So I was driving to work and thinking about how much I love the South. I mean really we are just awesome. And then I started to think about music...and you know what I noticed? I'll tell you, I noticed that songs about beautiful/awesome girls are always talking about Southern girls. OK, so there is also a song about California girls, but hey I'm still not convinced they aren't their own country. But that's a topic for another day.
Anyways, so yeah the South rocks.
With the finding of my Southern pride today I thought I'd publish some of my favorite Southern belle quotes. These are sayings only true belles understand. And of course I'm going to reflect on each quote, I mean duh.
"Southerns don't just drink iced tea, they practically inhale it. They see no reason not to drink it when snow is on the ground. It's equally as appropriate in the middle of a heat wave. " -from a Southern Belle Primer
Regarding this quote...Can I get an "I heard that," from yall?
I love tea. Although I'd argue that belles from Arkansas prefer sweet peach tea...I bet the Georgia belles would agree too. Well, at least that's what my Southern belle of a grandmother would always make...I blame tea drinking on my dislike for the taste of plain water.
"Big hair always been a fashion statement in the South. Teasing has not gone out of style. Hairspray sells are awesome. To a southern girl, getting her first can of hairspray is far more important than getting her first bra."- from a Southern Belle Primer
Just walk around the tailgating on football game day at the University of Arkansas and you can see the truth in this quote with your own eyes.
"What is considered trash or quality in the South has nothing to do with money. Some of the best families around haven't had money for generations. The emphasis is on breeding and manners. No amount of money can make you quality if you don't act like quality. For instance, good Southern belles don't place much importance on paying $400 to buy a pocketbook that's got some Italian designer's initials all over it. In the South, grandmother's monogrammed napkin rings are much more important than Gucci's monogrammed luggage. To think otherwise is just tacky. And around here, nothing is more tacky than being tacky." - from a Southern Belle Primer
"No amount of money can make you quality, if you don't act like quality..." love that.
"Ask Southerns what the most popular religions are in the South and they are quick to tell you--Baptist, Methodist, and football." - from a Southern Belle Primer
I am Methodist. My dad's side of the family is baptist. Most of my friends are one of the 2 except for the Texans....most of them are Catholic.
We here in the South are all guilty of counting down till the first fall football game of the season. We belles are always on the look out for game day attire and we always dress as if we are going out to a party to games. Of course, here in the South every social event is a party to us belles. We are social creatures and jump at the chance for an excuse to tease our hair, put make up on, and well....participate in various social activities (you know what I mean) while keeping it classy of course.
For you Razorback fans it is 85 days till the first football game of the season.
One last quote.
"The belle is a breed that has endured for generation after generation. That's what she's best at -- enduring and surviving." -Maryln Schwartz
True belles tend to have families that have lived here in the South for years. Most of us belles have mothers, grandmothers, and great-grandmothers that are belles as well.
True Southern Belles are a unique breed of woman. We are strong. We are taught how to survive on our own. But we are also the modern day princess and expect to be treated as such. We are a sucker for chivalry, but we always keep our wits about us. To be able to claim the title is a privilege that is taken on with great responsibility. "To think otherwise is just tacky. And around here, nothing is more tacky than being tacky."
Hope you enjoined this one!
Now, off to change the world.
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