Shopping for Vintage Srat Stuff

So I am a Pi Phi legacy (my mom) and a Gamma Phi (my grandma), and lately I have become an online shopper. So while trying to think of some good gifts for my mom, I stumbled upon a whole world of vintage sorority stuff. Here are some of the best things I found for Pi Phi's and Gamma Phi's.

1932 Pi Phi Arrow Pin

1938 Pi Phi Cookbook

1924 Picture of First Lady (Mrs. Coolidge) and Pi Phi's

1948 Gamma Phi Pin

1924 Gamma Phi Sheet Music

I just watched Auburn lose to Clemson for the first time since 1950-something. On the plus side, I did some great Auburn shopping while I watched it. I'm sad. and my stomach hurts from 3 1/2 hours of stress. But a nice southern Beau did tell me it was nice to see a girl who knows southern football. 

Happy Weekend!

Fill in The Blanks... & Ignore The Homework

I borrowed this from a great belle that I follow (and you should too).

1.   I am a (morning, evening, middle of the day person)  morning person. Buuuuut, I have to get up. Once I am up, I am so productive and if I get up in the early morning , I am in a great mood all day.

2.  My favorite Pandora stations are ... Hillsong (whenever I am in my room or if I need something to play while I fall asleep), Muse/Radiohead (for those quiet afternoons especially when it rains), He Is We (all the time), and upon occassion the James Taylor station too.

 

3.  3 of my "must-have" songs for a road trip playlist are . . . This really depends on who is with me and where I am going. If I am driving to the beach (and going to school in Florida, that is often) I love fun He is We, Plug In Stero, NeverShoutNever, and bands like that. If I am driving home to see the family , I play a lot of worship stuff because its a long drive to do alone and so I spend some quality time with by Best Friend. 

 

4.  My favorite pattern is Floaters from Lilly. She is moving on to new prints but I still love love love this pattern 

5.  My favorite perfume is   Sexy Little Things from VS and (Lord Help Me) Juicy Couture.
 
6.  Rules are the fabric of our lives. Society has lost the standards set by basic rules of engagement and society. So I know I am in good company when the rules of decorum are followed. Thank the Lord I am from the South.

 

7.  My most overused phrase or punctuation is "Oh Geez!" "Don't even get me started on the things I don't understand" (which is a quote from Sweet Home Alabama)... and a few other things that I can't think of at the moment but I am sure I say.

I am supposed to be doing homework which is why I am not at "Ugly Prom" with the rest of the Athletic Department (I made the Collegite DII Competition cheer squad here, if I forgot to mention that) where we wear the most hideous outfits we can find and then go to a roller-skating rink. So I am going to throw on my hideous dress and meet up with the Squad at Applebees and laugh at the drunk middle aged women doing Karaoke... just as soon as I get a paper done. 

Another great blog you should follow is written by the Lady of one of my Best Friends (since 8th grade).  She is doing a great giveaway that I would enter if I were you ( I already did!).

Its here! Footballl Season 2011!

Its here. Its finally here! I've been waiting all summer for this week.
FOOTBALL SEASON!

Now, I attend a small-ish private college that is on the road to a football team. Its being discussed in planning sessions and has been expressed as a desire of a lot of people. But my heart belongs to Auburn. I wanted to go to Auburn, but my father vehemently opposed a big state school. I am a big fan, afterall I am a cheerleader, so I love being passionate about my team. On that note, AU changed their cheer uniforms this year and I LOVE them!

I get so much nonsense from everyone, even a prof the other day, about how Auburn has 2 mascots, we TP our own school, ect. and My response is often that a) "We just have a better history than _________" or b) "I'm sorry. Who is the reigning national champ? Oh, Yeah, That's us." Tradition means so much in the South and Auburn's traditions and history are the best in the SEC!

Football season in the south brings so many great things... here is a look at my game day picks for fabulous outfits and maybe a tailgating recipe or two that I love as well.

Ok, I can't wait to have a little belle to wear cute game day things like this dress!

Game day door wreathhhhh!

Dresses (these are all from Etsy.com)!

Judith March:

So let's say you found the perfect solid orange or navy dress. How do you sport your full colors? Accessories! Below are some of my top choices.

These Kate Spade bangles are perfect!

Check out this cute store devoted to your favorite day game accessories!

Game day food:

Ocean Packets

Use your grill and foil packets to have the best seafood during your tailgating!

I adore all things buffalo flavored, the spicier the better (as long as I have my sweet tea nearby!) and here are some delicious Buffalo Sliders perfect for tailgating

Happy Football Season!

Little White Dress

I have been shopping for a white dress for Pref Day. Theta Pi Prez found a super adorable one the other day that is one shoulder and then our Financial VP has several white Lilly dresses just hanging in her closet on a regular rotation, although I am sure she will use the excuse to buy a new one. 

So, needless to day, my search for the perfect one is becoming quite a task. It has to have straps to apply to campus dress code and should be somewhat casual since this is Florida afterall. In an effort to avoid my first ecology assignment, here are my favorites so far...

This dress is from Banana's Mad Men Collection, which if you haven't explored, you definately should!

This one is wayyy to casual but its cute just the same. 

Calvin Klein often finds the way to my heart with their clean lines and simplicity

And this Ralph Lauren Classic

First Week and Soon to be...

It feels like it has been months since I've blogged. I moved back on campus and had to participate in all the "Welcome Week" activities because my roomie is an RA. The following is a list of my observations and/or opinions about the year thus far:

1. The freshman boys have way more confidence and boldness than is healthy, deserved, or has been existant in previous classes- So much so that I have been wearing my right-hand ring as an engagement ring.

2. Just because the dress code now allows facial piercings, doesn't mean you should get one.

3. Leggings instead of pants is a privilage not a right, and your rights should be revoked if you don't know what the campus gym looks like.

4. Can someone explain to me why when the sun goes down all the weird musical kid come out and start singing and playing guitar in the streets?


My update on Theta Pi: We got the go ahead from the Director of Student Life and now have to pass it through student senate. So, our only real worry is that the GDI's will think it is too exclusive and be unsupportive. We have more and more girls finding out about it and asking us when recruitment starts, so we care so excited that we are gaining interest.

I after much deliberation decided to try out for the competitive cheerleading squad. I haven't cheered in almost 3 years now, but when my theatrical dance performance class was cancelled (saddest moment of my summer!), I decided I had to move on to something else. My roommate is a cheerleader and I had been to tryouts my freshman year and walked away because I wasn't a big fan of the leadership. This brings me to my next thing....

I have declared this the year of things I do not want to do. In my unattached state, seeing the end of college career looming in my future, I realize I will never again be in a place to do so many things. It is also time to get over my fears of a lot of things. So things I have done or will do that I don't want to this year:

1. Get up before 7 am every day (I have 7:35 am or 8 am classes with the same hilarious prof everyday)
2. Climb tall things like towers and buildings (my friends love to do this)
3. Tryouts/Auditions- I hate them! They make me a bumbling idiot.
4. Spend  a lot more time with my girl friends
5. Wait to see a guy who knows what it means to be Lavaliered (a virtually impossible task here)
6. Go to a place alone that makes me really uncomfortable because I don't know anyone (I am taking a women's Bible study class with women who are all my mom's age)
7. Run, Run, Run, Run (my goal is the Disney Princess Half Marathon)

. . .  There are more to come I am sure.

I have to go start working on recruitment stuff, because we should be passed by the student senate this week! Keep your fingers crossed!

A tribute to the style Goddess Divine...

A tribute to the style Goddess Divine...

Audrey Hepburn! and her love of boatneck dresses and tops.

I absolutely love the lines of boatneck tops and dresses. They looks so feminine and sophisticated and are often very slimming. The absolute best example of someone who sported boatnecks (and everything else) oh-so-well is Ms. Hepburn. Here are a few examples of her pulled from the style archives . . .

Completely gorgeous right? And don't we all wish we looked that thin all the time! This whole need for a tribute came about from seeing some cute things while scouring Lilly's site. So, in order of least favorite to I NEED TO OWN THAT!? here they are. . .

Classic Cotton Boatneck Stripped Shirt

French Connection

Aiden Maddox, Jacquard, and Jacquard

Eryn Dress is somewhat what I imagine my bridesmaids dresses will look like.

This is the same Eryn style, but in a fabulous navy stripe.

Chorus Girl Dress- I love it and really the boatneck I liked the most, 

after this, its just things I love from Lilly right now

Jodi Sweater is sooo presh! It is perfect for running errands, going to class 

or a day on the boat. Its all about how you style it. 

I'm getting ready for school, so of course getting distracted on Lilly's site is so appealing. lol. I've been putting off packing for so long and 90's Mom finally told me she couldn't take it anymore and I had to do something about all of my stuff everywhere! So I finally started today and I decided I had to limit myself to only one box of things besides clothes and food/dishes. I always take wayyy too many books.

 So I'm almost all done and trying to make decision about how I'm decorating. My brilliant idea of the day? I am hanging two ribbons several yards long above my desk and then using mini-clothespins clipping vintage postcards (My faves are S.C. ones) and pictures on them. 

So many changes on campus are happening. They are loosening up on some of the very, very conservative rules, so lets keep our fingers crossed that this means Theta Beta Pi has a real chance! 

What I'm lovinggg!

Sorority Paddles!

I can't wait to get to be a part of this tradition. We decided that we would do upperclassmen recruitment this fall and then in the spring allow freshman to pledge, so we could initiate a Big/Little program.

So, in my extensive research, I found these super adorable paddles on Etsy

How did you decorate your paddles?