Lilly Sale! (or Christmas Present to Myself)

Happy New Year to all my readers!

Lilly Pulitzer has a big sale going on today and tomorrow and it is free shipping if you purchase directly from the Lilly site itself. I scored these two things:


Lexie Crew Top in Thrill of the Chaise


Murfee Scarf in True Navy Dress Rehearsal
to match my Cassie top I bought this past summer.

The crew top was only $19! What a STEAL for Lilly! There are still some good deals available and you can't beat free shipping!

Have a wonderful week, I go back to work tomorrow and the kids go back to school tomorrow too.

XOXO,
Melissa

Happy Birthday Lilly!

Happy 80th birthday to Lilly Pulitzer Rousseau! Thanks for making the world a much more colorful place!

Here's photos of Anna & I in various Lilly:


























Have a great day!
Melissa

Vacation recap and Lilly

Greetings readers and a big welcome to my new followers! Our vacation was wonderful and went by so fast. We went shopping, ate too much, strolled on the beach, went swimming, played Bingo, watched cable tv (we are "Old Skool" at home and don't have cable/satellite) and hung out with the family. It is nice to be back home and back in a routine.

We took a photo of Camden by the "Historic Camden" sign (in Camden, SC) as seen on the right sidebar. I've always wanted to take his picture by it. He wasn't named after the town, it was the only "C" name Tim and I could agree on since we wanted to keep his initials CTS. Next we need to go to Anna, Ohio and get Anna's picture by the "Welcome to Anna" sign. Now that I think about it, I could take her to an Anna's Linens store and not have to go to Ohio :)

I love going shopping at the beach because the Belk's at the MB Mall carries Lilly Pulitzer (thanks Mom for the Belk's gift card for my birthday, it was put to good use). I bought a navy top for fall. Speaking of fall and Lilly, this came through on my e-mail today and I love this top! I may have to spring for it. It's the Cassie top and the print is Trill of the Chaise.












Stay tuned tomorrow for Food Friday! Thanks for reading!
XOXO,
Melissa

Happy Lilly Day!

Greetings readers! Today is National Wear Your Lilly Day and I wore my black Flower Market capris to work today. Anna took this photo of me after work while I was drinking some iced coffee out of my Lilly Latte-Da mug.



Have a great day!
XOXO,
Melissa

Snow Day = Eating and Shopping!

Today is a snow day here in NC. Schools were closed and I didn't have to go in to work. I shudder to think how much work will await me when I go in later this week. However, when it snows and I'm stuck inside, I just want to 1. eat and 2. shop!

I read about a big sale on Lilly Pulitzer home items at
Garnet Hill. I just bought this Lilly shower curtain for NINE. DOLLARS. Woo-hoo! It was originally $88! Won't it look so cute paired with yellow towels? Garnet Hill has some great deals in their clearance section so check it out.


As far as food, I recently made Quickie Chocolate Stickies from a recipe Tim found. His mom used to make these all the time when he was younger and I guess he got a hankering for them and he found a recipe on the Hershey's website. I'm glad he found the recipe with actual measurements since one time I asked Tim's mom for the recipe to include in a family cookbook. She was like "Oh, maybe this much chocolate, I don't know, a few tablespoons or so, a bit of sugar, maybe, 1/4 cup? Just eyeball it" and my OCD self was like "I NEED MEASUREMENTS"!

We deviated from the online recipe (we're such deviants LOL) and used a 9x13 glass pan instead of a mini muffin pan or 8" round pans. We gobbled them up in a day! So good.

Have a great week dear readers!

Until next time,
Melissa

Lilly Giveaway

Please check out the wonderful Lilly giveaway Trish is having at Preppy Pink Lilly Lover. She's giving away a Lilly beach towel, umbrella and paper umbrellas! Too cute.

Giveaway ends June 16th. Good luck!

I WON!!

I love entering giveaways on blogs. I have never won anything until now! I won this Lilly keychain from Lauren Nicole Gifts. YAY! I'm so excited and I can't wait to get it.

Be sure to check out her website, she has tons of neat gifts, many of which can be personalized.

Have a great day!

Great Lilly Giveaway @ SL:PS

OK Lilly Lovers! Jennifer at Southern Living: Preppy Style has a fabulous Lilly giveaway going on. Look at all that Lilly goodness! Be sure to leave a comment at Jennifer's site to enter. Giveaway ends November 10th at midnight.

Lilly Giveaway at Lauren Nicole Gifts!

Lauren Nicole gifts has the best giveaways! The latest one is for a Lilly make-up bag. Love the monkey print since I feel like I live in a monkey house most of the time. Giveaway Ends at midnight Thursday, 10-1-09, a winner will be drawn on Friday, 10-2-09.

Click here to enter. Good luck!

Lilly Pulitzer Wallet Giveaway

Lilly Lovers, check out this great Lilly wallet giveaway at Lauren Nicole Gifts. Contest ends on June 4th. Good luck!

Prom Time!

I teach high school at a small private school nearby and Friday is the prom! I was asked to be a chaperone and I am so excited to be going. I love my students and I am looking forward to seeing them all decked out.

Today in class, they wanted to get out early (what else is new) to go around to restaurants and look at menus and pick which one they wanted to make reservations for. I said "How many people will be in your party?" and one student said "About 28." I wished them luck in FINDING a place that will take 28 teens for dinner the day after tomorrow! Beggars can't be choosers! I recommended a good steak restaurant so I'm anxious to see where they end up eating at.

Since this is a girly blog, here's what I'm wearing:



It's the Bowen dress by Lilly Pulitzer from last year. It's a deep, dark navy with beads and sequins. So as not to scare anyone with the strapless factor, I'm wearing a white cropped open-weave sweater over it. What a difference from what I wore back in the late 80's to my high school prom! Big ballgown type dress (with a crinoline no less) and big hair to match! I'll try to scan in a photo or two and post them.

I'll post photos of my husband and I at the event later this weekend. He and I went to different schools so I didn't go to the prom with him. I often wonder what it would have been like if I had known him in high school instead of meeting him a few years after I graduated from college. I'll think of this prom Friday as a "do over" of sorts!

Lilly Giveaway at Lauren Nicole Gifts

Denise at Lauren Nicole Gifts is having a fantastic Lilly Pulitzer give away.

She's giving away a Lilly jewelry roll and a silver fleur-de-lis necklace. Too cute!

Click here to enter. Give away ends April 16th.

She has a great selection of things for sale too! Check it out!

Lilly Finds at Goodwill

I just LOOOOVE Goodwill! We have wonderful stores in our area and the company does great things in terms of job training and helping people get back to work. Before I became a SAHM, I worked for them as a Career Development Specialist and I loved that job.

But back to the Lilly clothes....

I found this Manta Ray Patch skirt last week at Goodwill (in my size too! Woot!) and thought I would take a photo of all the Lilly I have bought from Goodwill. As you can see, I've bought skirts, shirts, a Starlight shift dress, and a few pair of shorts not pictured. This does not include my daughter's Lilly that she has outgrown and I have sold to other Lilly Lovers. Please excuse the lack of cute styling of the clothes on the couch...



I am always looking for Lilly whenever I'm at a Goodwill. If it's not in my size, I resell it for a nice profit on eBay or on my Yahoo group, Lilly Pulitzer Buy and Sell, click the link if you want to join.

Have a great weekend!