Sometimes when I’m trying to relax, I visualize laying on the beach in the warm sand. I imagine the sun beating down on me and waves crashing onto the shore. Growing up on the west coast, the beach became my “happy place”. I went to college at a school that was a five minute drive to the beach. My roommates and I would go lay on the beach in-between classes, or we would (attempt) to study while soaking in the sun. If I could be anywhere, it would probably be on the beach.
After living on the east cost for the past few years, my hair has become darker than it has ever been, and my skin has become lighter than it has ever been. It’s great living somehwere where there are four seasons, but I miss being able to just go to the beach (without rocks or freezing water). I also miss that nice golden tan I used to have… year round. A tradition of mine, before I moved east, was to lay out and tan on the first day of winter every year. Without fail, the weather was always perfect.
I know I mentioned in my previous post that the weather has been gorgeous here, well it definitely has been. This past weekend I got a nice little tan from laying out at a day concert, but I’m not as tan as I’d like to be [especially if I want to wear my new light pink bathing suit when I go to CA (coming up very quickly)]. And let’s just say, even though it’s 90 degrees on the T, I’m not getting any darker. Can I just say, THANK GOODNESS I’m an Independent Beauty Consultant for Mary Kay because I had the perfect fix sitting on my shelf. Mary Kay Subtle Tanning Lotion. I figured, why not? If I don’t like it I can just send it back. It’s amazing! It doesn’t have that nasty smell like most self tanners do and it doesn’t turn your skin orange (or at least not mine). Here’s a picture of it, although the bottle doesn’t look like this anymore (I have to use “Company approved images” and they haven’t updated the photo to the new bottle).
Anywho, I’m hoping that when the time comes for me to hop on that plane (ughhh… I don’t even want to think about THAT part of the trip), I’ll be toned, tan, fit, and ready for some California lovin’ and some Snoop Doggy Doggin’ (whatever that means…)!!!
I know I briefly mentioned having a happy place. Everyone has their own, what’s yours?
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