Lunch and Shopping on Monday

New Handbag - Front

Back

This is the new handbag I bought with my gift card, yesterday.  It is a reddish-brown leather bag (the color is described as cabernet).  My requirements were: a shoulder strap, a front pocket, full zipper closure, and roomy enough for all my stuff!  There is a small pocket in the back, too.  Apparently it is known as a hobo style bag. 

Today, my daughter and I went out to lunch with my half-sister and her husband.  We went to an Indian/Bangladeshi restaurant.  We had chicken biryani and white rice, chicken korma, lamb pasanda, dal tarka, and garlic naan bread with some mint chutney and tamarind chutney.  For dessert, my sister and her husband had mango kulfi (a type of ice cream) and daughter and I had kheer (a type of rice pudding).  The other choice for dessert was one of my favorites - gulab jamon - which is a ball of deep fried dough that is soaked in a sugar syrup flavored with rose water, but, I didn't order it because it would have been too much sugar for me.  My sister and her husband had mango lassi to drink, but, my daughter and I chose to drink water; daughter, because she doesn't like yogurt, and I, because I wanted to limit the sugar and calories.  In fact, I didn't even finish my dessert of kheer, but, brought the rest home and gave it to my daughter to have after dinner.

I gave my sister a jar of my pineapple guava jam as a gift and she gave gifts to my daughter and to me.  My daughter received a red purse and a tote bag; I received a scarf, a necklace, a small note book, and an embroidered drawstring bag. 


Later in the afternoon, my daughter and I went to a different mall to do more shopping!  LOL. She wanted a new planner for 2020, so we went to the crafts supply store where she bought her favorite planner with a 40% off coupon.  I looked around the shop, but, didn't buy anything!  Yay, me! Next, we shopped at a discount store for some clothing items.  I bought three sweaters to give to three of the young ladies on my holiday gift list and something for one of my cousins.  My daughter was able to get some of the leggings she prefers to wear to her acrobatics classes and some gifts for her friends.  She also needed some new socks for herself.  She saw some cute socks she liked that came in three designs and couldn't decide which ones to get.  So, I told her to get all three packages:

Socks - Set 1

Socks - Set 2

Socks - Set 3

LOTS of socks! 

Afterwards, we stopped at an outdoors sporting goods store to see if they sold any golf equipment, but they didn't - they sold equipment for camping, hiking, biking, kayaking, etc.  So, I couldn't get the gift card I was planning to get for a cousin's husband, who likes to golf.  There is a different sports store at the other mall; I shall try them, another day.  Finally, daughter went to a video games store (but, I stayed in the car while she looked around).  Then, she bought herself an iced coffee drink from a nearby coffee shop and we came home. 

Then, I took the trash cans to the curb for pick up in the morning, had a cup of tea, washed the dishes, and, after resting for a bit, made coconut roti for dinner, using one of the packages of frozen grated coconut I bought at the Sri Lankan store on Saturday.  We had beef curry from the freezer, with the roti (a type of flat bread).

Frozen Grated Coconut

Pol Roti

Today I am grateful for:
- Seeing my sister again
- Enjoying a good lunch in pleasant company
- Spending time with my daughter
- Having loved ones with whom to exchange gifts
- Cousin P offered me a ride to the rosary, tomorrow

Today's joyful activity was going out to lunch with my sister.

Plans for tomorrow include going to cousin V's in the evening to the rosary prayer gathering.

How was your Monday?  What are your plans for Tuesday?