Accepting My Age with a Big Straw Hat
Well that's it. It's finally time. I have to start wearing a hat on the beach. I noticed this on a trip to Puerto Rico over the winter when, even with SPF45 slathered on, I still got burned. (OK. Fine. I may have forgotten to reapply after going in the water, I admit.) This whole head-covering situation kind of makes me feel sad, like my days of frolicking freely on the beach are over (though, let's face it, it was never like I was going to win awards for my Ultimate Frisbee/Hacky Sack/horse-shoes skills). To counteract this sadness, I am going to buy a big, beautiful, glamorous straw hat that will make me a different, not older, kind of lady on the beach. Instead of my former crunchy self, I will be a movie star lady. I will wear lipstick and a dramatic, plunging one-piece and enormous sunglasses. Is it wrong that I'm so lazy that I just want to buy this glam, transformative hat on eBay? What if the seller says it's new? What if, before I wear it, I spray it with Febreeze?
I think this is a kick-ass beach style.
Coupled with a flirty, skirted, poka-dot bathing suit, (some kind of mix of 50's, 60's and 70's), big fun sunglasses...I totally love it.