Where's my monsoon at?

There still has not been any significant rain in Ahmedabad. I'm not gonna lie, I want the rain. More days are cloudy and the wind picks up but everything is still very desert-like. Who knows what's going on? I only have a month left so every day passes is one less day I will have to deal with it.

Randy and I went to Vimal's to start our suits. Vimal is the premium brand for Reliance Industries who owns just about everything (they are basically the same as Tata Industries). When Randy and I left Vimal's the last time we thought we had a pretty good understanding of how this suit process was going to go. Naturally when we came back it very quickly turned into a cluster***. We apparently did not ask the right questions about cost because the price seemed like double from last time. More people got thrown into the mix (too many cooks in the kitchen) and now statements about what they CAN and CANNOT do are going around.

Last time we were told the suit material was about Rs.2000 and stitching is Rs.3000 (Rs.5000 is $100). When we came back it was Rs.2000 PER METER and it'll take 3.25 meters to suit me. So after settling from the shock of the suit doubling in price I regrouped and decided to start haggling. I say, "Well, this guy and I are buying at least two suits with the possibility of two more depending on how well you do with the first. What discount can you give us on the stitching?" They say, "it doesn't how many suits you buy. You can get 10 suits and price is the same." I look at Randy and say that I guess I'm only getting one. Randy's out entirely. He needs to check if he can get the same thing done in the US with less problems. This is when the salesman jumps back in and says, "But we can give you a discount on the material." Haha, of course, I was putting up a fight over the wrong variable. They gave me a whopping 10% discount.

I bought a Super 120's 100% merino wool medium brown herringbone fabric. I gave them a picture from this month's GQ so let's see how they do with the pattern. My trial fitting is next week. Frustrating experience.