A Hundred Days Of This - Day 20

Today was a happy day all thanks to the retail therapy. I traveled to the city centrum and bought The Standard Dot Grid Notebook - Leuchttrum 1917. It has been almost a decade since I first saw Ryder Caroll explain the concept of bullet journaling and boy, was I obsessed! And getting my hands on that notebook was not exactly easy in India. But now we have it. Yay!

Maybe I will post about how I am building my journal here soon, so, stick around. 

The Christmas season is just around the corner and it was a delight watching the streets get decked up with pretty lights and decorations. Instantly reminded me of the wide range of brilliantly arranged lighting on the streets of West Marredpally during the Bonalu weekend. Damn, I miss that vibe!

Getting out of my apartment was the best decision I made today next to the impromptu plan of stepping into a bakery that had the cutest Christmas themed desserts lined up on its counters. And as I walked down the stairs of Akademibokhandeln, I felt like a kid in a candy store! I wonder if the people working in there realise that it is the dream job for a lot of us. Anyway, more on that later. But we end today with Akira Toriyama and Gustav Klimt.


And that's Day 20 for you!

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