It’s slated to be an unheard of 75 to 80 degrees this weekend in San Diego. It’s slated to be an unheard of 75 to 80 degrees this weekend in San Diego. Yeah, just thought you might want to read that again to remind yourself that we at BCU kiiiiind of live in the best city in the nation. It’s mid-December, and although our mornings and nights are a bit on the chilly side (58 degrees HOW DARE YOU), our afternoons on the weekends have been just straight up glorious. And although you may be suffering through some less-than-desirable conditions (43 in Salt Lake City, 19 in Green Bay), we’d like to help you solve your winter blues (actually fall blues, it’s not even winter yet so it’s actually probably going to get way worse, sorry dude) with a few tips on how to make this weekend the best “Summer in December” ever. Here are BCU’s three things you HAVE to do this weekend.

1) Get a spray tan

One of the main reasons this season is so depressing is because everyone is pasty and unattractive. Watching the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show I realized that all of them had a sexy, summer-like glow despite the fact that this was filmed smack-dab in the middle of fall. And of course, said models were NOT about to destroy their precious skin cells with UV rays, so we’re sure they had some military grade airbrush tanner highlighting their every curve with faux-tan products to give them that sun-kissed July glow. Because this time of year few people are taking their clothes off, many spray tan spots are offering awesome deals just to get people through the doors. And sure, people will notice that you went from snowman to desert angel in 10 minutes, but they will also be taken aback at how hot you look so who gives a youknowwhat. Just make sure you keep your color preference to a “I-snowboard-naked” natural tan and not “frozen-orange-juice-man” dark tan.

2) Have a summer movie marathon and drink summer drinks

My favorite is Forgetting Sarah Marshall. The gorgeous views of the Hawaiian beach, scantily clad Mila Kunis and Kristin Bell… they are all the ingredients to remind you that summer is, honestly, not that far away. Make the movie even better by forgoing the wintery warm drinks and blending up something fruity like a strawberry margarita or a delicious mojito. Then sit back and relax and imagine yourself on the very beaches that Jason Segel is awkwardly prancing around on. Other good picks: Couples Retreat, 50 First Dates, The Beach, Into the Blue, any of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

3) Just come to San Diego already!

Look, I don’t mean to toot my own horn here, but there is a reason I’ve never lived anywhere except San Diego and it definitely doesn’t have anything to do with my crippling need to be near my mother. IT DOESN’T OKAY. It has to do with the cool people, the eclectic culture, the incredibly varied landscape (city, desert, coast, mountains all within driving distance), and of course, the weather! Sure, I may have been a whiny little b*tch this summer because we never got to the hot temperatures we’re used to, but it’s times like these that I am reminded how much I enjoy living in a Mediterranean type of climate. So HEY! YOU! Come to San Diego and party with the BCU staff. We’d love to have you. (If it’s too far away, Miami, Florida, and Corpus Christi, Texas have very similar warmth right now, but those cites are pretty much barf compared to here).