With love, from India

In preparation for our leaving India in favor of Nepal The Mommy set about purchasing all the goodies she was always oohing and aahing over. Usually bent on stocking her own wardrobe with locally crafted garb she instead found herself indulging in an entire traditional Indian wardrobe for The (future-definite-just-not-sure-when-exactly) Baby.

With prices starting at a third of the cost to buy the same handcrafted garments in the States The Mommy went a bit mad in her selections and literally could not decide which designs to buy in which sizes - so she bought them all.

There is a collection of 2 piece pattus (heavily embroidered or mirror worked skirts with matching halter and backless tops) all made of gorgeously colored Indian sari silk, as well as a few salwar suits (matching cotton short sleeve tunic/pants sets) in vibrant mixed patterns edged in complimentary sari silk.

As much as we'd love to share images of our purchases with you, they've already been packed up for shipping to the U.S. along with a fun collection of hand carved and painted wooden figures of a number of the Hindu gods and goddesses, some handmade pillow covers from Sri Lanka that remind The Mommy of something Pottery Barn would try to pass off at ten times the price she paid in Colombo, and of course little plastic replicas of the local-to-Southeast Asia mode of transport: the autorickshaw, complete with plastic barefoot driver and fare meter.