I’m soooo psyched right now to be going away to a friend’s cottage in Upstate New York for the Labor Day Weekend. As I was frantically packing this morning and running late for work in turn, these are the following things I just couldn’t leave the house without. They are the “must have with you”s while away at the country house, chilling with a bunch of young people and drinking coors lights and swimming in the lake all weekend:

• Sunscreen
• Shades
• Manicure-Pedicure (get it beforehand of course)
• 2 pairs of bikinis / bathing suits
• A deck of playing cards – for low key tired evenings, or drinking games
• A fashion magazine or two, or a light and “fluffy” summer novel like Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger
• A huge beach towel
• Lotsa cash for Coors Lights and Bud Lights

Things to leave behind:

• Your laptop
• Your E-Leash (aka BlackBerry)

Enjoy your long weekend ladies! xoxo!

- 20somethingirl