Hiya Everyone, 
How have you guys been? I haven’t written anything here since Diwali and now suddenly I have tons to share. I’d start one by one. 
I had a great Diwali this year. It got very very hectic for me this year because I was split between sending out gifts, socializing, working on IMBB and doing stuff for my home. But it was all fun at the end of it. Sanjeev and I decorated the home, did pooja, spent some time with friends and then spent hours on terrace trying to get some shots for his clickety click blog. 
This year my favourite part was sending out lots of gifts to friends and family. I went crazy hunting for good gifts on online shops. But Thank God! for E-Commerce.
The next day we had some friends who came over for drinks. The chit chat went on till past midnight but it was good fun after a hectic Diwali.
The next day Sanjeev and I went home for Bhaiya Dooj. It turned out to be one huge party that day. My massi, buas, and cousins all gathered at home. I basically throughly enjoyed tons of pampering. I had a sore throat that day and by evening my voice completely went out.
Now all this while, I was running temperature so yesterday I basically enjoyed some good pampering. Mr Husband got me gorgeous flowers. My neighbors call me a ‘Muffin Girl’ because I looooove muffins. So they got me muffins on their way back home.
Well! today I thought I was well so I went to the nearby market to run chores. I came back home feverish, coughish and weakish. I slept away almost the entire second half of the day. My mum-in-law is staying with us for a few days. Rather than me taking care of her, she is taking care of me.
Oh! I love to decorate flowers at my home in storage glass jars. They have that little rustic feel that imo make them look cuter than the regular vases. Actually you can do a ton with them in your home decor :
- Fill them with pot pourri.
- Serve drinks in them – the ones that are not as wider but narrower. Just throw a straw in them.
- Use them to store candies, pickles, chutnies, jams etc
- Fill them up with crystal stones or little marbles and place a candle on top of the stones. They look really sweet.
- Serve a cake with ice cream in them. The layers from the outside look really pretty.
- Fill them up with water and place some floating candles on top.
- Store craft items.
So that’s all at my end. How are things at your end? How did Diwali come along?
Some pics from the past few days!
Urli decorations/ the diyas that lit up my home on Diwali/ aftermath of a wine party with friends/ the Shatabdi breakfast that I always look forward to.
The regulars at mum’s place/ a cute potli of dry fruits as a Diwali gift / gorgeous bouquet of flowers by Mr Husband / for the Muffin Girl
we all love the muffin girl and her posts
ahhhh!!!
this is so refreshing rati
u r the best!
xoxo
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aww… take care of urself
n the pictures r lovely 
thank you.
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Hey Rati,
Lovely decoration…. I too kept floating candles this year in my hand painted urli and it looked fab
Also, I mostly decorate the empty containers to make pan sand/eye pencils or my painting brush stand with them and one glass jars I use to store my acrylic colour bottles…the colour full bottoms look very pretty in the jar and it looks nice on my table
Will try the floating candle idea with them next time…
And you are falling sick very frequently, do something for improving your immunity …. Take care of your self and get well soon…. Hugs
sounds pretty awesome sweta. I used to paint a lot but now I don’t . Guess some years down the line when I’d have a little time in hand again, i’d pick it up again. For me crafts and painting are the most relaxing things. I am actually hunting for huge glass jars for storing nail paints. I am not able to find the super big ones.
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yeah my immunity has been one big problem all my life. No matter what I do, it stays low. Nidhi has promised me to help me with my immunity. Lets see.
*hugs back*
Take care and get well soon “muffin girl”
missed you in action 
thank you. I missed being around as well. But I was constantly working from the backend.
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Roses look divine… awesome idea!
And that little potli is too cute!
Get Well Soon !
Oh and forgot to mention…i love love travelling by Shatabi it is so much fun…. u eat eat and eat and don’t even realize where the time went!
thank you aditi. Yeah i agree. Shatabdi is real fun. Since I travel regularly by Shatabdi, i have learnt to say no(s). Earlier I used to stuff everything and feel funny by the end of the journey. hihih
Muffin girl..That is so cute
Get well soon, muffin girl !
Awww seems like we in the same boat… Came back exactly like that – feverish n coughish! And I have this dreadful dry coughing aaarghhhh takes out the life out of me, just hate it as much as getting sick…wastes so much time no! Anyhow hoping for a better 2013 now
and lots of puchchisss to u. Get well soooooper soon!
thanks Kat.
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same Tara. This is taking way too long for me to recover. My mum in law made some homemade concoctions for me today so I am feeling better now. Same to you and get well soon. *hugs*
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Muffin Girl….that’s cute.
Take care of yourself.
I loved evry pic ..very interesting..i like the raw appeal in your pics..looking forward for some more interesting bites from you..get well soon Muffin gurlyyy hehehe
Thanks reshma.
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Thank you Nidhi. Guess because those are just ‘moments’ pics I clicked with my phone. Every pic has a little piece of me associated with it.
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Hey Rati..
I was thinking ki kya hua.. where is she these days.. and for a moment I thought if she is unwell. Get well soon.. we really miss you here. Though IMBB is a HUGE community now but it is incomplete without you.
Take good care of yourself and hey.. start taking chawanprash every single day. Just a tea spoon a day should be good. It would really help you, trust me. And you from Saharanpur na..? I was born there.. and my entire paternal family is there too..
Miss you here.. hope to see you all well and more often.. lotsa love and loads of warm hugs :-*
Mmmh look nice and yumyum
Surabhi, yeah guess would have to get chawanprash. Btw thanks for letting me know about the good homes thing. Not a big thing but felt good.
) and I liked your diwali decor. Always so creative. 
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Thanks dita
HaHa couldnt help laughing when “clickety click ” took me to IMBB
The pics are beautiful
We once took Shatabdi from B’lore to Delhi and the entire 2 days trip all we did was eat & eat !! They gave so much food on that train
Hope you feel better soon !!
loll!! that was a booboo. I corected the link.
Yeah shatabdi guys make you eat and eat. 
Didnt know they run it on such a long route. I hope you are not getting confused between rajdhani and shatabdi. 
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Thank you.
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you are right
that was rajdhani 
heehee
Feel better soon! <3
amazing pics…get well soon Rati..we miss u
thanks rene.
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thanks bhumika. I miss being around as well.
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Happy Diwali Rati! Wish you much love, luck and success! And muffins of course… : P
I loved your lehenga so much, I immediately checked to see is Pernias pop up shop carries it! It’s sold out!!! Sucks na?
I’ve been so busy, missed so many posts on here…I need to catch up araam se once I have time.
Get well soon, girl <3
devi , happy diwali to you too. Missed you around. oh you should check piakaghar i think it’s a us website and they stock masaba as well.
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Good luck with whatever you are busy with.
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Awwww.. Tk cr of urself muffin girl.. U were terribley missed on IMBB.. :*
btw the knick knacks at ur mums plc totally reminds me of my mommy’s plc too.. Hehehe!! :p :p the pics r so refreshing..
I missed being around pia.
( thankoo. I guess all moms do things the same way – cuters they are. 
thankooo
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nice pics rati.. this diwali i lit diyas n also made rangoli .
tk cr n get well soon..
Cute pics
ahhh that breakfast…. he he…take care..take reset :* get well soon
thanks kangan. Hope you ahd a great time.
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thanks swathi
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Cute pics
yum breakfast and muffin…he he..take care..get well soon :*
LOVE the pics maam
will try some ideas myself specially the jar one! loved it!
And i have the SAME opinions on the Shatabdi breakfast..enjoying scrumptious cutlets next to a wide window pane with sunlight and nice views as the train chugs along is a very joyful experience
thanks srishti.
) they have added aaloo parantas as option this time and i have to say that i was impressed. Give it a try on your next journey. 
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and do share when you try something with the storage jars.
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Absolutely beautiful! I recently discovered your blog and I’m hooked. Hope you had a wonderful diwali and have recovered from your flu-ey symptoms by now.
PS: that shatabdi breakfast is making me so nostalgic. Maybe I’ll make alloo-parathas for brunch today!
welcome aboard Gagan.
) I hope I myself get well soon. Falling sick sucks big time. 
Have a hearty brunch.
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awwwwww!!!! this post is sooper cute ! muffin girl
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i also put urlis and dry fruits and all for diwali … had fun and had so much khaana on bhaiya dooj that i fell sick the next day
I missed u and your posts… Gell well Soon “Muffin Girl”
Missed ur posts girl
I was absent here from the past 2 days.. Was depressed n hibernating.. Now slowly cheering up reading all the posts 
LOVED all piccys, especially the muffin one and the flowers!
rati di take car eand get well soon! Lot sof love for the mufffin girl and loved the idae of crystals in a glass jar and candle on top! Will try and let you know how it worked!
lovely decorations, lovely pictures and most of all you come up with such nice lovely posts. so much fun to see and read them. We didnt celebrae Diwali on a very grand scale this year due to a tragedy in the family. I lost my mother-in-law to cancer in July this year, but my husband and me did go out for lunch on Diwali day and we also went down in the bldg to watch the fireworks so all in all a nice peaceful relaxed holiday.
The weekend was very hectic. Loads of office work due to the death of Thackeray. I work on the crisis management team so just tons of calls and discussions and emails etc. Infact i am more relaxed today at office than i was over the weekend
My immunity was very low until two to three years back, then i included honey in my diet it really helps, either Daily morning have warm water with honey or green tea with honey, dont miss it for a single day.. it takes time but honey and green tea are rich anti-oxidants, it will help you for sure
aah those pics are so soothing Muffin gal
very nice.. out of context query. is there going to be imbb bazaar soon?
awww. get well soon Rati
even I’,m a bit sick here 
maybe its the weather change
“Muffin girl” sounds so cute Rati diiiiiiiii.
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And those are such pretty clicks! <3
And I'm going give those awesome ideas a try!
I'm just curious: What gifts did you send out??!!
Probably I could get some tips for Diwali next time since your choices are classic!! 
Lots of love,
Dhriti.