How To Save Face at Your High School Reunion

Crash course

What - reunion time already? Throw these face-saving supplies in your suitcase and gear up for the big day in no time flat.

IF YOU MEANT TO: Crash-diet to fit into the Hervé Léger dress you bought two sizes too small . . .

PACK: Three pairs of Spanx.

IF YOU MEANT TO: Get over your social anxiety . . .

PACK: A flask of Glenlivet and a Zoloft chaser.

IF YOU MEANT TO: Take a trip to brag about . . .

PACK: An album of your coworker's vacation photos you printed out off of Flickr.

IF YOU MEANT TO: Have work done around the eyes . . .

PACK: Scissors and cut bangs.

IF YOU MEANT TO: Lock down a promotion . . .

PACK: Business cards with the title "Head Consultant of M.E., Inc."

IF YOU MEANT TO:Volunteer . . .

PACK: A necklace your "tribe" gave you (bought at TenThousandVillages.com).

IF YOU MEANT TO: Get the tattoo above your ass removed . . .

PACK: A Sharpie and stencil to turn "I LOVE Bill" into '''I LOVE Bill Me Later options."

IF YOU MEANT TO: Start a family . . .

PACK: Your older sister's toddler.