Note to self: Drink more water

It's funny that I, of all people, have to refocus on drinking my water. I don't want to brag, but I'm kind of a rockstar water drinker. In a typical day, it is not unusual for me to drink 300 ounces of water. Really. I am not making that up. I drink a lot of water. I have a hard time relating to people who do not drink much water or have a general distaste of water.

But the other day when I was putting out my empty 5 gallon dispenser bottles for Deer Park Water to pick up, I noticed that I had a lot fewer bottles than I usually do. I had only been out of town for one weekend so I must have been drinking less. Quite the deductive reasoner am I! And I also know that I have not substituted anything for the water. I NEVER drink soda or juice or alcohol. I really only drink water and one cup of coffee a day. That's it.

That same day, I had an eyebrow waxing appointment with Francois the Fabulous (She really does an amazing job with eyebrow waxing. She's like an eyebrow artist.) Francois holds nothing back but she says it all with a very chic French accent so that somehow makes it okay. As she was waxing away, she uttered, "Your skin is soooo dry." I truly hoped this did not imply that I was leaving the salon with waxing scars. I jumped in front of the mirror as soon as I could afterwards and no scars, whew!

Now I do not know if I necessarily believe that how much water you drink is directly related to how dry/not dry your skin is. I have always had a hard time reconciling that logic; I don't know why. But for the time being, I am going to take my dry skin to be the direct result of my diminished water consumption.

So I am going to work on drinking more water. I honestly think that I drink the requisite amount of water that a person should. (What is it now? Eight 8-oz glasses or something?) But normal for my overhydrated body is not normal for most people.

I even have very cute new SIGG water bottle to use . Everyone was coming into Whole Foods to buy them so I had to find out what the big deal was! The SIGG bottles have gotten a lot of press lately as an eco-friendly alternative to plastic bottles and the company generally seems to be very environmentally aware. Which I love. What I love about the bottle though is that if I leave water in the bottle overnight, it does not take on that weird, plasticky taste (hard to describe the taste but I think you know exactly what I am talking about.)

In the spirit of the upcoming cherry blossom/tourist insanity season, I selected the SIGG bottle with the cherry blossom print:

I bought mine at Whole Foods but I think you can also purchase them off of the SIGG website. The prices vary but plan to spend around $20.