Giveaway: Chirp Your Colors with JP Crickets!

 

It's that time again y'all! Let me present you with JP Crickets!

This fun brand is all about showing your pride all the way down to your toes! JP Crickets is the go-to loafer that still boasts YOUR University pride! There are more designs that have monograms, logos and even custom designs too!

How perfect would these shoes be for a Gameday, party, or even networking event! I know USC has Gamecock clubs all across the nation for Gamecock alumni everywhere--you'd be the talk of the party in a pair of these! With Father's Day right around the corner too, they'd make an awesome gift for your dad--or grad!

Being the Gamecock that I am, I'm quite partial to this pair!

Although it's the-school-that-shall-not-be-named, I like the mule version of the loafers too! Even Clemson fans can share in the fun!!

In honor of my sister who's headed to Auburn University in the fall, these blue and orange ones are too fun too!

University of Georgia Bulldogs can even enjoy their shoe in linen for those HOT Georgia Gamedays!

 

All of these universities are included in their collection too!

Special for LBP readers, JP Crickets is offering $20 off anyone who would like to purchase a pair from their website (the only place they're currently available!!) directly with the code "PREPPY20"! How awesome is that?! PERFECT for gift-giving!!

Anyway, in order to enter the giveaway, you must do all of the following:

1. Leave ONE COMMENT telling how you would "Chirp Your Style" with JP Crickets!

2. Like JP Crickets on Facebook!

3. Follow JP Crickets on Twitter @jpcrickets

4. Follow JP Crickets on Pinterest!

5. Like Let's Be Preppy on Facebook!

For additional entries:

1. Tweet using #ChirpYourColors tagging @letsbepreppy AND @JPCrickets using this button: Tweet #ChirpYourColors

2. Use the #ChirpYourStyle on Pinterest after pinning your favorite shoes from the JPCrickets website!

Y'all, there are SO MANY WAYS to enter this giveaway! I am SO excited to share it with you, it's one of my favorite giveaways to date!

This giveaway will run for ONE week so get it while the getting's good!

xxKatie

Outfit of the Day: GO GAMECOCKS!

February 20 by letsbepreppy featuring crochet tights

As I talk about a lot, I'm a tour guide at USC! I love it and it's my primary way I stay involved on campus. As a tour guide, rather University Ambassador, as we're called on campus, we recruit potential Gamecocks that are typically juniors and seniors in high school and their parents. We're gearing up for the busy season as the May 1st deadline approaches! Between now and May 1st the University hosts accepted students days, open houses and our usual campus tours that we give on a daily basis. In addition to all our tours, as University Ambassadors, we represent the University at Dance Marathon and Relay for Life as well.

I feel like the spring semester goes by SO fast between all these campus events and quick weekends. So far this semester, I've been to Clemson, Raleigh both of those events rapidly approaching. It's a very exciting semester and spring break is right around the corner--SO WEIRD! I can't believe how fast this semester has already been going! Next week I have to gear up because 1 day I have 3 tests--yikes! As I said yesterday to a friend of mine, ...here's to junior year?

Is that how you feel too? Are you ever overwhelmed by your classes? Does your spring or fall semester go by faster?

xxKatie

Weekly Gratitude

1. I am thankful for the outpouring of love that I got on the day of my birthday. My family is the bomb and my friends--y'all know who you are--made my 21st the best birthday I've had!

2. I am thankful for sweet people who constantly think about me and my well-being. Whether that's my parents, God-parents, older fabulous Manhattan mentor, or close friends, knowing that you all have my back is the biggest gift.

3. I am thankful for Great American Cookies--never underestimate the power of a GOOD snickerdoodle, or 5. 

4. I am thankful for a trip to Raleigh that I just finally planned officially last night!! Can't wait for that weekend in February!!

5. I am thankful for my new major. Economics is very hard, but I did my first homework assignment successfully and I have a new-found confidence in that class! Intermediate Microeconomic Theory, GAME ON!

6. I am thankful for the closet organization that I did on Sunday. I'll be posting pictures of the way it turned out, and I am so happy!! I even used a Pinterest idea in part of it!! Where's that "Done It" button on Pinterest now?

7. I am thankful for the direction that this semester seems to be going in. It makes me happy to feel like this since it's only the second week of the semester!

8. I am thankful for Twitter. Sometimes I wonder where all my random thoughts/annoyances/etc. went before Twitter existed. So thanks to everyone who reads them and doesn't get too sick of me!

9. I am thankful that spring time is right around the corner! I am so ready for shorts weather!!

10. I am thankful for long drives (or more typically, the 5 mile drive to/from campus to my house) that I can sing at the top of my lungs. Fellow drivers, I'm not offended if you laugh, I probably would too!

xxKatie

Campus Prayers

Being on a college campus, you hear about all kinds of rumors and different scares that happen on college campuses near and far. I have a lot of college-aged followers and so I get a special glimpse and what happens across the country. As I've seen, there have been a lot of pretty scary things going on on different campuses so I'd like to keep a few different schools in mind:

James Madison University

East Carolina University

University of Alabama

Do you know anyone who goes to these schools? 

Let's all keep them each in our thoughts and prayers!

xxKatie

Giveaway: Stadium Stompers!

For any of y'all that follow college football, you'll know we started LAST weekend for most of our schools! For all my Carolina Gamecocks, we are just itchin' to get a real home game in Williams Brice like nobody's business! This week the Gamecocks take on the Georgia Dawgs between the hedges down in Athens. I have a lot of friends going and they are going to have a blast!

Knowing typically Southern weather it's going to be crazy hot and insanely humid. The worst though, are games when it rains. There's nothing worse than looking fabu in your Gameday dress and having to tote a yucky raincoat around just in case. Well, that is until now:

Want to win a pair?

My personal favorite--South Carolina!

They literally make pairs for all of the following schools:

Tennessee, UVA, Ole Miss, Auburn, West Virginia, UNC, LSU, Richmond, Alabama, (dare I say it) Clemson, UGA, Texas A&M, USC (the real one AND the other one), and MANY more! There are so many combinations and you can shop by color or product!

Here are ALL the ways you can win:

1. For 1 entry become a fan of Stadium Stompers on facebook  

2. For 1 additional entry (2 total) become a fan of Let's Be Preppy on facebook

3. For 1 more additional entry (3 total) follow Stadium Stompers on Twitter

4. For 1 more additional entry (4 total) tweet about this giveaway!

5. For 1 more additional entry (5 total) post about this giveaway on your blog!

6. Leave all entries in ONE comment on this post!

Enter by 11:59 by NEXT Friday! Can't wait to see which girl from which school wins! Go Gamecocks! Go SEC!

Good luck y'all!

xxKatie

Jack Rogers Goes Collegiate

 I HAD to squish this post in instead of my regularly scheduled one! (Doesn't that sound like a TV interruption...?)

Jack Rogers has gone Collegiate!!

I'm lucky enough to have a specialty shoe store called "Good for the Sole" in Columbia, SC walking distance from campus that has actually been selling these shoes for awhile! I am SO SO SO excited to see that they'll be much more widely available for Gamecocks and fellow Jack-loving college girls  everywhere!

Looks like Jack Rogers will be cheering on the: 

Auburn Tigers/UVA Cavaliers/Syracuse Orangemen

South Carolina Gamecocks/Georgia Bulldawgs/NC State Wolfpack

Virginia Tech Hokies 

Elon University Phoenix/University of Maryland Terps/FSU Seminoles/ASU Sundevils

ECU Pirates/Washington Huskies/Furman Paladins/TCU Horned Frogs

LSU Tigers/James Madison Dukes

Princeton Tigers/Idaho State Vandals

North Carolina Tarheels/Columbia University Bears

I am just SO excited for this college line!! Who else is?!

xxKatie

Fabulous USC Visitors!

On Monday I had the privilege of meeting a wonderful crowd from Brittons of Columbia, High Cotton Ties and Southern Tide! Both companies made a trip down to our campus and thanks to a facebook invite, I was able to attend between classes! I was so excited to meet such a fun (and superbly-dressed) group of visitors, I hope they enjoyed the trip as much as I was. Judy Hill from High Cotton Ties was even nice enough to give me a secret look to one of their newest patterns!

James and Judy Hill of High Cotton Ties (Judy was the original designer--too cute!), Perry Lancaster of Brittons, and Michael the HCT campus rep! We chatted for so long and I loved getting to know y'all and your product!

How great are these cummerbunds? They have matching bowties AND headbands for girls.

I'm already a huge fan. Image this Walker Madras cummerbund for any fraternity function or sorority formal!! Eben, since I saw you (if you read LBP) I think you need to get one of these! Secret LBP insider tip: you might see a HCT package that resembles this bowtie/headband set quite soon (wink wink!)!

Great tip: some of the bowties are reversible! Check out my favorite look:

I'm absolutely IN LOVE with this bowtie look! It is so sharp. If you are one of my boy readers and go to USC buy this. Or look out for your future birthdays!

Here are a few more of the reversibles! I'm lovin' all the plaid that they feature.

This is the just-in Christmas madras that Judy was showing me! So excited for a LBP sneak peek! This is such a classic madras and would look great for any occasion. I'm so excited to see them using great colors! It's also super manly I think so most guys would have no defense against this one!! Also great about the HCT products is that you can toss them in the washing machine and dryer because they're 100% cotton...if that doesn't say low maintenance for any college boy I don't know what does!

I also tweeted about meeting everyone and the HCT tweet just about made my already fun day:

I had such a fun day getting to know all these fun visitors! I picked up a bunch of koozies and stickers (5 in all...2 from USC Homecoming, 2 from High Cotton and 1 from Southern Tide!) to add to my collection too. I also was lucky enough to talk to a few representatives from the USC Fashion Board (who even recognized me from run-ins at fittings--total bonus!) who hosted the entire event. A group of girls who did a great job that led me to getting to know all these folks! Such an action-packed day for me! 

xxKatie