Let me guess - you're at home right now, getting ready to head out to the beach/lake/swimming pool for some Memorial Day festivities, and you're freaking out about having to put on a bathing suit, aren't you?

I have red hair, freckles and pale skin, which means I live like a vampire - inside during daylight hours, blinds closed. The odds of finding me in a bikini are about the same as finding Lindsay Lohan sober.

But if there was the slightest chance I was going anywhere today that would require anything less than long denim jeans, I'd be out of my mind right about now. The only thing that might help? Seeing this picture of Victoria's Secret model Karolina Kurkova sporting some short shorts and the distinct ripple of cellulite on her thighs. She's not as bad as Sharon Stone or Britney Spears, but it's there.

So there you go. Go ahead and have that second hot dog this afternoon, and proudly wear that bikini all over Millerton Lake. Happy Memorial Day!