OK so we’ve come down to the last ten rozas and we can now officially enter panic mode, especially those of us whose motto is ‘Why do today what you can do tomorrow?!’ and have therefore yet to finish or worse still, even begin their eid shopping. Is it just me or does everyone find it impossible to drag themselves to the bazaar in Ramadan? The persistent heat, grumbling stomachs and parched throats prevent you from going out before Iftar and bloated bellies swimming with a mixture of pakoras and lemonade are to blame after! Shop keepers this time around are complaining that the customer response is very poor.
And whose fault is THAT I ask? All lame excuses not withstanding, shopping these days has become such a hassle. It is no longer the enjoyable exercise it once used to be. There’s too much traffic, the shops are too crowded, the items are too expensive and the imminent danger of a bomb going off anytime hangs in the air.
Not to mention the fact that tailors these days have become nothing less than blood sucking vampires. Yeah yeah, the Taliban are supposed to be the friends I know…but we Pakistani women are most exploited and threatened by these creatures I tell you! And eid is literally a hunting season for them!
All of them have exponentially increased their stitching charges. They stop taking clothes after the first few days of ramadan claiming overload and then have the audacity of demanding double or triple rates for “urgent” stiching! Despite all this, it takes atleast 5 odd trips to get your stiched clothes back from them, so you can easily add atleast another Rs 500 to the bill for fuel! Frankly, all this hassle is just not worth it ladies. For those of you who are blessed with figures trim enough to fit in the available sizes, go for ready-to-wear. It’s so much easier than going for the alternative. The good quality clothes range between Rs 3000 to Rs 5000. Too expensive you say? Let’s do the math (and I’m being quite miserable here):
Fabric – Rs 2000
+
Lace, piko,dying etc – Rs 500
+
Stiching – Rs 500
+
Fuel – Rs 500
=Rs 3500/-
See ladies…you’re spending that much anyways! Not to mention the priceless effort and fatigue that goes into it! I mean how many of us have been elbowed, pushed and shoved by over enthusiastic (to the extent of aggressive) aunties in those hot and humid lace shops?! Women are literally spilling out the doorways.It takes hours to get what you need, if at all! So save yourself the trouble in the apparel department at least. You’ll need ALL your energy for the dreaded shoe shopping! My hubby is always hysterical at the sight of women of all shapes, ages and sizes running around ECS and Metro clutching scraps and cuttings of their eid clothes trying to find matching chappals, dodging shoe boxes showering down on them from the boys above, and fighting with the salesmen over sizes, colors and prices!
Oh well…enough already! Since I’m NOT one of the blessed slim types, I have to stop writing now, get off my butt and enter the battlefield! Catch you later!
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