History: Don't you just love thoughtful gifts? Gifts which describe you, speak to you and gifts which only belong to you?! Gifts such as a heartfelt letter or a card or something hand made? I for one love such gifts. I have never really been a fan of expensive gifts especially surprises. For I feel money is well spent only if it buys something to one's liking. But there are always exceptions! 

For sometimes someone gifts you something you would have never thought of buying for yourself (or ask someone else to buy it for you :P) It is these gifts which make you realize that surprises are not bad now are they?! 

My leather skirt was one such gift. Me being me, I was a little skeptical about it in the beginning but give me 4 months and I have finally come to love it. 

Top: Wills Lifestyle
Scarf: Forever 21
Skirt: Zara
Sandals: Soles
Clutch: Metro

 Why I love this outfit?: For starters it's something risky and a little unconventional (for my style at least) and yet so comfortable. Secondly, its just effortlessly stylish. All I had to do was pair up the skirt  with an office top and a scarf I have had since ages and I have an outfit I can wear to office, to a dinner date or an exclusive shopping day in a fancy mall :)

Oh, and you know another reason why I love this outfit? I just stumbled upon the very stylish Lisa Haydon and Neha Dhupia sporting the same skirt!! I think that seals it.

Lisa Hayden wearing the Zara Skirt
Photo Courtesy: Google Images

Neha Dhupia wearing the Zara Skirt
Photo Courtesy: Ndtv.com

 Keep it simple and stylish!

After a hectic work week, last minute cancellations of a Friday girl's night and a failed attempt to understand a movie everyone on FB was raving about, I really wanted a Sunday that would pat me on my back and tell me that everything is Ok!

In comes (drum-roll moment)  a colorful scarf, a good book and a cafe which was good enough to serve me some hot chocolate on a wooden chair (you could choose to sit on a Grandpa chair or a bean bag or simple a cushioned one as well) with some of my favorite Hindi songs in the background.

Cafe Wanderlust, Galleria Market, Gurgaon

I had a couple of books lying at my place, some mine, some borrowed from friends years ago, some half-read and some barely touched. I took them all in my Jhola bag ( for that's the beauty of them, isn't it?) and headed to Cafe Wanderlust. I finally settled on finishing Lowland  for it is such an endearing read. Only a few books are worth welling up for and Lowland is certainly one of them. I love the way Jhumpa Lahiri has intertwined subjects of traditions, love, responsibilities, passion, revolution, vulnerabilities and tragedy into a single book. It's a book you just keep reading and sobbing along. It's a book which can turn your Sunday into a soulful one.

Top: Melange
Jeans: Only
Jhola bag: Lifestlye
Dupatta: Mysore Silk Udyog, Bangalore
Earrings: CP

I think little deviations from normality is what makes you revel in those simple pleasures of life later. At least that's the case with me. For movies like Interstellar are ingenious but I still love Jab We Met, Devil Wears Prada and Julie and Julia. For a royal blue blazer is really sexy ( I think!) but nothing beats the (conventional) charm of an off white top, a pair of blue jeans with big earrings and a silk dupatta. For there is no world better to escape into than that of a good book.

Keep styling, keep reading and keep wandering!