My Shower Survival Guide

As someone that grew up sharing a bathroom with a sister, I am no stranger to having to live with other girls. However, being a Junior in college now, I wish that I would have known exactly what to bring to college for this very area of space known as...

The Communal Bathroommmmmmmmm (room, room, room.)

(All jokes aside, communal bathrooms aren't really all that bad, as long as you know what to bring and what you'll actually end up using.)

So, as someone with infinite amounts of wisdom (sarcasm), I now bestow upon you my Shower Survival Guide:

Bring "shower shoes"

• Flip-flops, crocs, anything that can get wet will do, but these are really important because you really don't want your feet to be touching the floor in communal showers for hygienic reasons.

Bring the things you actually use at home

• But not necessarily the copious amounts of goo that you think you use but actually haven't used since bell-bottoms were in style.

Bring a shower caddie

• Trust me, nothing is worse than going to the shower and holding all of your goos while also holding your clothes, a towel, a comb, and well, whatever else you'll end up carrying.

Bring a cheap, netted laundry bag 

• While this may sound strange, it's actually really useful to put your dirty clothes in if you feel uncomfortable walking to your bathroom in a towel, but it's also really useful to put your clean clothes in, if you feel more comfortable getting dressed in the bathroom than your room. It also helps that you can hang it up by the drawstring, so your stuff will stay dry while you shower, instead of being on the floor or the soon-to-be-soaked changing seat.

Bring water-safe Bluetooth speakers

• If you're like me and like to jam out in the shower at home, usually with an Iphone being placed on the counter, college will be a time where you will inevitably kill your device if you don't listen to this point. Communal showers are REALLY steamy because of the amount of people taking hot showers at once. Don't let your phone be the next one to die, invest in speakers so you can leave your phone in your room, but keep your speakers in the shower. 

Bring your own personal cleaning supplies

• If you're not the biggest fan of germs, other girls' hair, and all things uncleanly, and prefer to shower at night, you may want to invest in a pair of rubber gloves and some Scrubbing Bubbles. Most of the time, communal showers are cleaned in the morning (before most of us are even awake), and left unclean on Sunday's. So, if you're the type to shower at night, take five minutes to scrub it yourself and you can guarantee that your shower will be clean!

So, that's all for now. Think I missed something? Leave me a comment!