Summer Playlist

Pools around the nation are opening this weekend, so why not have a little music to listen to at the pool!  Here is my summer playlist

Have a prepstastic Memorial Day weekend! 

Your Faithful Prepster, 

mSv 

Perfect Totes for Summer!

Summer is fast approaching and I am starting to look for summer totes that I can take from the pool to brunch. So here are some classics and some not so classics:

The L.L. Bean Boat and Tote 

I did a post about the Boat and Tote last summer. I use mine all the time!!! My family had two of the Extra-large ones for the pool. I have a Large size one in red and I am looking to get a large size one is blue also. They are so versatile and sturdy that my parents still have some that they bought before I was born. They are great at the beach, the pool and for summer travel. They hold a lot and aren't that balky. I do recommend getting the longer straps if you are going to carry it as a purse or tote bag. 

Longchamp Le Pliage

I carry my Longchamp EVERYWHERE!! I took it to Italy and I carry it everyday to school. It is big enough for a laptop, big enough for a beach towel, and it can fold up for travel, what more could you ask for. I did a post about my Longchamp late last year.

Downing Tote in English Saddle

I just love J.Crew! I have said it a thousand times, and I will say it a million more. This bag is great for travel and the beach. It is also classic and timeless which is always great so you can use it for multiple seasons and years. 

Vineyard Vine's Classic Tote

Anything Vineyard Vines = Anything preppy. Simple arithmitic. The VV tote is smaller than most, but can hold a lot of stuff. beach towel maybe not, but everything else for the beach, definitely   

Tory Burch York Buckel Tote in Luggage

More on the expensive side, but still a classic. I would not take this to the beach, but as a travel tote definitely.  

Cedar Street Medium Harmony in bluebell

Another more expensive bag, but also a classic. This would hold a laptop and would be easy to travel with. Great for summer shopping so that you could hold all your purchases. 

I hope that everyone is as excited about summer as I am! What is your go to summer tote? Thank you for reading and have a preptastic day!! 

Your Faithful Prepster,
mSv

The Annual Cleaning of the Desks!!!

I know I said that I was going to do my part two of quotes, but I will so that Monday. So I thought since I will be going back to school on the 26th I would clean of my desk that is in my room. My parents bought me my desk about three or four years ago and I love it! When I cleaned my desk I took everything off of it and actually cleaned it, like with cleaner.

So this was while I was in the process of cleaning everything off my desk. 

This was when everything was off my desk and I say the entire desk for the first time since i got it. 

I cleaned my desk!!! With cleaning product!!! 

So this is all the stuff that came off my desk!! That was off of my desk. 

Voila! Look at that clean desk!! So I will break down the what is on my desk that is essential to doing my best work!!!

So this is the top right corner of my desk. I have a music box that my Moma's friend got me in Italy, my piggy back. My frog prince Lamp, next to that is my Turtle box full of sharpies, and some sticky-notes! 

From right to left. My Shoe Day of the Year Calendar thing (I love the shoes!), my pot of pens, my tape dispenser and my stapler. 

So in the top left quadrant of my desk we have my jewelry tree, and my jewelry box. Both I got for Christmas two years ago! 

So in the Middle we have, (from right to left) my remote for my iHome/alarm clock, my iPhone, my MacBook Pro, and my Lilly Agenda! 

We also have my drawer-o-stuff!!! We have some tape, extra staples, rubber-bands, scissors, post-it notes big and small, white out and USB's, and off course some Baby Lips!!

Thank you for reading and the Part two of my favorite quotes will be up Monday!

Your Faithful Prepster,
mSv

New Mac Software and It's Frustrating Download

So the reason I didn't post yesterday was because I was trying to download OS X Mountain Lion on my Mac. I bought my 15" MacBook Pro in late 2011, so it is almost two years old. I thought i twas about time I updated the Software, since I am starting off a new school year and all.

The software was $19.99 on the App Store, which is better then having to by another $1,000 + computer. I love my Mac and I highly recommend Apple Products, but the one thing is once you go Mac, you can't go back!!!

So I started the download at around 2:00 pm yesterday afternoon. I closed my computer, I didn't shut it down, I just closed it, because you can do that with Mac's. I opened my laptop this morning at around 9:45 or 10:00 and it just finished downloading and installing at 2:00. 

So this is to anyone who is looking or pondering downloading OS X Mountain Lion, get i, but you have to be patience while downloading it. To everyone else who is looking at buying a new laptop and don't want to get a mac because they are to expensive, my Moma got a new laptop two or three weeks ago, she got a Dell 15" Inspiron, it had Windows 8 and she loves it! 

I have only had this software for like an hour so I don't know everything about it yet, but I know Apple, so I know I will like it. 

I have no clue what kind of blog post I am going to do tomorrow, but I will do something!! Thank you for reading and have a great day! 

Your Faithful Prepster.
mSv

I'm Back!!!

I had a fabulous time at Disney World, I am already counting down the days until I can go back. Here are some pictures from my trip!!!! 

The Magic Kingdom! 

Beauty and the Beast is my favorite Disney movie, and Belle is my favorite Disney Princess! 

Me reliving the four years that I was Belle for Holloween! 

I think that I was the beauty in this picture!!! Hopefully I will one day find my Prince Charming! 

My Moma and I in front of the Beasts Castle!! 

My outfit one day, a Talbots shirt and J.Crew 4" Chico shorts, who says that you can't be stylish! 

Went incognito with a sombrero. 

I meet some Princesses!! 

Creeped on a kid who was in front of me in line and had a Guy Harvey shirt on. 

Saw the Golf Ball at Epcot!!! 

I had a lot of fun just riding rides and spending time with my family before I have to go back to school. So what fun things has everyone else been doing this summer? Share your fun summer trips in the comments!! Thank you for reading! 

Your Faithful Prepster, 

mSv 

My Favorite Bloggers: Part 3

Well, we have come to the end of this three part segment, for the week at least. I will probably do this again when I find some new bloggers that I really like. But here is a blogger who I found just last week that I think is really cool and good and more people should read it! 

PreppyOHgirl

So PreppyOHgirl I actually found on Instagram and them started following and reading her blog. She is like me, she started blogging this summer and she in high school, and plays tennis. So I really like her and her posts. This summer she actually went to London and had the opportunity to watch matches live at Wimbledon!

Thank you so much for reading and i hope you will also like all of the bloggers who I read and enjoy! I am coming back Sunday, so look for my Disney world post on Monday or Tuesday!

Your Faithful Prepster,
mSv 

New Lilly Dress = Love!

So Rue La La had a boutique last week that had some Lilly Pulitzer dresses in it, and i just happened to find this dress in my size.

Don't you love it!!! So Adorable and it has pockets!! So Lilly Pulizter doesn't sell this dress any more, but the dress is a Blossom Dress in Resort White, I found one on eBay so... but this is the best part. Sorry the dress is wrinkled, I just got it in the mail, but before I actually wear it out I will get it dry cleaned. 

Originally, $288.00 ... 

I got it on Rue La La for $49.90!!! 

Yes, how could I pass that up, a $238 savings!! Thank you so much for reading and I hope you go on to Rue La La and see how awesome it is!!! See you soon! 

Your Faithful Prepster, 

mSv 

My Favorite Bloggers: Part 2

As promised on Monday, here is part 2 of My Favorite Bloggers! Hope you enjoy!

Bowties & Boatshoes

What can I say about Bowties & Boatshoes... Well, they maybe the only boy-run prep blog. They alway have great posts for boys that can sometimes be carried over to girls styles. This is the blog that gave me the idea to get my Daddy a bow tie for his birthday in March.

Classy Girls Wear Pearls

Classy Girls Wear Pearls is run by the girlfriend of Kiel James Patrick who makes the supper cute bow tie bracelets, Sarah Vickers. She always has supper cute posts and her Instagram posts are so fun! I also like the name!!!

So on Friday I will post part 3 of My Favorite Bloggers segments. Thank you for reading and see you tomorrow!!!

Your Faithful Prepster, 

mSv 

New Shoes!!!

A while ago College Prep had a post about this shoe company called Loly in the Sky. I looked at what shoes they had and I found these supper cute loafers that have lobsters on the toe!! They are so cute!! 

Adali are $39.99

They have "L"s on the side of the heals too!!!! 

The shoes are may be cute, but the presentation was also cute!! Something that my Moma has always taught me that the how you present your self to people is the most important thing, because your outfit or clothes show a lot about you and your personality. The ways that these shoes were presented in such a creative and modern way I was supper impressed about how they were presented and of the box in general. 

Another thing that you can tell Loly in the Sky is proud of is that all of their shoes are made in Mexico. Personaly, if something can't be made here in America, have it be made in somewhere besides China. Some people would be out raged because the box dosen't say "Made in the U.S.A." but I think anything is better then "Made in China." 

Thank you for reading and see you tomorrow! 

Your Faithful Prepster, 

mSv 

My Favorite Bloggers: Part 1

I have decided to make a new segment thing about my favorite bloggers. And since I am in Disney this week, I will be having a three part segment of two of my favorite bloggers on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Hope you enjoy part 1 of 3!

I started this blog 2 months ago because I was inspired by the blogs and bloggers who I already knew and read. Here are my favorite bloggers some who I found before I started The Total Prepster and some that I have found because of The Total Prepster.

The College Prepster

The College Prepster is one of my absolute favorite blogs to read. I always look forward to looking and see what Carly has posted today and what it is about. She and Summer Wind are the two people who made me want to start blogging. they inspired me to just do it and post what I like and what i think my readers will like. They are defiantly my Blogger role models.

Summer Wind

Summer Wind my not post the largest post, but they are always things that i am interested in and can see what i like from her recommendations. She is the reason that I never use my name, only mSv and I don't really tell y'all anything to personal, like what city I live in or what high school I got to, she always signs her posts "sCe." Like I said, Summer Wind and College Prep inspired me to start this blog and start to blog about all things preppy! She is one of my internet role models.

I hope you enjoyed and thank you for reading! Wednesday you will see two more of my favorite bloggers! See you tomorrow!

Your Faithful Prepster,
mSv

J. Crew's Midsummer Sale!!!

So until August 4th J. Crew and J. Crew Factory are both having their Midsummer Sale. The Midsummer Sale means 40% off final sale items. I took advantage of their sale and bought some back to school clothes.

Shirts:

Vintage Cotton Tank

Linen V-neck Pocket Tee  $14.99

Shorts:

So I bought 3 pairs of 4" Chico Shorts! Originally, $29.99 but with the 40% off they were only $17.99 a pair!!! 

You know how much I love my Chino's!!! 

Neon Peach 

Soft Mint

Sorry my lighting sucks, but these are red and the color is called Chili. 

 Sleeping Shorts (a.k.a boys boxers):

Sorry, no link, they must have sold out! :( $7.79 

But they have Anchors on them!!!! 

And I can't find these either... but they were $7.79 

But they have tennis rackets on them!!!! 

I got 3 pairs of shorts, 2 shirts, and 2 pairs of boxers all for a little over $100!!!! I love you J.Crew!!! And your Midsummer Sale!!!! 

Thank you for reading and make sure that you head over to a J.Crew store or J.Crew.com to take advantage of their Midsummer Sale!!!! See you tomorrow! 

Your Faithful Prepster, 

mSv