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Thank you for reading and have a preptastic day! 

Your Faithful Prepster, 

Fall Playlist

Happy Monday! To start the week off I thought that I would give you all TTP Fall Playlist. I hope you all enjoy! Thanks for reading and have a preptastic day! 

Your Faithful Prepster, 

The Investment Shoes

This is a similar post to the one that I did about The Investment Handbag back in February. I think that a pair of shoes can define you, and your day. Investment shoes are not $100-$200 shoes, they are the $400 and up. They last for years, go with almost everything, can go from day to night, office to a dinner date, and in some cases are the defining feature of your work style. Here are a few shoes that no matter what stage in life you are in you will be able to wear. All of these shoes are available in classic black, but also nude. 

Salvatore Ferragamo Vara 

Salvatore Ferragamo Varina

Christian Louboutin New Simple Pump 

Christian Louboutin Lady Peep

Malono Blahnik BB Patent Pumps

I can't wait until I can buy all of these shoes! What was your first big shoe buy? what do you want your first big shoe buy to be? I would love to hear in the comments! Thank you for reading and have a preptastic day!

Your Faithful Prepster, 

The Perfect Crossbody for Fall

I was cleaning my room and I found a Old Navy gift card. I was thinking it was like a $25 dollar gift card, but no, it was even better, it was a $50 gift card! Don't you just love life little surprises? With this little surprise gift card, I purchased this lovely crossbody, that I think I will use a lot! 

Old Navy's Buckle-Strap Crossbody in Cognac

It is the perfect length and surprisingly spacious inside! It was a great steal at under $25! The color i got was cognac, I feel that it will go with a lot of the fall and winter clothes that I have, which is always good! Comment below with some of your favorite crossbody's for fall! Thank you for reading and have a preptastic day! 

Your Faithful Prepster, 

I Got My License!

Tuesday was the first day that I was able to use my license! In Virginia you have to have your learners permit for nine months, and since I got the permit the first day I was able I had to wait until three months after my 16th birthday... Personally, I find going places by myself very liberating, I love it! I don't get my permanent plastic license until I go to court with my parents. 

Of course you know that my 1992 Jeep Cherokee has to have some kind of Lilly in it! The first night that I had my license I went to the store for my mom. How good of a daughter am I? I have been driving myself to tennis practice all week (excluding Monday of course). Which is pretty cool being the only person on my tennis team who drives herself to practice! 

If you all want to know the stories about whats on my key ring, or what I have in my car all the time, please comment below and I will do a post about them! Thank you for reading and have a preptastic day! 

Your Faithful Prepster, 

School Time Means it's Lilly Time!

You know what school means. It means a new Lilly Pulitzer Agenda!! I wanted something different this year for an agenda. 

Bazaar in Large Agenda Covered Spiral

I had a diffrent Lilly Agenda during Freshman year that also featured elephants (Tusk in Sun). I loved it so much! Personally, I find this agenda so cute and very edgy, but still classic, which are two of my favorite things in the style world! Sound off in the comments if you purchased your own Lilly Agenda to start the year! 

Thank you of reading and have a preptastic day! 

Your Faithful Prepster, 

Breaking In Rainbows

Rainbow flip flops are some of the hardest shoes to break in. Because they are mostly leather, the thong and the foot bead will conform to your feet, but they are very hard to break in. 

I kept my first pair of rainbows for more then 6 years, and I have had my newer ones for 3 years. They are the best investment ever! 

Their are two ways for breaking in your new Rainbows. Way one is to get them wet. If you want don't want to totally soak your new shoes, you can use a spray bottle to moisten the straps and the foot bed. I will warn you this may cause the bottoms of your feet to become brown... 

Way two is to just deal with it and just let your feet be in pain for a week to a month. This is the least appealing to me personally... If you want to buy a pair of Rainbow's you can go here. If you have any suggestions on what types of post you all want me to do please let me know in the comments or email me at thetotalprepster@gmail.com. 

Thank you for reading and have a preptastic day! 

Your Faithful Prepster, 

Give Blood, Save a Life

For about five year now, I have been waiting until I turn 16 because at 16 you can donate blood. I know it's strange, most teenagers who just turned 16 the day before aren't saying: "Hey Mom, can you take me to a blood drive and sign the permission form?" Well, that is exactly what I asked my Moma. Both my parents try to donate at least once a year, so I have grown up always being like i want to do that one day. And my day finally came? 

Why would I want to donate blood you may ask? I feel that is my civic duty. I can't vote yet, but I can give blood. If you aren't very squeamish around needles or blood, I urge you to give back to your community and donate some blood. One donation can help up to three people.  Here is the Red Cross Blood Drive site. 

Thank you for reading and have a preptastic day! 

Your Faithful Prepster, 

My Sweet 16!

I thought that since my AP World History exam is done, (finally! I studied for a month for that thing!)  I would write a blog post about a milestone. Yesterday, was my 16th birthday, and i had my first driving lesson for Behind the Wheel! But alas, I can not drive by myself or get my listens until August. Because it was the celebration of my 16th year, I had a party. Nothing big, but my parents and my grandmother. I have not really seen the point in having big birthday parties until I and like 18 or 21. Since I live in Virginia, and you can't get your learners permit until you are 15 and 6 months, and you have to hold your permit fro 9 months before you can get your license, if you get a car for your 16th birthday, you will most defiantly not be able to drive it with out a parent or adult in the car for another 3+ months. Per normal birthday tradition, I did get gifts and cards. One of the cards my Moma wrote me made me cry, happy tears, but still. Here were some highlights: 

FitBit Flex (and it's PINK?)

The fact that it is pink, thus making it match and/or compliment everything in my wardrobe, make it's that much better! I wanted a FitBit, not only because I could use it as an odometer and see how fare i walk in a day at school, but also because it can take so much more. It is not only a heath/diet thing (which I will not be using to diet with), but it is also a healthy lifestyle tracker gizmo. I can log how much water I have drank, how many calories I have eaten, how far I have walked, AND how well and how long I sleep. 

Clothes

I think that it is a must for a just fashion blogger that her parents buy her clothes for her 16th birthday right? Well, Me being the  savvy shopper and sale seeker that I am, helped my parents save a few bucks by telling them sales and special offers at J.Crew.com... Aren't I the best! ;) 

Monogramed Necklace and Earrings

Another must for a prepster, don't you think? My other monogramed necklace that I got for my 14th birthday was getting really dingy so I stopped wearing it 6 months ago. I am so happy that my parents (aka the best parents EVER) bought me a new monogramed necklace! I was beginning to be scarcely non monogramed each day.

Clifford the Big Red Jeep
I will do a post about my parents, now my, car. 

Yesterday was also another big day, it was something called Perch, its like a retreat sort of thing that everyone in the High School and the eighth graders at FA gets to to. We all pile into buses and are taken to a retreat type of place to swim and get sunburnt, I did only the latter... My legs were killing me yesterday afternoon, but thank God that I am Mediterranean because when I woke up this morning half of the sunburn on my legs have already turn into a tan.

What is your favorite birthday gift that you have ever gotten? What was you worst sunburn? Thank you for reading and have a preptastic day! 

Your Faithful Prepster, 

May!!

Happy May Everyone! I am so sorry for not doing a post in forever. I hope to show you my April in my next post. One thing I can say is I finally (FINALLY!!) took my final Driver's Ed exam and passed today with a 91/100!!! I hope you all had a wonderful April and an even better May! That you for reading and have a preptastic day! 

Your Faithful Prepster, 

Lion or a Lamb?

Happy March! The one thing that I love about march is that it goes from really cold to warm(ish). It can be 70 or 40 degrees in March, and it is always so hard to tell what the weather will be like. Enjoy this Lilly Pulitzer March art! Thanks for reading and have a peripatetic day! 

Your Faithful Prepster, 

The Investment Handbag

Yes, yes. I am starting to think about what I want my first real "grown-up" purchase to be. I have decided that a really nice pursue will do for me. I don't mean a couple hundred dollars I mean me buying a thousand plus dollar hand bag. I have a few in mind, but your lives change and in five to ten years when I am ready to make this purchase I may decide something totally different. 

Louis Vuitton Speedy 40 

Louis Vuitton Neverfull GM 

Chanel Grand Shopping Tote XL

Yves Saint Laurent Classic Large Sac de Jour

I can't wait till the day that I have saved up enough money to buy one of these beautiful bags! I know that it will most likely last me a life time and it will be something that my kid always sees and thinks "I want one of those when I grow up!" That what what it was like for me. What was your first big splurge? What do you want your first big splurge to be? I would love to know what you think in the comments!!! Thank you for reading and have a peripatetic day! 

Your Faithful Prepster, 

Netflix

I finally gave in and got a Netflix account. Yes it has taken me this long to get a Netflix account, but boy was it worth it! I never realized how simple and it was. I have enjoyed the app that I can watch on iPhone when I am on the go. I love that you can get hundreds of movies and TV episodes for less then $10 a month.  Here are some of the movies/TV shows I have started or have watched.

Call the Midwife


Beauty & the Beast (TV Show)

The West Wing

Once Upon A Time

Friends

Since I have only had Netflix for three weeks, it has been a little over whelming on what to watch next. I was wondering if any of you all had any suggestions for what I should watch? Thank you for reading and have a preptastic day!

Your Faithful Prepster,

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Yes, I had never seen "Breakfast at Tiffany's" until a week ago, go ahead, sue me. I always thought that It was just one of those movies that was total overrated. But boy was it underrated by pop culture! I fell in love with in with in the first ten minutes! I had always admired Audrey Hepburn, she always looks posed and confident, and by watching this film, it only reaffirmed my admiration for her.

"Breakfast at Tiffany's" is such an iconic film that if anyone who even remotely likes fashion they have at least seen a picture of the famous little black dress by Givenchy. in the first ten minutes, you see how eternally classic Audrey Hepburn is, she can get dress in 5 minutes and still look amazing. Here are some of my favorite "Breakfast at Tiffany's" posters and images that I have found: 

This can only be one of the most iconic and recognizable scenes in cinematic history. 

I loved "Breakfast at Tiffany's" so much that I am had to go and get "Roman Holiday" which was Audrey Hepburn's real breakthrough role. I am most defiantly going to be buying more of Audrey's films and watch them during my snow days this winter! Breakfast at Tiffany's maybe my new favorite film.

What is your favorite film? Thank you for reading and have a preptastic day! 

Your Faithful Prepster,

The Total Prepster's Winter Playlist

I realized recently that I haven't done a playlist since the summer. I believe that I have remedied that with this post. I hope you enjoy, and have a prepstastic day! 

Your Faithful Prepster, 

Essie's "After School Boy Blazer"

I have been enteranly searching for a navy blue nail polish that is not to dark, but not to blue. I have finally found it in Essie's "After School Boy Blazer". First off, who doesn't love the name! Secondly, It matches almost every navy color I own. It is not too glittery, but not to matte. It is the best polish ever!  I love Essie nail polish, it is such great quality and really great color pigment! 

What is your favorite color of nail polish? Thank you for reading and have a preptastic day! 

Your Faithful Prepster, 

Hunter Rain Boots

I have issues when it comes to boots… My calves have been through way to much tennis and swimming in my life time, which means that my calves that are 15 1/2 inches around. The standard boot leg opening is 15 inches… And I would prefer to wear pants sometimes with boots, which is only reasonable. So now you see my conundrum. I have muscle-y legs (i.e. the need for extended calf boots). 

I would really like to buy a pair of nice rain boots since my feet have stopped growing, and I have been looking at Hunter Rain Boots. But I always have that fear that I will get them home and I won't be able to fit into them. I don't want to spend $150+ to buy boots that don't fit. Because I need larger calf boots that are 16 1/2 inches in circumference, here are my options from Hunter: 

Original Adjustable Gloss Wellington Boots

Huntress Wellington Boots

Huntress Gloss Wider Calf Rain Boots

All of the options I think (I hope) have 16 1/2 inch calfs. On the website it says that the Huntress boots are the ones made for wider calfs, but I don't know about the adjustable ones. Either way, I will have to go to the store and try them on. I just have to cross my fingers and hope that the local store near me cares extended calf or Huntress Hunter Rain boots. 

What do you think, are Hunter Rain Boots worth it? Thank you for reading and have a preptastic day! 

Your Faithful Prepster,