For many reasons we love to opt for home stays when we travel to other states in India. apart from experiencing a new culture and lifestyle up, close and personal this also means home cooked food for my kid. We love travelling and once the little one reached an age to travel we resumed our road trips in and around Karnataka and almost every time we opted for home stays. among those many the one that we loved the most was in Munnar.
I love
winter back home in India but in Japan (where I am having a long
vacation right now) its quite a dreaded season. With the crisp cold
wind and sub zero temperature you hardly feel like going out and do
some activity. Rather staying in, snuggling under the blanket and
keeping ourselves toasty makes you feel much better. Especially in
the morning, sneaking in few extra moments in bed seems like the
ultimate luxury that a mother of three and half year old hyper active
kid can think of. Weekends are more precious with the hubby at home,
any early morning needs can easily be delegated to him. So you can
imagine my utter dismay when at 7 in the morning the kid shrieked,
shouted and shaken me from my nirvana. I was angry but then I looked
through the window …and missed a beat. The sky seemed to open up
and with such white snow cover it looked beautiful beyond
imagination. But BRRR it was cold beyond imagination too. Right now
when am writing this post the snow has not melted yet and the
temperature is hovering around –3,-4.
The teapot
seems to be brewing all the time along with the coffee machine but
they kind of have lost their edges. Its cold outside and I need more
ideas to keep ourselves warm and toasty. so can I request you all to
share your favourite winter warmer recipe with me. And I promise to
give you something in return too.
These
wonderful people at Cuponation.in
are sponsoring a RS.1500 Flipkart gift vouchers to my readers. just
by sharing your winter warmer recipe this voucher could be yours and
you can shop your heart’s content at one of India’s largest
e-store. Trust me with so many lovely goodies to choose from I can
easily spend hours online.
Though
online shopping is quite a new trend in India but it is catching up
real fast and thanks to sites like Cuponation who has made it
possible to shop without having a big hole in your purse.
If you
don't know yet then let me tell you that Cuponation is India’s
largest coupon portal offering discounts for a vast category of items
starting from Kitchen appliances, Electronic goods, Books, Apparels,
baby cares, Flowers and what not. The best part is they even offer
discounts codes and coupons for services like Insurance, travels,
Movies, restaurants etc. This definitely is a new concept in India
and for E shoppers like me this is going to be very advantageous. I
often have seen E stores offering cash discounts on prices or
shipping and with these codes from Cuponation it would be easier to
plan accordingly and save a lot of money. Or in other words more
shopping with same budget.
So if you
love online shopping then you must go and check their site and try
the amazing discount coupons they are offering almost on everything. Or if you are someone like me then you might consider subscribing to their regular updates or follow them on their Facebook page or Twitter handle. That way you never going to miss their fantastic deals.
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To enter
the giveaway all you need to do is
Cook up
your favourite winter warmer recipe (hot beverages and soups only
please) post it on your blog with the link of this giveaway and the sponsor's page (cuponation.in)
and mail me the recipe along with a picture of the dish to ahomemakersdiary @ yahoo (dot) in. Also mention your name and your blog’s URL.
and mail me the recipe along with a picture of the dish to ahomemakersdiary @ yahoo (dot) in. Also mention your name and your blog’s URL.
Non
bloggers please send your entry to the above mentioned mail with a
picture and recipe of the dish.
Please
restrict only one recipe per person. Bloggers can share archived
recipes but please update with the link of this giveaway and link to
Cuponation.in.
The
giveaway is open till 5th February’2013 and on 6th we will have our lucky winner through Random.org.
Please try
and spread the news as good news are to be shared.
As you can
see, I can't stop gushing about them, so please go and check their site out.
**Disclosure
- I have received no monetary compensation for this post. I did this
review because I genuinely believe we can save a lot of money by
using Cuponation’s coupon codes.
Also I
love my readers and when wonderful people offer to reward my readers
just because they love this Homemaker I cannot say No. Now can I?
There is
no Hidden cost involved with this voucher. It is a gift voucher which
can be used to purchase for Rs 1500 on flipkart without ANY
limitations. You just need to shop and when you come at the payment
page, instead of entering bank details you enter a voucher code and a
pin (which I will personally provide to the Winner later). But If the
order value exceeds the e-Gift Voucher amount, the balance must be
paid by Credit Card / Debit Card / Internet Banking.
This year I wish to be more disciplined and live a more regimented life. But my procrastinating soul needs some rules to follow and here is the first step.
Project 365
Little late in starting this still want to stick to the rule and click, edit and upload a photo each day this year.
You can view the Flickr set HERE.
Let me wish you a very happy new year once again. Hope by
now you are done with making your resolution list and like any other beginning
must have started on the new journey with much vigor and enthusiasm. I wanted
to make resolutions too but with the present situation of society thinking
about New Year resolutions feels like being selfish. The incidents that took
place at the end of last year, one in USA and one in Delhi made me sit back and
think where we actually are going. There is very little thing that we as
persons can change in the bigger picture but with my little understanding I
believe society is the collective body that includes all of us. so little
changes in our responsive behaviors can send messages that can change such
occurring in the long run.