We’ve been there. We’ve done that.

But for the freshmen out there who haven’t succumbed to the infamous morning walk home holding your heels in one hand and your dignity in another, here are a few tips for the next time you decide to strut your stuff.

1. The next time you decide to wear 6 inch heels out to Mad Ave madavenue.com, put a pair of flip flops in your purse for the morning after. Your walk home will look more genuine and will be a lot less embarrassing

2. Call your friends (if you still have any) to come pick you up with a pair of shoes and a box of Kleenex. You never know when there will be in case of emergency tears or a desperate need for the removal of makeup on the way home

3. If you are REALLY dressed up from the night before, pretend that you are going to a Chancellor’s meeting. No one will question you, because really, who would be able to make something like that up?

4. Pretend you have the flu. That way looking like shit is totally excusable. And when they ask about what you’re wearing, say you have been too sick to do laundry.

5. State street = Danger Zone. It’s an absolute must to take side streets.

6. Loving the shameful mistake you made last night? Too bad…don’t you dare wear any article of clothing with his last name on it. One word, one syllable: whore. Or you might hear 5 words 6 syllables from another girl: I have that in yellow. Ouch

7. Go to the KK for breakfast and stay there all night. That way when your friends show up, you’ll already be dressed and wasted

8. Remember the JT song, “What goes around, goes around, goes around, comes all the way back around.” Getting too familiar with the walk of shame may mean someone is singing this about you

9. If you really look like shit, and I mean REALLY…Scanner Dan needs a girlfriend. Stand next to him for a few hours, no one will probably ever notice

10. Sleep at your place.

Though you shouldn’t make the walk a regular part of your agenda, here are a few tips to make the walk that’s painful, a little less shameful...