It’s the best weekend of the entire year. It’s the weekend where the Gators become Dawg Food and the partying never subsides. Here are the tips and tricks to making sure you don’t forget the random things you need for the weekend.

Have water bottles in your condo

This is KEY. Each person should bring at least a six pack of water bottles. It’s extremely hot outside (see # 4: sunscreen) and you don’t want to get dehydrated. You won’t want to fill your Camel Back with water from the faucet when you can easily drink an ice cold, purified bottle of water while hung-over.

Have microwaveable food in your condo

I’m not talkin’ popcorn. I’m talkin’ straight up dinosaur chicken nuggets and pizza. I don’t know about you but I don’t remember the last time I came back from a long night and wanted a light snack. Frat Beach is no exception. Your squad will want an endless supply of pizza and few places actually deliver in St. Simons Island.

Get individually bagged snacks

It’s disgusting having a communal bag of chips that everyone dips their glittery, sandy, dirty hands into. Having small bags makes everyone feel responsible for their food. This makes clean-up a whole lot easier when there aren’t cool-ranch Doritos in the bed sheets. You might laugh, but that actually happens.

Bring sunscreen

I know, I sound like a mom. The sun is blazing in St. Simon’s and it’s so easy to look like a lobster at the end of it. This will make Saturday’s game so miserable. Wear sunscreen and you won’t also have to pack aloe.

Wear cheap sunglasses

You are on a beach that is packed with people, it’s inevitable that your sunglasses are gonna get smashed around if you’re wearing them on your head or clipped on your shirt. Buy a fun, cheap pair and you won’t have any regrets. Because no good story ever started with “so I lost my Ray-Bans”.

Wear Croakies

In order to prevent your glasses from being on the floor, invest in a pair of Croakies. They are literally a dollar. These will allow your cheap sunglasses (see above) to hang from your neck.

Bring speakers

How are you gonna celebrate in the condo if you don’t have speakers? You need to bring a pair of nice speakers---bring the charger too, that would suck if they died.

Bring shower shoes

I don’t know, just bring them. People do weird stuff when they’re drunk.

Stuff your fanny pack

Fanny Pack essentials: Gum, Chapstick, band-aids, a small individually bagged snack (see #3), a plastic bag (for your phone so you don’t drop it in sand or the water) and Advil.

Towels

Have everyone bring at least one towel. No condo ever has enough towels for everyone and plus you need to account for the spillage around the apartment.

Paper Towels

This is essential to trying to keep the floors and counters from feeling like a sticky fraternity house.

Chasers x4

Bring four times the amount because stuff spills (see above). Also, bring orange juice—it makes drinking in the mornings way more fun!

Clorox wipes

If you like it clean, these will save your life.

Power strips

8 girls or 8 guys trying to charge their beloved iPhones at once: impossible. Bring power strips so there is no fighting over the single outlet. Plus, if your phone dies, no one can play the pump up pre-game playlist that you made on Spotify.

Ice

I write this so that your drinks can be cold, and I pray that no one will use this for an injury but it’s good to have in the condo just in case someone does something stupid.

Garbage bags

You’ll thank me later. The place will be a mess regardless, but a lot less of a mess if you have garbage bags scattered around.

Buy Rice

Every year someone gets their phone wet. Buy rice so you can absorb that water right up if you don’t use it you can make dinner one night back in Athens, but if you need it, it will save your life. RT to save a life.

Glitter

Channel your inner Ke$ha. If you don’t look like it’s Bid Day again, you’re doing something wrong. You need to be covered head to toe in glitter. Bonus points for temporary tats.

Crazy outfit for Friday

The wilder, the better. Dress to impress. I’ll personally kick you off the beach if you’re wearing one of those drawn on bikini shirts—not even creative at all.

And of course pack your DAWGS jersey, pins and your game-day ticket---see ya later gators… you’re going down. SIC ‘EM.