Party hearty, then survive into new year

WASHINGTON POST
With a little preparation you, too, can live the lush life this New Year's Eve and simply pick up the pieces the next day. Assemble morning-after supplies today to speed your recovery from all those disco balls landing on your frontal lobe tomorrow.
Speed past the traditional cure-alls -- as if coffee has really ever gotten you through -- and head straight for a cache of comforts. Wouldn't it all have been worth it just to lounge with a cashmere-covered hot water bottle under your neck?
Because you'll be feeling a bit pickled, you'll want to break open Korres Party Survival Kit, complete with reviving skin-care lotions and potions as well as antibacterial lemon chewing gum to rid you of the aftertaste from the aftertaste.
And whether the crowd trampled your toes or you spent the night on the dance floor, you can stick your soles in Oscar+Dehn's energizing foot wraps to massage your bruised feet. We can't promise they will do the same for your pride, though.
Which leads us to the moment when you vow never to drink again. Erica Weiner, a Brooklyn-based designer, proffers a sterling silver necklace modeled after a 19th-century pendant that reads: I promise not to drink alcoholic beverages for the purpose of intoxication.
Well, if you can't quite keep that resolution, there's no reason to chuck them all. Grab "Do It Later! A 2007 Planner (or Non-Planner) for the Creative Procrastinator" and at least you'll have a place to scribble the shopping list: Jan. 1 -- Get more Gatorade.