It's no news that it pretty much feels like living on the surface of Mars for much of us this summer (take that, those who thought Al Gore was exaggerating!) I have never been so thankful for air conditioning in my life, especially following a recent outage that made me wonder how in the world anyone kept their sanity without it. But, if you have to do without, or just want to try to keep cool on the eco-friendly and frugal side, what do you do? Here are some of my favorites:
1) Tons and tons of water, jazzed up with lime, mint, fruit pieces, splashes of juice
2) Powder - unscented baby or your favorite fragrance, Bumble and Bumble Hair Powder gives a pretty good lift to your 'do as well.
3) Hide in movie theater or head to generally avoided shopping mall with iPod and good book to read in the food court.
4) Run ice cold water over your wrists at your pulse point, or dab said area with ice cube. Oooh!
5) Put away the black clothes for a bit, as painful and challenging as this may be to your style.
6) Put your sheets in a plastic bag and toss them in the freezer for a couple hours before bed. Works especially well with cotton.
7) Live like professional heat-beaters of extreme climates: get up super-early, do everything outside before 9, stay hidden indoors with blinds drawn until after 5.
What are you doing to Cool It Now?
1 comment:
Hiding inside and wearing white!
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