You know you're a proud greek when....
 

You know you're a proud greek when....

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I'll start. On my computer, MS Word auto completes the phrase, 'Lambda Chi Alpha' and the word 'fraternity'.

Word wont even auto complete my name. lol.

So what do you do that shows you're a proud greek? Lots of 'nalia? Kids have the future ABC shirts? Painted your house in your orgs colors? what?

You know, a house is one thing that would look good in our colors.....

Oh, let's see. Jewelry, decorated cubicle, car sticker, pictures, etc. Probably too numerous to remember everything.

your house could be a shrine to Lambda Chi Alpha, with all the Coat of Arms and other LCA related material in it.

Also, you exhaust your bank account buying LCA related shirts, etc etc off of EBay. LOL

Your bathroom is done in Dolphins. Complete with a framed picture of dolphins your little took at the beach and added letters to.

And you stop outside the airport in Punta Cana to take pictures because the stepping stones are Deltas. (immagration was none to happy with me!)

The cursor on your computer is your sorority crest.

I think it's cometcursor.com. There's a section called society and culture and under that, there is a section of Greek Sororities and also Greek Fraternities.

....you have your letters put onto a triathlon suit. (hehe, i was bored!)

....you have at least one set of letters on at any given time (lavalier, bag, shirt, flip flops...)

.... you sign every card you write (to a sister or not!) with your motto (to thine own self be true...)

When you've completely taken over your living room with all the things you've gotten from your big, your lils, your pledge mom, and other sisters. The only personal items my roommate has in the living room are a picture frame and a candle. I have: a paddle, a banner, a bulletin board, two paintings/drawings, two composites, my bid, two flutes, three shot glasses, one snifter, five photo frames, two photo albums, five candle holders, a vase, and a decorative mirror. I feel kinda bad for my roommate.

When everthing is going wrong and you think of that organization and your day is bright again.

When you're still this involved 21 years after your Initiation...

When you have two squirrel collections.. one indoors and one outdoors

When you have a family room that is red, buff and green

When you have a personalized license plate that says AGDEE :cool:

You know you're a proud Phi Sigma Sigma...
 

When the wallpaper on your computer at work is the Phi Sigma Sigma crest.

When your cubicle at work is decorated with Phi Sig items.

When your parents buy you a ton of Phi Sigma Sigma items as Christmas presents even though you are an alumnae.

You see Sandy the Squirrel on Spongebob Squarepants and hope shes representing AGD professionally... And I didnt even go to college with AGD's at my school...

Thanks, llifesaver. Unfortunately, I watch Bob so infrequently and never get to see Sandy. When I see Bob stuff in the store, Sandy's never there!!

Dee...we are soo much alike and I've been out longer, lol. My license plate says AGDSQL:D The guest bedroom has white chair rail molding...separating yellow and red (the red was left over from the previous owner, loll).

When hubby goes on a trip and brings you squirrel stuff.

When you check out clothes and your pocketbook migrates towards combos of red, yellow and/or green. :D

OMG, all of the stuff I need to get hung on the walls when I find space!:)

Alum Pyramid with C and C on the top of the PC Screen, LXA mouse pad, Brick with plaque on roll top, Dagger on PC desk withLXA engraved on it, Large Coat of Arms haginging in living room, smaller Painted By a Brother on the family room wall along with old TKN and LXA Coat of Arm, Alum of the decade award on top of the Big screen in family room, Pappy Boyington Plane Bank on bookcase full of Bairds and other LXA Books.

Wear Ball Caps with letters on the weekend!

Oh wow, a LXA Nerd who has been doing it 40 Years.:)

I have been waiting to see a Tri-Delta say something like this! I received a catalog that shows a "flush lever" (or whatever you call the lever that causes the commode to flush) in the form of a dophin! It's here!

OMG, that is almost to wrong!!!!!!!!!!!;)

*Picks jaw up off floor* I'm just wondering, what are the odds that the person who came up with the idea *IS* a Tri-Delt?

Hey, you'd be amazed at the siamese cat stuff I've found and wondered ... "is this person TD?"

Siamese cat, eh? That's cool :) What's the significance of that? I'm just wondering.

The siamese cat was chosen as our mascot for it's beauty, intelligence, poise and loyalty. :)

Awesome :) I bet all the girls in your chapter exemplify all those qualities as well :)

You know you're a proud Greek-

*When you wear letters sometimes EVERY day of the week.

*You can only think of maybe 3 items you DON'T have from the largest local Greek store in your area.

*You have become addicted to bidding on things related to your sorority on e-bay.

*You see sailboats on Lake Erie over the weekend and smile to yourself b/c they remind you of Sigma.

*You went to breakfast and lunch with your Leadership Consultant on her visit because you enjoyed talking to her so much and really want her job.

*You recommend to every girl you know that's starting college that she consider sororities as a way to get involved, meet people, contribute to the community, and be in something that has opportunities far beyond the college years.

*When one of your close friends goes through rush and joins a chapter, your show your Panhellenic spirit by buying her some sorority items with a congratulations card. (I did this for my close friend an Kappa Phi sister when she joined Delta Zeta a month after I joined Sigma)

*You are genuinely happy when ANY of your friends joins a sorority-even if it's not yours.
:)

When you hear that your cousins have pledged a sorority you don't have on your campus but search all over town "just in case" there might be something with their letters on it. (They're DZs and I ended up getting them pink and green turtles I found at some random store! Might not be letters, but still I was happy! :))

...when you have roses from your preference party, new member night, and initiation all hanging in your room 2 or more years later...

...you saw it as a sign that you belonged that your favorite flower was the flower of the sorority you wanted...

...you prepare for rush like men prepare for a super bowl party... months in advance.

-You're the only person on your street without a chemical lawn care service, because they want to get rid of your beloved violets! Silly people!!

-Your "focal" garden is diamond shaped.

-You have a set of china just for teas in a violet pattern.

-You have a big, brass lion door knocker.

-Your kitchen has a huge pot of violets that everyone comments on.

-You've made a "mane" for your mother's dog. He wears it resignedly.

-You already know how you're going to redecorate your one bathroom, and have the diamond accessories waiting to be used.

-(I know I've said this one before) You have a box in the basement that, when anyone touches it, you yell, "PUT THAT DOWN, NOW!!!"

hahaha....honeychile that's awesome.

Try working in a fabric store... I bought so many swatches of cool fabric for "letters" but as an alumna, you don't make them as often.

Lucky me that our symbol is the palm tree. So I've found the following: a bedspread, a doormat, towels, a shower curtain, numerous pictures, placemats, etc with palm trees. (And bright colors and flowers and stuff, which I don't mind much either.)

When you try to convince your bf to buy you that $2500 Tiffany's necklace with your symbol on it... not just because it's Tiffany's.

When you've been an alumna for a few years but still want to dance in Greek Sing and the like... even though it's against the rules. So you figure out which current sister you look most like and see if you can "borrow" her ID to check in.

You research current websites to see how you can transfer those ideas to make it work for you own chapter's.

I was in my strawberry bed yesterday pulling out violets (sorry but they had to come out), and thinking of ADPi sisters...."wow, if their sisterhood is as strong as the roots on these plants :) they are doing it right".

I have a brass lion door knocker too :) :) :)

Viva Macon Magnolias!

Your fleur de lis collection is spread through every room of your house and includes:

*Trivets
*Cannisters
*Bookends
*Decorative soaps
*Plates, pitchers, juice glasses, toothpick holders, and china snack plates
*Bracelets, brooches, pendants, earrings, and rings
*Hanger hooks
*Throw pillows
*Finials on several window sills
*Sun catchers
*Bathroom accessories including the curtain rod and light fixture
*Stamping all over the bathroom walls for a wallpaper effect
*Enough Christmas ornaments for the whole tree
*Yard stakes in iris beds that are planted in every sunny spot in your yard.

And you saw it as "a sign" to buy the house because the ugly '70's blue and blue bathroom had an owl robe hook on the back of the door.

That IS a sign!

When you get a green "Support the Troops" bracelet and wear it with your yellow LiveSTRONG bracelet because they are your sorority colors.

(And yes, I DO support both!! But I'm not going to wear more than two of those bracelets at a time!!)

PsychTau

...I buy anything and everything with lovely purple iris. (Vases, Paintings from Kirklands, ceramic flowers)
...My computer at work has a DPhiE desktop, and two DPhiE desktop items. One of which is the one I got from the banners on one of these threads.
...I have a lot of stuff from Ebay and can actually buy lavaliers through pay pal for everyone I like.

~ when you buy things just because they have either violets or sail boats on them!
~ you wear your letters frequently, and the same people ask what EEE means, and you have to go through the same story that they are Sigmas and not E's
~ you get so bored in classes you write your letters in the margins of your pages instead of taking notes
~ on every monthly bank statement, the only checks you write are those to your fraternity/sorority
~ your mom buys you a purple christmas tree to put up because it is Sigma purple HAHA
~ A complete stranger sees you wearing letters and stops you in the grocery store and talks to you for an hour about how his mom was a Sigma back in the 50s and how she helped build your sorority house in the 60s
~ you are at the fraternity houses so much that they tell you politely in their greek sing that you owe them rent HAHA

- when you are skipping your night class to attend Harmony Night for Greek Week (because sisters> modern art history).

- When the number of shirts with letters on them exceeds the number of shirts without.

- When your clothes really only come in two color combos...blue and white and red and black. (That way you have black for dressy events, white for initiation...and everything in between)

- When half the clothing in your closet doesn't REALLY belong to you, but rather is an amalgam of other sister's clothing.

- When the banner on your phone says "w00t w00 Tau Delta!"

When you get your crest tattooed on your leg

When your crest also appears on top of your toilet seat

pillow/quilt yea my beds covered in blue and white.

I have another one: when you and your sisters mention your affiliation any time you're interviewed by the school newspaper or the local newspaper in the hopes that your sorority's name will make the paper.

Example: Two of my sisters had to be evacuated from their apartment because of a gas leak. A photographer from the local paper snapped a picture of them being escorted across the street by a fireman. When the reporter went to get their names and permission for the picture to be used, they tried to get the reporter to write the caption as "Emily ___ and Camilla ____ of Sigma Omicron Pi are seen being escorted out of....." but unfortunately the reporter only wrote "Emily ____ and Camilla ____ are seen being escorted out of....."

When you have friends over and they see your lambs and paddles and say "THAT IS A LOT OF LAMBS AND PADDLES " (only have 5 btw, one was made for a gift but I never saw them to give it to them so I still have it lol).

Have you ever seen a catalog called Ballard Designs? (www.ballarddesigns.com) I love a good 98% of their products, and every time I get one, I swear that a Kappa is the Ballard!! There are more fleur de lis, irises, etc in there, it's amazing!!

I'd heard of Ballard Designs, but had never seen their website or catalogue. Thanks for the link, Honey! What great stuff they have!

Now here's something that I don't yet own. I think I need one. Doesn't everyone need a boot tray with fleur de lis trim?

http://images.ballarddesigns.com/ima...343FLE-H-D.jpg