burnin'

today i went down to visit shannon. 

i was so excited to see her, it had been a while & we had lots to catch up on. 

we had planned to go to the beach, but then decided just to go to a pool at her school so we could layout with hopes of achieving a perfect bronze. we were there for maybe 2 hours tops before we left.

we may not have achieved our bronze, but we did get the inevitable first summer burn. 

half my neck, chest, arms & thighs are all burnt to a lovely crisp. 

that's what you get when you mix 2 pale pale pale blonde girls with the sun for a total of 2 hours. 

i can only hope that this glorious burn turns into a tan. but i think i'm smart enough not to rely on it. there's my yearly lesson on the benefits of using a sunscreen!