MegaGirl's Beach Guide

Top 3.5 Things to Take to the Beach

1. Water-repellent book
2. Flip-flops with a thick sole
3. 2 bottles of sunscreen
3.5 A decent bathing suit

These are just my hints…other people may say other things.

For the book, you can bring whatever you want but it’s probably best to take a paperback, one with a thicker cover. A hardcover is fine if it’s yours (you definitely don’t want a library book!) and you don’t mind getting sand deep in the pages - because you will, for sure. But it’s heavy and if you have to lug it across sand, you won’t be happy. I’m bringing the paperbacks of the last 2 Potters.

As for the flip-flops, the reason you want a thick sole is that a) you don’t know what you’ll be stepping on and b) that sand is hot! Thin soles that might look cute and curve around your feet won’t hold up against the hot sun and dirty cigarette butts.

You need 2 types of sunscreen: one for face and one for body. This should be a no-brainer but you’d be surprised how many people don’t know this. The face one is thinner so it doesn’t clog your pores and give you zits. And the body one is waterproof so you can sweat or go in the water and not worry.

Let’s define “decent” bathing suit. It can be a bikini or a tankini or a one piece or whatever so long as it doesn’t creep up in places it shouldn’t. Know what I mean? You want it to cover the parts that should be covered - I mean, really should be covered. And if you don’t know whether you’re covered enough, try pretending to lay on your blanket and then turn over. If the bottom part of your suit sticks and gets caught up and you have to dig it out (know what I mean?), you’re not covered enough.

So…guess where I’m going? :)

See you in a couple weeks...