What's My Style?

This past week I received a Stylish Blogger Award from a new blog friend, Lorri from Lizards and Lollipops. She is too cute with three too cute kiddos. Be sure to check out her blog. I know you will love her as much as I do. Also, as there is absolutely no way I can chose only five stylish friends, I am passing this award along to all of you!

This award got me thinking what my style is. Not just external, but internal as well. For most intensive purposes, I am pretty much a rule follower. I think that in civilized societies, rules and guidelines play an important role. However, there are often times that as long as the desired outcome occurs, tweaks and changes are allowed. It's called being flexible and adaptable... At least that's my story!

So... I am tweaking the rules of what I am supposed to post (7 things about me) and instead, I am combining it with the Blog Bag Hop. And changing the number to 8 items. I'm guessing you will be able to figure out things about me by the contents of my bag. See... same desired outcome!

In the bag...


1. Spartina wallet (can be purchased at Tea Garden Gifts of course) with debit, credit (paid off every month!!! ), insurance, tip, and gift cards. Two cards from when Mike sent me flowers for no reason. A few bills and change. Stamps. Receipts that are stuck in are cleaned out every few days.

2. Bath and Bodyworks "White Citrus" antibacterial hand cream

3. Lilly P. aviator sunglasses

4. My school badge

5. Lilly P. (free w/purchase) key fob with gym card and car key. All my other customer cards have been downloaded on my Droid. All I do is swipe that now. No more junky key fob! Thank you Travelbug Mom!

6. Lilly P. note pad. STILL has notes from Nantucket on it! Plus, even though I am an electronic notes kind of girl, you still need to jot every now and then. But where is a pen when I need one?!

7. Droid has everything on it: calendar, photos of family and friends, grocery lists, music, parcel tracker, Shazam, Kindle, Audible, Bible, Toodledo, math and reading games for the boys, and the all important Star Wars Light Saber app.

8. Make up bag

In the make-up bag...


a. La Source cuticle cream

b. Clinique's Aromatics Elixir perfume. I have worn this for years... love that it's not too florally.

c. Bare Minerals lip gloss in Pomagranate

d. Listerine strips. My family loves them!

e. Lancome lipstick in Crushed Rose. It's the only color lipstick I wear. I buy it in bulk!

f. Pill case for my migraine meds as well as Mike's nightly Rx for his Restless Leg Syndrome. If we are out late, he can go ahead and take it before we get home as it takes about an hour to kick in. (LOL Get it? Kick in. Restless leg. OMW, I am too clever!)

g. Nail clippers

h. Emery board

So... what can you glean about me? I like MY rules ;). I'm pretty organized. I have a warped sense of humor. I don't like clutter. I'm a true tech nerd. I love Lilly. I'm never without lipstick or gloss. I like neat and well-groomed hands. And... I've got some style!

Lilly Wallpaper... You Asked for It!

A few days ago, I showed a picture of my new Droid with cute Lilly wallpaper.  I've had some requests as to how you too can have a cute, preppy Droid, IPhone, Blackberry, Palm, or whatever smartphone you have.

It's really pretty easy:

• Find a fabric swatch online.  I googled lilly pulitzer fabric and then clicked  IMAGES (on the top left of the Google screen).  You can also go to your favorite Lilly Pulitzer on-line store and grab a fabric swatch there.  I like In the Pink.
  
• Double click on the fabric swatch you like, then right-click and hit "save as".
• I always "save as" on my Desktop as it is easy to find.
• Connect your smartphone to your computer and move/copy your Lilly.jpg straight to your phone.  I didn't have to move/copy to my (image or photo) gallery, but you may have to do that.
  
• Once you have the .jpg on your phone, you should be able to use it as your wallpaper!

Good luck, and please leave comment to let me know how it works for you! (You can also become a follower too!)


Have a Lilly day!

Lilly and Basketball and Droids, Oh My!

"Oh my" is right!  It's been four days since I last posted.  And what on earth has kept me so busy?  The answers are these:

• Finally cool/almost cold weather has caused me to get out all my cute sweaters, especially my cute Lilly cable knits!  This is the one I wore to the boys' basketball games this weekend.  They were both early in the morning, so hair was not quite presentable.  What's a cute mom to do to remedy the "bad hair morning"?  Don the pink monogrammed tennis hat that perfectly matches the sweater!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• I bought the Verizon Droid on Saturday.  I've really wanted the IPhone, but a)  AT&T coverage in our area is very sketchy and b) we are still customers of Verizon (and their coverage is awesome).  It took me most of Saturday and Sunday to sync my old contacts and calendar onto it and understand how to work all the cool apps and stuff.  If you asked me if I liked my new Droid then, I might say that I wasn't sure.  But today (Hallelujah!) I feel like I have finally figured it out and have put some really fun apps on it.  PLUS, I also  have a protective pink cover AND... the cutest Lilly wallpaper on it! 
  

How can I not be happy with Lilly's pink and green monkeys

smiling at me whenever I pick it up?!