X-Rated

For those of you aiding and abetting the stocking stuffing santa, a word of caution. ‘Tis the season of chapped lips and so it’s quite natural to want to pick up some chapstick for the cause – plus it’s cheap and sweet and this way your kids will stop eating, I mean, using yours. For those of you with little boys who adore pirates, the aforepictured chapstick may be calling your name from the shelf… do NOT, I repeat do NOT entertain any notions of purchasing said item. It stinks. Literally. St. Nicholas found and stuffed these little guys into the boys’ wooden shoes. The first day they were in use, I went around smelling my armpits all day – certain I must really smell horrible. I smelled my kids clothes, hair, bodies and the scent lingered on their faces… their lips to be exact (and Little E’s forehead where he insisted his “scrapes” were chapped and needed some chapstick too). Catching a whiff of this “tropical” scent is far from paradise… Mr. Man is known to gag if he gets too close to it. The best description of the smell is a teenage boy’s horrible body odor. Or maybe a pirate. Maybe that’s what they’re going for. Well, it’s up to you, but here’s my warning: if you think x marks the spot … you may end up walking the plank.