When I go to a store like Walmart, Target, or the grocery, my purchases reveal how superficial and childish my life is. Most of my items are body products and you can tell I rarely cook. I'm still like a little kid who has money for the first time. Bags of candy and straight up shopping in the kids toy section is not uncommon. Today I bought: gallon fat free milk (for cereal, one of the few things I eat at my house) 3 cans tuna pound fresh cherries coconut & oat flour shave cream coconut milk shampoo and conditioner brazilian nut lotion nail polish remover small spray bottle (to be filled w/ cold water for cooling down while laying poolside) 8-pack LipSmacker lip balm (cotton candy, tropical punch, vanilla, watermelon, strawberry, kiwi, wild raspberry, mango) You know, life's essentials. I'm addicted to lip balm/chapstick/lip gloss. I have to have them placed strategically about the house so one is nearby at all times. But it has been a while since I've used LipSmacker. I opened the packaging and was trying to decide which flavor was the best. Each one.was like a whiff of elementary school in a 0.14 oz. tube. Strawberry smells like the Lind Arena rollerskating rink. Kiwi smells like field trips to the zoo and swimming in Melody Lake. Cotton Candy is slumber parties in my basement. The floor covered in sleeping bags. Not camping sleeping bags. But those tiny ones covered in Disney characters and Ninja Turtles and Barbies. The ones made specifically for sleepovers. Tropical punch is pink jelly sandals and red plaid jumpers. Watermelon smells like kickball at St. Nicholas Catholic School. I've missed you, LipSmacker and I didn't even know it. Let's never be apart again. You smell like a set of two fake gold necklaces from Claire's. Each side one half of a broken heart. Put them together and they spell Best Friends Forever. You and me, LipSmacker. You and me. But seriously, through my addiction I fancy myself something of a lip balm connoisseur and nostalgia aside, this stuff smells nice, and has great texture. Not at all sticky. But also not too liquidy and fairly long-lasting. I endorse. | 
