Preppy Love...

  Oh my stars...I was so honored to have 2 sweet and fabulous ladies crown me...yes, ME...a socialite in the The Preppy Mafia!!!  How completely cool is that?  Both Kim (at My life through Pink (Green and Blue, too) Colored Glasses) and Jen (at Chin Up, Pretty Smile, Give 'Em Hell) were both absolute pink and green angels by crowning me with my PM status!   THANK YOU, both!!!!!   Love you, girlies!

Part of the initiation to the PM is that you have to, of course, follow the rules!

Rule #1:  Click on the above button and paste onto your blog/website

Rule #2:  Answer the below questions

Rule #3: Pass onto 10 bloggers that you Love, go to their blog and let them know they've been tagged


1. Who is your style icon? Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (originally) but I can can't leave out Lilly Pulitzer

2. What is your favorite socialite lit book? Social Climbers by Beth Dunn ;)

3. Favorite party theme? Pink and Green parties rule!

4. Go to Halloween costume? I am woefully sad without an answer for this one!

5. Extravagance you cannot live without? my Monogrammed bags
6. Living person you admire? My Daughter, who is becoming a lovely, lovely young lady!

7. Greatest Fear? My family not being safe.

8. Trait you deplore in yourself? lack of focus and stick-to-it-ness.

9. Which talent would you most like to have? hmmmm?  I would love to be musically inclined (which I am so very NOT).

10. Greatest Achievement? Managing to keep a marriage growing and alive 21+ years and being part of the lives of my three wonderful children...that and being mistaken for being too young to have an 18 year old...that is pretty cool as well.

So, now I crown:

Life From Pippy's Perspective
Chic Crafty Chic
Sweet Pea
The Preppy Apron
Serenity Now - A Mommy's Solution to Staying Sane
One Preppy Day
Tales of a Northern Belle
Mama in High Heels
Jillian, Inc.
The Beaufort Lookout

Y'all go over and visit with the newly crowned Socialites!!!

Hooked on Houses, have you seen it?

 

Have you see this site? IT is wonderful (and trust me... time consuming, because once you start you can't stop)!!! I love houses and this website just hits my love button. I don't know if many of you know it, but when I went to college ~ back in the day ~ I studied Interior Design; so, although I don't practice anymore, I still have a deep love of houses and homes. I suppose it is a bit voyeristic, but I just love looking at houses of all kinds.

Not to mention, with our upcoming move, I am loving looking at this website and trying to find some inspiration for our new home! So y'all head over and take this quiz to see if you are "Hooked on Houses" like me http://hookedonhouses.net/are-you-hooked/  ....I scored a perfect 13! What is your score?

Retail Therapy Thursday (on the cheap)!

Look at these cuties! I popped into a shoe shop yesterday that I hadn't been in before and I was DELIGHTED to find a couple of super-cute-shoe finds. Not only are they cute and perfect for perking up some currently unknown Spring/Summer outfit (s) but they were a steal. I snagged both pairs for only $25.00...yes, you read that correctly. Of course, they aren't designer ~ but I thought they were adorable and the wanna be frugalista in me is thrilled.

Doing the Super-Cute-Shoe Happy Dance!

Bookstore EXCITEMENT!

Did you love this?

IF so, now you can be like me and get excited about this....

It has been too many years!

I am not one to pre-order books but this one just made my list!

From Amazon.com:

From the author of The Official Preppy Handbook comes a new take on the old world that Lisa Birnbach turned into an international best-selling phenomenon thirty years ago.

True Prep looks at how the old guard of natural-fiber-loving, dog-worshipping, G&T-soaked preppies adapts to the new order of the Internet, cell phones, rehab, political correctness, reality TV and . . . polar fleece.

A small sample:

• Wardrobe: Recent prep brands we are forced to recognize. How to tell Casual Friday from, say, Saturday.

• Money: We never talk about it.

• Food: Does the Food Network mean we’re going to have to cook? Bake? Now you’re going too far.

• Scandals: Poor Mrs. Astor. When Mummy’s plastic surgery goes terribly wrong. Rehab and the slammer: the new prep schools.

• We’re outta here: When to name something after yourself, and when not. The right obituary. What to do with your dogs if you predecease them.

• NO TEXTING AT THE TABLE, PLEASE.

True Prep promises to be a whole new old sensation.

Pre-order your copy here:  http://www.amazon.com/True-Prep-Its-Whole-World/dp/0307593983/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268841343&sr=8-1

Opi and Nicole

I haven't done a product review in a really long time.  Maybe that is because my Retail Therapy appointments have been few and far between the last few months...hmmm? 

No matter, I love finding a deal and always like to pass them along.  Last week, I was in Walmart and had a coupon for Opi's Nicole nail polish.  Yes, OPI at Walmart!  I love Opi polishes and think they hold up just about better than anything, but with my recent frugalista lifestyle, I have avoided buying any so I was excited to try their Nicole line.  I had a $1 off coupon and was pleased to see that the price was only $6.50 anyway (yes, Opi for $5.50 was pretty exciting!).  I got a really fun hot pink color called "Playin' Hooky" which is just what this Spring starved girl needed.  So, I have been wearing it for a week and love how well it has held up (Opi quality!!!). 

Oh, yeah...I received no compensation for this product review...only a great new nail polish discovery!

What is in your book bag?

Do you ever clean out your children's book bags?  Apparently, I don't do it  OFTEN enough!!!  Last weekend, I sat down and started pawing through the black hole that is my DS2's book bag and much to my horror I found that his History Book was being eaten by a.....by a long, long lost banana! 

BLECK!!!!  BLECK!!!! DOUBLE BLECK!!!!

Oh, yeah we will be paying for that textbook!

Spring ideas...

It has been a particularly long, and cold winter this year ~ even in the South.  Old Man winter had quite a vigorous hold on us this year and has fought to keep himself alive and well more than I remember in the past few winters.  Well, I am done with it...finished...Spring is what I want.  Let the daffodils and tulips burst into bloom!   I want to hear the loud songs from the azaleas! Today was a lovely day here and I got the urge to start thinking ahead to Easter just in time for Martha Stewart to send one of  her great idea emails. IF you don't receive them, pop over and sign up for just the kind you would like.  I love them!  Here is a link to some of her cool Spring and Easter ideas:  Martha Stewart's Everything Easter. 

So, do you decorate for Spring and Easter?  I am looking so forward to it!