doodledee

My lips are all chapped. I hate that.

I've had to resort to using chapstick, which I normally don't like doing for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, I think it addictive. My sister was - and maybe still is? - addicted to chapstick. She used to practically eat the stuff. It was crazy.

Are you addicted? Are you sure?

A friend of mine back in college claimed that her boyfriend had done a bunch of research and discovered blistex was the only non-addictive lip product on the market. I'm not familiar with the details of how the study was carried out, so I'll just assume it involved a lot of poor undergrads who didn't feel like eating stale popcorn. In any event, I bought into it and blistex is my preferred lip remedy type product. And by that I mean that I'll use whatever is around, but given the choice, I prefer blistex.

Ok, other than the addictive side effects, the thing that bothers me most about chapstick is that I'm always losing it. I don't care if I buy the 10-pack, I can never find one when I need it. And it's not like I'm accidentally throwing them away or anything because under normal-to-soft lip conditions I find lip stuff all over the house.

This time around I dug through a couple of drawers and eventually found a tube that I bought at Vail a few years back. I remember it like it was yesterday. After one day of skiing, my lips got super chapped. That kind of chapped where it even hurts to breathe through your mouth. And seeing as shooshing down a hill at 30 miles an hour involves a lot more wind/lip interaction than breathing, I was in for a world of hurt.

After about 2 minutes, I caved and went into the chalet and bought a tube of chapstick. It was like $4.50. I had no choice. I had to pay.

I remember wigging out on the kid who was manning the little sundry shop about how $4.50 for a tube of chapstick seemed a little excessive, even for Vail. I also remember him saying 'sorry' and actually looking like he meant it.

Then I told him to 'put it on my bill'.

Then he asked me to leave.