What's On Your Charm Bracelet???

As most of you know, I'm a huge fan of Beth Dunn. Beth is the author of "Social Climbers", a fabulous book about the life of high fallutin' socialites! Beth has a beautiful family, countless preppy friends, and of course a fabulous social life. She also has a darlin' blog SocialClimbers123.

In her "WASP Wednesday" post last week she featured her very own charm bracelet. Miss Beth's gold charm bracelet...

Here's Miss Beth relaxing outside during a recent posh trip to Beverly Hills.
If you have not read her book "Social Climbers" get it now!!! You can find it at Amazon.


Miss Beth, while I'm certainly no high-fallutin' socialite, I also love charm bracelets!!!

Here's Miss Janice's silver charm bracelet...
~a charm from every state where I lived--Georgia, Mississippi, California, and Florida
~a charm from school--Richmond Academy
~another school charm--Westside High
~a megaphone charm--from my cheer-chicky days
~a heart charm--from husband engraved with our marriage date
~an eiffel tower charm--from Paris
~a streetcar charm--from San Francisco
~a cute running shoe charm--a gift on completion of an important race
~praying hands charm--'cuz prayer keeps me focused!

Of course, Miss Janice simply must have a gold charm bracelet as well...
~charms with my daddy's service pins
~Norwegian Cruise Line charm--from my days at NCL
~Carnival Cruise Line charm--from my days at Carnival
~my mama's first engagement ring
~a charm of the clubhouse at the Augusta National Golf Course
~a megaphone--from my cheer-chicky days
~a "Palm Springs" charm--from my California days
~a horse--love the horse tracks y'all!
~a church and a cross

My BFF Teresa Jane has the most fabulous charm bracelet ever!!! Her sweet mama Miss Ruby left it to her when she passed away. Miss Ruby collected all these charms in Europe when the family lived abroad. Here's Miss Teresa Jane's charm bracelet...
~precious little Dutch shoes
~the Vatican charm
~the Coliseum charm
~a ferris wheel charm
~a gondola charm
~a cuckoo clock charm
~a windmill and many other charms from various places
What a appropriate gift for young lady!!! She can collect charms and her family and friends can continue to add charms to the bracelet for any event throughout her life.

I'm so glad that charm bracelets are still fashionable. I think a darlin' charm bracelet is a perfect adornment for any girl to wear...at any age!

Thank you for visiting with me. So, do you have a charm bracelet? Play along and show us "What's on your Charm Bracelet"!

Congratulations to My Giveaway Winner!!!!

Congratulations to All-American Preppy at the Monogrammed Nest. You are the winner of the book "Social Climbers," by Beth Dunn. Please e-mail me at Miss Janice {at} Miss Janice {dot} com and provide me your contact information so that I can give it to Beth. She will autograph the book and get it out to you.

Thanks to everyone for entering and thanks to Beth for graciously offering her book for this giveaway! Please don't forget that the book is available for purchase on Amazon or at Beth's website here. Also, don't forget to check out Beth's blog ; it's sooo cute!

A "Social Climbers" Giveaway

I know...Tickled Pink and Green already hosted this giveaway! Well, I didn't win, so I got the book from the author anyway:) Then I realized that 60 people had entered Tickled Pink's giveaway, so there are maybe about 58 of y'all still wanting this book!

Beth Dunn wrote Social Climbers and I have to say that I loved reading this book. I certainly can't give away my copy, 'cuz it's got all my little notes and my underlined reminders of stuff I want and things I better start doing! This is such a cute book about how to climb the Main Line. Beth Dunn takes you inside the world of Main Line society...how the ladies dress, where they shop, their fave cocktails, beauty treatments/supplies, even how they socialize. Although Miss Janice will never be an "It Girl," it's fun to read about their lifestyles, don't y'all think? Now, after reading the book, I realized that I do have some "social climbing tendancies,"...

~I love "W"
~I only use clear lights at Christmas
~My BMW is on the "acceptable vehicle list"
~I tend to think that the world revolves around me...at least I'm being honest!
~I monogram everything
~I name my homes
~I always Rsvp
~I'd love to meet Lee Radziwill
~I always was a "DLG"-Daddy's Little Girl
~I shop at Pierre Deux
~I buy all the "it" magazines

However, I'm apparently out of the loop on a lot of social climbing must do's and never do's:

~Social Climbers only drink Chardonnay and would never drink red wine in public...Oh dear, I'm in bad trouble with this one!
~I'm totally embarrassed to say that I've never heard of Essie nail polish...But, I catch on real quick and it's on my list! After reading the book, I now know the proper nail fashion etiquette!
~I'm still calling "Neiman Marcus," "Neiman Marcus"...who knew?
~I have definitely violated the sunglasses etiquette rule!
~I wear jeans...oh no, I am a loser!
~Finally, I never knew how "out of the fashion loop" I was...I have never heard of Miss Trish of Capri sandals...I know about them now and I want some!

Beth has graciously offered to provide the book for this giveaway...she will autograph it and send the book directly to the lucky winner. Here's the rules y'all:

~For one entry, leave a comment on this post.
~For two entries, make sure you are a follower of my blog.
~For three entries, post about this giveaway on your blog.
~For four entries, make sure you are a follower of Beth's blog.

The deadline to leave comments and enter is Sunday, April 26, 2009 at midnight, E.S.T. The winner will be announced on Monday, April 27, 2009.

If you don't win, don't fret...you can order the book at Beth's website here. Or, if you prefer, it's available on Amazon . Don't forget to visit Beth's blogsite as well.

I'm off to enjoy Beth's "signature drink"...The Pink Lilly. Here's the recipe y'all:

1 - 1/2 cups white rum
2 cups pineapple juice
2 cups grapefruit juice
1 cup chilled club soda
A splash of grenadine to make it pink
A mint sprig

Pour in a wine goblet and rim with pink sugar...yes ma'am, I feel very "chic" drinking this Pink Lilly! {Beth, I even used your wine goblet of choice, by Reidel}.

Note to Beth: Your humor is soooo infectious...I'm now referring to my husband as simply "husband." It's just perfect for me and husband! Yes, I love it!

Thank y'all for dropping by and good luck!