Me in Sari

I'm not much of a Sari person although I like wearing it once in while when I attend weddings. Weddings are a place to show off your Indian side, I tell you... :) 


These days buying a beautiful sari can cost you a lot. And then you need to get the blouse stitched, buy bangles, earrings, necklaces and what not. You can end up blowing up money when you decide to wear a sari...


I had to attend a friends wedding last year and I almost forgot that I had to wear something Indian. When I realised it, I was in my home town Tripura and though you do get saris there, I was not sure if I will get the perfect one. But then I hit the Jackpot..!!!  I strolled through Hawker's Corner Market in Agartala and found a pretty sari in green...and it just cost me 800rs.. A good bargain I must say.. A similar sari would have cost me a fortune here in Bangalore.. This is what I wore to my friends wedding...

P.S - I cannot guarantee that you will always find pretty sarees in Agartala but you can definitely try your luck..!!!

Street Shopping...Look of the day

Whoever says that looking fashionable is a a costly affair is not quite true... I am a street shopper I must admit.. I almost never buy branded or expensive clothes unless it is something very unique and I can't find it on the streets.. :)....

The below look is a product of street shopping :

The hat was bought from the streets of Goa, I guess it was just 150rs, the red top also was picked up from one of the street shops near the Calangute Beach for 100rs. The red and white bracelet was just 25rs I guess, the seller was asking for 100 and I bargained for it.. :P.. The skirt is a swimwear that I'd got for 450rs. I hope you guys will agree that the overall look is not quite bad for the overall price.. :) But yes, the glasses were of Fastrack that a friend had gifted me..

P.S- Sunglasses should be branded, otherwise it will defeat the objective of protection from the sun.. :)

Mystery Shopping

For all you shopaholics out there, who love to shop and your wallet begs to differ (like mine does always), here's what you can do. become a mystery shopper...Wouldn't you love it if you are paid to shop?? Who wouldn't?


Mystery shopping or a mystery consumer is a tool used externally by market research companies or watchdog organizations or internally by companies themselves to measure quality of service or compliance to regulation, or to gather specific information about products and services. The mystery consumer's specific identity is generally not known by the establishment being evaluated. Mystery shoppers perform specific tasks such as purchasing a product, asking questions, registering complaints or behaving in a certain way, and then provide detailed reports or feedback about their experiences. (as taken from Wikipedia)


I'm a mystery shopper myself and have done mystery shops for Enrich Beauty Salon, Lakme Beauty Salon, Metro shoes, Staples, PVR, MacDonalds, Nike shoes etc etc. You are given a limit of the expense and you will have some guidelines to follow before you go shopping. You will be reimbursed for the products that you purchase..Isn't it cool.. ?? 


One of the famous companies that provide you with the mystery shops is www.redquanta.com. All you have to do is sign up with them and the shops will be assigned to you through your email. There are also various other companies that provide you with mystery shops. Just google it and you will find many...


So, HAPPY SHOPPING...!!!

My obsession with Yellow

I love colors... After all, God has made such a colorful world so why not admire every color...I admit that I'm a very colorful person... Some days you will find me in all the colors, no wonder I love "Gems" candies and I apply each color on my nails as well.. Have a look....

But I'm a little biased towards the yellow colour. I just love yellow, "obsessed" defines it best. I have almost everything in yellow...top, short pants, umbrella, towels, bed sheets, chappals, bags, belts.. you name it... 

A little more about Meee.. :)

Yellowtitlee(which means yellow butterfly, yellow being my fav colour and me being a butterfly…ha ha ha) is a lively girl with a bubbly personality, often smiles and laughs the loudest and not to forget she has a very loud voice and is often called as a ‘LOUDSPEAKER’.. (I remember teachers used to make me dictate notes in the class as my voice was very loud but I used to enjoy it because I never had to write down the notes)

The compliment that she gets the most when people see her the first time (especially the guys) are “wow, you have such attractive eyes”… Initially she used to think that it was a lie because she had the most peculiar eyes, eyes that had a Mongolian fold but were wide and big open unlike the typical Chinki eyes as they call it (no offense to any one) and as a kid she used to hate her eyes because it was so big that people used to call her an owl.. or a cat…

She is often friendly unless people ignore her or when she is really hungry…But yeah, she hates people staring at her.. and she returns the stare with a even bigger stare..,.. This actually works well when a guy is staring at  a girl..   So gals next tym a guy stares at you, you know what to do…But don’t come back to me saying it backfired..  try this at ur own risk…

She is a shopaholic and if she had the money she would have bought everything under the sun…Thank God she doesn’t have the money… She doesn’t stop shopping unless she blows up all her money.. and after her money is over, she is in peace…

She is a Degree Holder in Biotechnology though she doesn’t have a least idea of what it is.. She is very good in mugging up things and that’s how she scored good marks in her degree but it obviously didn’t help her in any way because she hardly remembers what she has studied in Biotechnology…

Till date she hasn’t figured out what she wants to do in life.. .some day she wakes up and wants to become a singer, a dancer another day, a RJ one day , a Roadie another day etc etc.. and by the end of the day when she goes to sleep, she doesn’t want to become any of those….