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This post could also be entitled, How I Plan On Surviving the 90-Degree Humidity of Philadelphia's Summer: Overusing the Community Pool. Also, in this post I presumptuously assume that you have access to some body of water: kiddie pool in your neighbor's back yard, lake, community pool, ocean, bathtub, etc. If somewhere you made a wrong turn in life and don't have access to such a place, come visit me and I will hook you up.
Here's what you need:
1. Enormous water bottle because who likes getting up from a poolside lounge chair to refill your water bottle for the 7th time. No one does. Get one that holds a lot (like my industrial-strength Nalgene*
2.Rainbows*
3. Not-greasy sunscreen. (That's not a brand. Don't look it up.) I've been using Target's no-name brand kind, and it's a total game-changer. Now I don't look like I rubbed a stick of butter on my face when heading outside. (Because I used to, when I used to apply that extra thick, water-resistant SPF 900 that only the sweaty professional outdoor badminton players need to wear.)
4. Victoria's Secret bathing suit, because they last nearly as long as those Rainbows flip-flops. And VS does make some modest suits, if push-up bikinis aren't your thing. ;)
5. Beach bag*
Bonus! Cheap sunglasses. Why would you buy fancy name-brand sunglasses, because--let's be real--how many times have you dropped sunglasses, lost them, or had a reckless 7-year-old at the pool accidentally stomp on them while he ran from a girl who was trying to give him the cheese touch? (Thank you, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, for introducing the cheese touch to children everywhere).
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What would you bring to the pool? What are your summer essentials? Want to try and talk me into buying Chacos? ;)
Do we follow each other on Instagram? I want to see all your summer adventures!
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