What a day!

Meghu and I celebrated the new year's eve a day earlier. It was an excellent day financially. There's much to feel happy for:

1. The wonderful fruits I bought today morn.
2. My period that is not only on time, but also a good one.
3. Meghu agreed to come with me to the malls.
4. Meghu bought the veggies and the groceries all at once.
5. Could do 2 sets of laundry in the morning.
6. Was looking good :) today
7. The curd isn't exactly ruined. Wise decision to wait and watch.
8. Meghu had 2 oranges and gave himself some roughage (good boy)
9. Could find a GOOD autorickshaw to go to the Malls. Spent much lesser.
10. Our waterbottles came at a staggering discount! I was so delighted, I danced in public :D
11. Bought very cute ear-muffs which my kids at the school and elder sister will love. They are two bunnies jutting out at either end of the muffs. For a cool discount too, this one.
12. A very old movie we bought to celebrate the day and the year-end. Hope it is worth watching.
13. The most unbelievable waist coat I bought at 70% discount, which made item no.14 possible!
14. Another waistcoat of a completely different style that came at 60% discount.
15. The coolest fact that my latest Translation assignment could pay for the muffs and the 2 waistcoats entirely.

The day also included distributing 4 sweaters. We were at a traffic light, saw some beggars and urchins as usual. Gave a sweater to one, and immediately repented. A whole group gathered around us, annoying the driver no end, and exasperating us too. Even when we were done giving the other 3 away, some beggars hung about, arguing, requesting, snatching the empty paper bag and eventually tearing it. One boy even came back almost angrily complaining that we gave him an empty paper bag!

Meghu is most unhappy. He has decided that we will henceforth carry only one sweater (3 more remain) every outing so that our giving and their receiving is more graceful, marked by a conversation, even if it just a 'thanks' from the other person, or a 'bless you' from us.

I agree with him completely.