I hearby solemnly swear that I am a confirmed shopaholic. I cannot, simply cannot visit a shopping area and not shop.
I went to the IITF on the 27th with my adopted Mum who is equally hopeless. We barely went into any of the state pavilions and spent most of our time in Halls 18 and 12 where there were stalls from Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Iran, UAE, Turkey, Thailand and many more countries whose names I shall refrain from recounting to avoid this post turning into a geography lesson :)
The best buys of the day were - Vanilla incense from Thailand, Leather fur lined booties from Afghanistan for my nephew Gupichup, Black vases and a bunch of beautiful paper flowers from China, Jamdanis at throw away prices from Bangladesh, Reebok shoes at 1500 a pair (the ones that retail for 3500 + at the stores), spices from Pakistan, Exquisite blue kurta material from Gujarat, Handmade brooches and saffron from Iran, Embroidered chiffon from Turkey.
In my defense I spent a total of Rs.5000/- net and i look at it as my contribution to the improvement of the world economy. And we did this in just 6 hours. Next year we plan to go for three days :)
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