Summer Staples

Summer is in FULL swing and I love it! I have a few things during the summer that I cannot live without:

Tervis Tumbler

Y'all knew this was coming! I love my TT's and they go everywhere with me. You'll find a few in my room, one in the bathroom, one in my car, one next to my pool bag, they're everywhere!

Platinum Jack Rogers

Duh, the shoe that goes with EVERYTHING. Dresses, shorts and a t-shirt, my bathingsuit, and I have no problem if they get wet!

Seersucker

It's cool, looks good, and matches most everything. All of those are perfect for summer. I love seersucker and have versions in pink, blue, and white! Khaki is definitely next on my list!

Ocean Potion Baby 50

I can't use a lot of face products with all my acne lotions, so I have to use the gentlest, most protective sunscreen. AKA Baby sunscreen. I take this everywhere in my purse and I always have it when I go to the beach! I forgot to put it on one day when I went to the pool and I'm still regretting it!

Bare Minerals

With the heat and humidity of South Carolina, I can't really use liquid makeup. It gets sticky and wipes off on sunglasses, clothes, and everything else. YUCK. I've stuck with Bare Minerals for over a year now and I don't see a big change happening in the foreseeable future! I love it!

Swimsuits

What's summer without a good swimsuit? For Christmas I was given a Vineyard Vines gift card and spent it a few months ago on this Vineyard Vines bathing suit! It is super cute and I am excited to wear it!

At any given time during the summer, chances are I'm wearing or using most of these! What are you summer staples?

xxKatie

Ice Ice Baby

Cue the trumpets!

I can't explain how happy I am about this new Tervis Tumbler water bottle size and attachment!!!!! I have always lamented the times that Tervis Tumblers weren't totally spill-proof. I am so pumped to see what different kinds of prints, wraps and colors that they make available in this new water bottle size!!

Is anyone else SO excited too? PERFECTION!

xxKatie

First Day of School!

Here begins another school year! Today is my first day of school! Here's what I'll be using all day long:

Lilly Pulitzer Nadja Dress

Jack Rogers

North Face Borealis Backpack (with my initials of "CAR" in hot pink embroidered on there!)

Lifeguard Press for Lilly Pulitzer Large Agenda in "Nice to See You"

South Carolina Palmetto Tervis Tumbler (filled to the brim with diet coke, of course!)

I am SO excited for today to begin! My first class starts at 9:30 and I'm in class straight until 3:15! Just like high school! I am ready to be in a good rhythm of classes and a few workout classes. I am hoping to get into a good pattern and have a GREAT semester! I'm taking a bunch of business classes and 1 health promotion, education and behavior class (my minor) so I have a great spread of topics!

Happy First Day of School y'all!

What did you/do you study in college? Are there any essentials that you can't live without?

xxKatie

Outfit of the Day: A Year in the Making

I know I've been blowing the blog up with OOTD posts, but I thought this was a funny coincidence. I looked back at my first polyvore set when I didn't really know what was going on...it just happened to be right around this time last year! Funnier than that, the weather was CLEARLY very different.

October 16, 2009:

October 16 by letsbepreppy featuring sterling silver bracelets

Notice I was wearing a quilted coat...I wouldn't dream of breaking this out yet. It was humid in fall yet again...sweaty Tervis Tumbler humid. GROSS. Instead of jeans and my Lilly quilted coat, I wore this on the 27th:

October 27 by letsbepreppy featuring sterling silver earrings

Obviously the weather was very different. It was hot, I was really much too hot in a long sleeve white tee shirt. I couldn't believe the difference. They're still calling for 70's through the weekend, so the whole fall thing in October...yeah kinda out the window...I'm still keeping my fingers crossed though.

Lucky for me though I guess is how I should be viewing it. I don't really own winter clothes, but instead wear summery things with sweaters. I'm BIG on polos/button downs and cable knits. I have 10 different colored RL button downs...excessive. Do they all get worn...easily. I stick with what I like and I treat it well so I don't have to worry too too much. I may invest in a new pair of jeans this season if Victoria's Secret puts them on a good sale and I get a good email coupon...we'll see about that though. I type this as I lay out my outfit for tomorrow...a shirtdress and Target Miss Trish of Capri flat seahorse sandals...craziness!! 

xxKatie

Outfit of the Day: Fall Temps + Rain

September 29 by letsbepreppy featuring sterling silver jewelry

Wednesday I wore this outfit to class. I had a rough start to the morning, so I was especially thankful that I had laid out what I wanted to wear the night before. I prepacked my breakfast, lunch and a snack to eat while I'm on campus because I'll be in class or working from 8-9 and 11-5:15. I grabbed my FABULOUS pink and green Palmetto Tervis Tumbler (HOW COMPLETELY PERFECT is that, I mean come on!) on the way out. 

I've written a lot about how I like white long sleeve T-shirts, and here's a prime example. You really cannot go wrong with wearing them in any look (unless you own the same brown/yellow/pink/cream floral printed J. Crew Outlet skirt that I cannot seem to find a top to wear with). I paired them with navy shorts (ask my friend Skyler about how much we love navy shorts...especially for guys. Y'all need to invest in a pair ASAP. And start reading her blog--shameless plug SEC.) The scarf is from the Merona section in Target, and I got it for $12.99. It is so pretty and it's pink, green, blue, purple, with some paisley print, and I really like it. I wore platinum Jacks with it and massive pearl earrings that I have. It was a nice look and kept me cozy while the weather starts to pick up.

Notice that I also said that it rained today. And yesterday. And the day before that. And the day before that. No joke. We haven't had rain for 3 or 4 weeks, and now we can't escape from it. It's so humid out that the "no sweat" Tervis Tumbler is sweating. Only in South Carolina, I'm convinced.  Going back to the rain though, I always wear 1 of 2 pairs of Jacks when it rains. I have a black "tour" pair and my platinum "wear-with-everything-it-doesn't-matter-where-you're-going" pair. The platinum ones, as I'm sure you remember have been to two proms, on tours, in the rain, in several dorms, to Five Points (any USC readers...Rocco's and Saloon made them sticky.), to Williams Brice Stadium, in many states, submerged in a pool, and still make it. The sides are losing a little bit of the color, but you know, it's from standard wear-and-tear (see above list). I love those Platinum Jacks, and I will never throw them away. They deserved to be dressed up yesterday!

Hopefully this rain quits soon and we just have wonderful cozy sweater and jeans weather. I can feel that it's on it's way! I'm ready with arms wide open!

xxKatie

Tervis Tumbler First

Today my mom, sister and I went for our first official college shopping trip. The other day I got a gift certificate to Bed, Bath & Beyond that was obviously put to good use. We got Twin XL sheets (I'm happy to have a long bed!), a twin XL bed topper, a pink metal trash bin, and my first Tervis Tumbler for $12.99! This 24 oz. one with a pink sea shell was the one I scored. I can't wait to start using it! I'm sure you've all heard of these glasses. They keep cold stuff cold and hot stuff hot and have zero condensation because they're double lined as you can see in the photo! We didn't go all-out on this shopping trip because lots of "big box" stores have a program where you pick what you want online or scan it in a store, very much like a bridal registry, and then you pick it up in the store closest to your school. This is GREAT for students like me who live a lengthy distance away and really can't take an entire family, my (partial) wardrobe, and every other thinkable supply needed for college life. They really helped us out here. For all the big stuff and "grocery" items as we've begun calling them, we're just going to get it when we get down there after the grueling 9 hour trip driving in our Honda Pilot. Yikes!

Back to Tervis Tumblers, there are 100's of designs to pick from. My other favorites include a USC one with the gamecock on the front in pink: Very cute and I can't wait to pick one up before school to accompany my other maroon Gamecocks cup I got at my accepted students day when we loaded up on USC paraphernalia.

Another (semi-obnoxious, but I still like it) favorite of mine is the "princess" tumbler: Like I said, a little obnoxious, but it does have a crown!

You can also personalize your tumbler. A co-worker of mine, Catherine, actually had hers circle monogrammed in bright pink and it looked fabulous. Tervis sells some tumblers with just initials on them, and I even considered buying a black script "K" one instead of my shell but I liked the shell more because it was pink!

P.S. Just a few minutes ago my Longchamp bag arrived from eBay. It was a little dirty (Gracie Beth now you can bid on a cleaner one!!) so does anyone have any ideas for cleaning it? My mom suggested just taking it to the cleaners since there's leather on the handles and the top. Any suggestions will be much appreciated!

xxKatie