It's a SUPER SUNDAY !!!!!!!

Sunday saw me travelling to Yeh Hai Mumbai , Meri Jaan with my entire khandaan.......
To the surprise of all and sundry, me & my sis put in a long overdue special appearance(which by the way happens only once in many blue moons) along with my parents to Mumbai....
We woke at the crack of dawn thanks to dad's ultimatum(be ready or stay behind) and were actually well on our way by 6:30 am.......
The first stop saw us at J's.........enjoying a hearty South Indian breakfast or brunch , courtesy excellent chef,cousin K's wife B(Madam B..please take a bow)comprising of soft Idlis with chatni & awesome sambhar, yummy rasam-vada and piping hot meduvadas straight from the kadai.......& how can any South Indian breakfast be complete without the gunpowder chatni,present in all its glory (to be endeavoured with oil) and the icing on the cake was amazing caaffee(as they say in Chennai) The coffee deserves rich praise simply because it managed to impress MOI, in spite of the fact that i am a certified CAFFEINE-HATER......Lots of time after breakfast was spent in browsing through the amazing collection of books or library as we call it of cousin K......(its your turn now to take a bow,K) K is a certified book lover with amazing collection of lovely books........... I walked out with a full stomach and enriched knowledge.......what else does one need really!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was time for Baba's meeting with his client at Cartier Road's Cafe Coffee Day(some days are sigh..just coffee days) where Madam A(that's my lovely sis ) slurped Cappacino to all its creamy and frothy glory and me being really excited on spotting a TV actor,right behind us(really....how star stuck can we be..ahem.......cough) ....actually to my defense.......there is a small, little child in all of us........hehe..........I was put firmly in my rightful place by my polished and elegant little sis,who was shell shocked at me recognising a TV actor....forget being excited at seeing him.....
C'est la vie..........
Then,it was time for actual reason for our Mumbai visit......... discussions with our architect,Mr.P regarding the furniture with sofas and all.....
And after gruelling two hours of discussions we finally took pity on Mr.P , and left his office for our next destination ............residence of our uncle,the Gs (mom's younger brother)whose entire family was eagerly waiting for us for lunch.......It was past 3 PM.........luckily, as we had informed them of the delay in the schedule....my younger cousins(M & N) had their lunch and were ready with their beaming 1000 watt smiles to welcome us....... Lovely & delicious lunch of mouth-watering usal,kobichi bhaji,amti,kheer was awaiting us along with mama and mami....... the pick of the lunch was amti.........mouthwatering,simple and amazingly tasty........and my favourites fresh kachche tomato - khakdi, sprinkled with chaat masala...yum......
It was a heavy lunch and lots of gappa with G's(I was meeting them after ages) and my two little Rapunzels as I fondly call them(my cousins,M & N)
Later, I was off to shop in the sultry oppressive Mumbai heat to Oberoi Mall at Goregaon with A,M & N in tow.......rather they were ready to shop dragging me along,courtesy madam A who insisted that the world would come to an end if she didn't find the lovely pair of shorts at Bossini and insisted on us praying for their availability en route(ahem).........The story behind the shorts is that A had seen "THE SHORTS" at Bossini at Pune and was in two minds..to buy or not to buy was the question.......she chose not to only to regret it later and dragged me across Bossini in Pune but hai ram..........there were out of stock....available in every other size except hers........
Anyways,that day ..............it was a double whammy for M & N..........M just passed her 10th std with flying colors & it was little chubby cheeks ,N's birthday the next day so we went shopping for their gifts.......
M & N managed to find tops for themselves and alas for A.......THE shorts which were her reason for existence was not available in her size even in Mumbai............ab kya kare.........
After 2 full hours spent by her in trial rooms trying a size smaller shorts ,we finally managed to drag her out of the trial room,taking pity on the rest of bechare shoppers..........
It was time to pay a visit to my aatya,V who was ailing for some time but is on her way to recovery now........ Parlyachi aatya(as I fondly call her) and "V" aatya and kaka were early waiting for us........we were meeting after ages and running behind our schedule(what else is new)............it was a absolute delight to see "V "aatya looking fit and beautiful(as usual) and recovering quite well........... And believe it or faint there was lots of food awaiting us.....baap re.... after having late lunch that too heavy.........we wanted to skip but the aroma of the tempting food was too good to resist...... Garmagaram aloo paranthas with green chatni,dahi raita, achar and home made"loni" made an appearance........True to my diet habits.....I skipped the loni of course(but i ate the parathas .....so there),tomato pulav and that was not all........... refreshing fresh mango milkshare(chilled) which I again skipped(the least i could do) wow.............Pick of the evening.............Its a tie between the lovely Ms.Parathas & good looking Mr.Rice........Lovely delicious food and lots & lots of gappa........in all this we managed to see the video of one of my cousin(S) engagement too(which I ragged him saying its going be child marriage as both he and his fiancee are not only young but also have baby faces)........
And we managed to search back home well before midnight........

Didn't I say that It was A SUPER SUNDAY????? So how did you spend yours?