Monday Manners: Bless the Suthunuhs! Graphic Image 50% Off Sale! GroopDealz Bib Necklace!

I hope y’all had a wonderful weekend!  We decided yesterday to re-paint our downstairs bathroom, kitchen nook and den.  I seriously just finished it, and LOVE the color!  We chose Misty Surf, it’s a beautiful gray-blue by Behr.

Here it is in a child’s nursery (not mine).

Isn’t it pretty?

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I know I can’t say enough about Baublebar, but another great site, GroopDealz, has the bib necklaces on sale now for only $19.99, for a limited time!  I have a feeling they’re going to sell out fast, so get them before they’re gone!  Check out their wide variety of colors…

Hmmmm, what color do I need to add to my collection?  What about you??

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Southerners know their summer weather report:
Humidity
Humidity
Humidity
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Southerners know their vacation spots:
The beach
The rivuh
The crick
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Southerners know everybody’s first name:
Honey
Darlin’
Shugah
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Southerners know the movies that speak to their hearts:
Fried Green Tomatoes
Driving Miss Daisy
Steel Magnolias
Gone With The Wind
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Southerners know their religions:
Bapdiss
Methdiss
Football
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Southerners know their cities dripping with Southern charm:
Chawl’stn
S’vanah
Foat Wuth
N’awlins
Addlanna
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Southerners know their elegant gentlemen:
Men in uniform
Men in tuxedos
Rhett Butler
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Southern girls know their prime real estate:
The Mall
The Country Club
The Beauty Salon
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Southern girls know the 3 deadly sins:
Having bad hair and nails
Having bad manners
Cooking bad food
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Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit, and that you don’t “HAVE” them,
you “PITCH” them.
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Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc., make up “a mess.”
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Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of “yonder.”
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Only a Southerner knows exactly how long “directly” is, as in: “Going to town, be back directly.”
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Even Southern babies know that “Gimme some sugar” is not a request for the white, granular, sweet substance that sits in a pretty little bowl in the middle of the table.
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All Southerners know exactly when “by and by” is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well.
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Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best gesture of solace for a neighbor who’s got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl of cold potato salad. If the neighbor’s trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large banana puddin’!
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Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference between “right near” and “a right far piece.” They also know that”just down the road” can be 1 mile or 20.
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Only a Southerner both knows and understands the difference between a redneck, a good ol’ boy, and po’ white trash.
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No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn.
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A Southerner knows that “fixin” can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb.
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Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines, … and when we’re “in line,”… we talk to everybody!
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Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they’re related, even if only by marriage.
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Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them.
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Every Southerner knows that tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast food; that scrambled eggs just ain’t right without Tabasco , and that fried green tomatoes are not a breakfast food.
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When you hear someone say, “Well, I caught myself lookin’,” you know you are in the presence of a genuine Southerner!
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Only true Southerners say “sweet tea” and “sweet milk.” Sweet tea indicates the need for sugar and lots of it — we do not like our tea unsweetened. “Sweet milk” means you don’t want buttermilk.
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And a true Southerner knows you don’t scream obscenities at little old ladies who drive 30 MPH on the freeway. You just say,”Bless her sweet little heart”… and go your own way.
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To those of you who are still a little embarrassed by your Southernness: Take two tent revivals and a dose of sausage gravy and call me in the morning. Bless your little heart!
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And to those of you who are still having a hard time understanding all this Southern stuff….bless your hearts, I hear they’re fixin’ to have classes on Southernness as a second language!
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Southern girls know men may come and go, but friends are fah-evah !
There ain’t no magazine named “Northern Living” for good reason. There ain’t nobody interested in livin’ up north, nobody would buy the magazine!
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Y’all know how much I enjoy my Gigi All-In-One Bag!  Posted about it HERE.  Well, today, and TODAY only, Graphic Image is having their Christmas in July Sale.  Everything is 50% Off!  While many Gigi pieces are not available in the sale, they’ve still got a ton of great pieces, like these…

And if you’re still wanting the Gigi All-in-One Bag or another Gigi piece that’s not included in the sale, click HERE to enter to win a free bag.  They’re giving away a bag a week this month.  Also, if you join Gigi’s email list, you get 20% off your first purchase.  Just enter: LAUNCH at check-out.