My good friend, Shellie Tomlinson is the author of Suck Your Stomach In and Put Some Color On:  What Southern Mamas Tell Their Daughters That Ya’ll Should Know, Too.  Now, those of you who know me are very aware (as soon as I start talking) that I am a Girl Raised In The South (GRITS for short).  So, the only reason that my mama is not getting this book for Mothers Day is that she already got it for Christmas… 

So, if your mama does not have this book yet, there is still time to be her favorite this Mother’s Day.  And because Shellie is such a sweet thing, she has sweetened the pot (or for those of you who know Shellie, stirred it).  Here, in her own words, is her special offer for Mother’s Day.  But, act fast and don’t forget to fill in the box so she can personalize it for you…much better than a Hallmark card!   

Here is exactly what Miss Shellie had to say about her offer…

“Because I love my southern mama and I love give-a-ways, I’m launching a special just in time for Mother’s Day! It’s this simple, folks. Everyone who orders a copy of Suck Your Stomach In and Put Some Color On” this Mother’s Day will have their name placed in a drawing to win an All Things Southern Gift Basket to be drawn on Mother’s Day, May 10th! The basket will include an audio book version of Lessons Learned on Bull Run Road”, a copy of Southern Comfort, an ATS apron, and TWO All Things Southern t-shirts– your choice, black, white, green or brown, available in medium, large, and extra-large! Keep your whole basket, or divide it with your mama. I’m staying out of that!”

Remember to fill in the inscription box if you want a personalized autograph!

Click here for the Mothers Day Special from Author from Shellie Tomlinson and All Things Southern. 

Want to hear more about the book and read my all time favorite excerpt from the book?  Click here. 

GlamourByLBD Note:  This past summer, I strolled into Barnes and Noble to find something new to read.  Being the transplanted Southern Belle that I am, “Suck Your Stomach In and Put Some Color On” caught my eye.  I picked it up and did not put it back down until I finished reading it, less than a day later!  I enjoyed it so much that I emailed the author, Shellie Rushing Tomlinson and we are now cyber pals half a country away.  The thing about the book that makes it so funny and heartwarming at the same time is that the author is the gen-you-ine real deal.  She shares her life, her faith and her recipes in much the way you would share with a close friend in the south…with a cup of coffee or sweet tea and a piece of fresh peach pie! 

Since GlamourByLBD is a fashion site, I thought it appropriate to share Shellie’s Mama’s advice on wearing jeans.  Just make sure you swallow your sweet tea before you start reading or it is liable to come squirting out of some orifice when you burst out laughing! 

Excerpt from “Suck Your Stomach In and Put Some Color On” by Shellie Rushing Tomlinson.

 Just for the fun of it, please take a moment to imagine how fond my dear Mama is of today’s pants-around-the-knees look. Alas, very few people have their pants up around their waist the way Mama and the Good Lord intended. The poor woman is still reeling from an article I read to her from one of the ladies’ magazines. In this fine piece of journalism, it said high fashion experts were now saying that area back there, and I’m trying to do this as delicately as possible, that line where the Good Lord split ‘us- it was being declared “the new cleavage”!

Lord, have mercy. Hand me the smelling salts, Scarlett. If my Mama had caught my sisters and me wearing those barely-there britches she would’ve given us a few quick wedgies before taking us to the bedroom for a heart to heart.  By the way, it’s bad enough to see young girls in those super low riders but I’ve seen my share of grown women who were old enough to know better showing their back door cleavage and someone should really tell ‘em it hardly looks “new.”

Click here to order one for yourself and one for every southern wannabe on your list! 

I talked Shelley into moving her discussion board over to a Ning site so we could all join in the 2008 way!  You know, social networking!  You just must click here to join us on the porch! 

Shelley’s gone big time!  Click here to find her radio show, her weekly newsletter, her blog and how to have her call in to your book club!   Or just shoot her an email or tweet!  You’ll hear right back!