Mob Boss

Preppy 101 and JDB were gracious enough to include me in The Preppy Mafia and I tell you what, I am just giddy about it. It involves a frog holding a wine glass and a fair amount of pink and green which in my opinion constitutes quite a bit of fabulousness.

Now for the mafioso secrets...
1. Who is your style icon?
Well...Jennifer Aniston. She always looks cute and sexy. Almost never preppy though. I don't really worry about that. I try to always look cute, hope Mr. Lipstick thinks I look sexy, and I add pink and green.

2. What is your favorite socialite lit book?
I have never read one. I do love Class: A Guide through the American Status System by Paul Fussell. Originally published in 1983, much of the minutiae is outdated. There are still countless little intriguing insights like, "The worst thing is being neat when, socially, you're supposed to be sloppy, or clean when you're supposed to be filthy" (pg 58) or "If you feel no need to explicate your allusions or in anyway explain what you mean, you are probably talking with someone in your [social] class." (pg 18). Truly interesting reading. Just to dispel the myth that I sit around and read very lofty things all the time, I stumbled upon this on Amazon one day. Another interesting read is Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There by David Brooks. More perusing on Amazon.

3. Favorite party theme?
More of a holiday than a theme...Halloween. I like to look scary.

4. Go-to Halloween costume?
Something scary. Last year I was a devil (gasp!) and since it was FUN, I think it is my new go-to costume.

5. Extravagance you cannot live without?
heh heh...oh, you mean...hmmmm....shopping. That would be shopping.

6. Living person you admire?
Nonna and Mommy and Daddy Lipstick

7. Greatest fear?
I wrote about it here.

8. Trait you deplore in yourself?
Really? Awww...come on, almost not fair. I could write for a long time. I have no sense of time. AT ALL. I have clocks everywhere. Still late. I worry too much about stuff. I forget stuff and I drop stuff too. I spill things too. Moving on.

9. Which talent would you most like to have?
To sing. Mr. Lipstick has the single most beautiful, resonant, lilting, versatile, and poignant voice I have ever heard. I would like to sing along in real life.

10. Greatest achievement?
Lipstick, Pharm.D. 2002

Pssst...join the mob...
Tres Poshe Preppy (the first blog I ever read)
The Preppy Princess
Privilege
Legally Pink and Green
Pink and Green in the Pacific Northwest
Preppy Cricket
The Life of a Suburban Princess
Tickled Pink and Green
The Tale of a Southern Belle

I have a sneaking suspicion that some of y'all are in da pink mob, so this mention is really a bit of hero worship. I enjoy your pink and green immensely. Cheers!