ROAD TRIP Y'ALL!

My mama's in town and we're taking a road trip y'all...over to Sarasota, Florida. Mama's sister lives there and I'm excited for mama to see her only surviving sibling. I'm also excited to visit with my cousins.

But first, we're starting the day with scones, jam, and a glass of Florida's Natural Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice...from the Lilly carton. To celebrate their 50th Anniversary Jubilee, Lilly Pulitzer teamed up with Florida's Natural to issue 1 million Lilly-fied juice cartons--a portion of each carton sold will go to BreastCancer.org.

A simple breakfast of scones, jam, and Lilly-fied grapefruit juice. The polka dot breakfast plates and linen napkins are from the Paula Deen collection.

I'll be using my weekend garment bag and carryall...the Elizabeth pattern--by Vera Bradley...monogrammed, of course.

My summer laptop bag is by Land's End, now y'all know it also has my monogram! I always laminate my business cards and tie them onto my bags with cute bows...just in case!
In case you don't know, one of my favorite bloggers, Nancy at SouthernLady-Nancy is having a "Shoe Show." Everything Nancy does is Very Stylish...Very Southern. In fact, I awarded her blog with "MISS JANICE'S FIVE SILVER SPOONS AWARD" awhile back. Stop over and visit her today.

I'm featuring shoes today that I'll be taking on my road trip and, of course, "What I'll be Wearing"...

The first pair of shoes are by Christian Dior. I first saw these sport shoes several years ago on the feet of a shoe-aholic celebrity in People magazine and just had to have a pair of my own. Christian Dior had one pair left in a size 7 1/2 B...in Hawaii! They flew them to Beverly Hills and I got in my car and drove from Palm Springs to pick 'em up. $375 for a pair of tennis shoes...I must have been out of my mind!So, I wear these shoes about once a year with this outfit. The pink linen comfy blouse is by Ralph Lauren and the white jeans are also by Ralph Lauren.
The pink cap says "BAD HAIR DAY." Of course, my ponytail will be adorned with a pink ribbon and I'll carry this white Christian Dior saddle bag.

The second pair of shoes are not quite as pricey as the first...they are these darling pink thong sandals by Lilly. I will carry this cute straw bag by Queen Bea Studio and my ponytail will be adorned with hot pink ribbon bow.

This is the outfit I will wear with the Lilly sandals. I love these overalls and the pink Lilly tee shirt. These overalls were hand-painted by Patricia Sofia of LaJolla, California. Ms. Sofia's gardens were featured several years ago in Better Homes & Garden Magazine. She was posing in her garden wearing these overalls and I just fell in love with them. They have such a happy look, don't you think?

Closeup shot of the hand-painted overalls...

The third pair of shoes I'll be taking are not pricey, but they are just my style. These cute little black and white flip flops have my monogram and are the perfect summer shoe to coordinate with this black and white monogrammed, toile tote bag. Here's that same "BAD HAIR DAY" cap, but in black with the black and white gingham ribbon bow for my pontail.

Yes, I love overalls...These little black linen capris overalls are from Fresh Produce and I'll be wearing a simple white tee shirt with them.

The fourth pair of shoes are just like the flip flops above...only they are pink and green. They totally fill my preppy needs, along with the Lilly Bermuda Bag in the coveted Shrimp Cocktail pattern, the totally hot green cap--monogrammed in pink, and the pink ribbon bow for my ponytail.
Very summery and very comfy white linen blouse and green linen capris from Chico's...Kind of plain on it's own, but with the above accessories...Definitely Preppy!

Do you ever pack a just-in-case outfit? Just-in-case you don't feel like wearing the other stuff you packed...Well, that's what this outfit is for! The shoes...Aqua blue flip flops by Ralph Lauren, with a yellow Lilly Pulitzer Bermuda Bag, an aqua blue Ralph Lauren cap, and a yellow gingham ribbon bow for my ponytail.

Yes, just in case we get a blizzard here in Florida, I'll need this yellow Ralph Lauren sweater to wear with these khaki shorts and white tee shirt...
So, I hope y'all have a wonderful weekend. I'm off to spend time with family--Making it Southern...Making it Memorable!