Olympics

The Olympics are easily the greatest showing of sports in the world, and that is clear and obvious this year in Sochi. In my humble opinion, I much prefer the Winter games to the Summer. It's all opinion though, if you like the Summer, you like the Summer. If you do, you have to admit the games in Sochi have been intense, and I mean intense. From the figure skating stars Gracie Gold and Yulia Lipnitskaya to the emotional skiing half pipe, you have to admit its been intense. There have been heartaches - both men and women's USA hockey team lost to Canada - to triumphs - the US sweeping the podium in men's freestyle skiing (Can you tell I'm a USA fan?). It all makes me want the 2018  Winter Olympics in South Korea to come even sooner. My personal favorite event is definitely the figure skating, its so graceful yet extremely difficult at the same time. I also love the half pipe competitions, Kelly Clark has to be my favorite. I do enjoy watching most sports, but one I will never understand is curling, I mean have you noticed how odd the scoring is? Maybe one day I will, but I do not see that day coming anytime soon. Anyways, I hope the Summer Olympics in Rio in two years will be just as intense as these have!

I just thought this would be a nice filler post for you all!

Until later,

xx Madison

What are your favorite events at the Olympics?

All About Me

If you read my blog, or thinking of doing so, you probably want to know that I am an actual person and not just a computer hahaha. Since I can't just write a paragraph about myself, I mean where does one start? I've decided it would be a lot easier to simply list 50 facts about myself.

Here we go!

1. I am terrified of spiders, even the tiniest ones.

2. Snakes too.

3. I've lived in three different places, Bermuda, New York, and currently New Jersey.

4. I am not Bermudian however, my parents moved there for work purposes before I was born.

5. I am in high school (It's 2014 now, so you might be reading this in the future and I may no longer be in high school!)

6. Spellcheck, for many, is my "frenemy."

7. Kinda obsessed with music, not gonna lie. I like all types!

8. I love reading in my free time, although I never get enough time to do so.

9. My favorite subjects in school are English and History.

10. I hate math with a passion.

11. The Summer and the beach are the best things to ever happen.

12. I used to figure skate and watching the Olympics now, I regret quitting.

13. My favorite sport is lacrosse.

14. I play tennis too.

15. I am so emotional, I will cry for literally any remotely sad reason.

16. I'm not sure if this is a good or bad thing.

17. Even though I love English, analytical and thesis papers are a nightmare for me.

18. I've only been really into makeup since the Summer (of 2013) and its been a steep downhill journey ever since.

19. I get very bad anxiety before going through security and boarding a plane. Its getting better though.

20. I overpack for long trips.
21. I underpack for short trips.
22. I'm not really sure how that works though.
23. I always manage to overdress somehow.
24. French is the most boring class for me, but it's not the worse. (Math is).
25. I'm slowly realizing I am horrible at making lists.
26. My favorite movie is Les Miserables and I recommend it 100%.
27. I love the scent vanilla, anything with that scent is an automatic favorite.
28. Blondies are better than brownies.
29. Slutty brownies beat all though. (Blondie, oreo, brownie layers of greatness).
30. My favorite Ben and Jerry's flavor is the Americone Dream and Half Baked.
31. Phish Food is ah-mazing too.
32. I laugh hysterically at things that may not be funny at all.
33. I desperately want to got to Greece. Preferably Santorini and Mykonos.
34. I get so annoyed when people snap their gum, it is easily my biggest pet peeve.
35. I have a puppy-well not really a puppy anymore-named Charlie! He is mini Golden Doodle.
36. I procrastinate. A lot.
37. I'm shy at first, but then I can be the loudest person when I get to know you.
38. My favorite shops are J.Crew, the Gap, and H&M.
39. Obviously I do love the higher end stores like Lilly Pulitzer, Kate Spade, and Ted Baker, but let's all face it together, they're a tad expensive.
40. I love art. Everything about it, museums like the MoMA, the history, everything.
41. I love to ski.
42. I really want to try snowboarding.
43. I have a best friend who I've known since I've lived in Bermuda, she live in NY now!
44. It has taken me two days to write this because as I said before, I procrastinate.
45. My favorite song at the moment is Pompeii by Bastille.
46. I'm listening to it right now!
47. Sleep. Is. Life.
48. I easily watch 10+ hours of Youtube a day.
49. I got the idea to begin this blog by Zoe (Zoella), Louise (Sprinkle of Glitter), Tanya (TanyaBurr), and Fleur (Fleur DeForce).
50. I am incredibly happy that I finished this!

Tell me about yourself in the comments! 

Until later!
xx, Madison.

Monogrammed Madness

Monograms have been around awhile, that's a given, jewelry, as stickers, on clothing, anything can be monogrammed. I did I bit of research online to see if I could get a downloadable (??) monogram. You would think on the whole world wide web there would have to be a website that could make them and alas! There is! Mark and Graham, although on the website you can also purchase various items, has a personal monogram maker. I made one (obviously) and they sent the monogram via email moments later. To make one, simply enter your initials, pick a design and color and voila! Your own monogram... On the computer.

My monogram. 

(It's also my profile picture but I thought you'd want to see a larger image)

Until later!

xx, Madison

*Please note that this is not endorsed at all, I simply found the website and thought you all should know about it!

Welcome!

Hello everyone! Today, February 19th, 2014, I have officially started what will hopefully be a fashion/beauty/lifestyle (A nice mixed salad one could say) blog. Ta da! It's here. The idea of starting a blog where I can pretty much share my life with anyone who is willing to read has been in my mind for quite sometime. I never got around to doing it earlier is because believe it or not, a lot can go in to making one! You have to pick out a name, theme, and maybe I was just scared. That sounds silly doesn't it? Maybe there was some embarrassment to it. I guess I just don't know what my family and friends would think and maybe I was scared of what they would think. I've decided that it shouldn't, and doesn't, matter what they think and here it is... The City's Prep. 

If you're confused, which you might be, I'm referring to New York City a.k.a the greatest city in the world. A world in its own as some may say. And if you haven't guessed already by my name, my fashion sense tends to go on the preppier side. *Disclaimer* I do tend to go out of that preppy zone of times so if you're not preppy, this won't be boring all the time, and if you are, don't get frazzled when I'm not in that what may be for you, the comfort of preppiness. (Is that a word??)

Now enough about my screen name and more about the girl behind the screen. (Me). Wow that made me sound self-centered. I'm not I promise! So I guess I'll start at the beginning. My name is Madison, easy enough. I was born in Bermuda, then moved to a temporary home in the Upper West Side until my parents found a nice little house in New Jersey. Although I live in NJ--which is a great state, don't believe the bad rep it gets--I believe I was born to live in the City. (Hence my name). I think I'm gonna do a full blog post on everything about me as if I try to stuff it all in here, it'll get quite lengthly.

Until then!

xx Madison.