NO LIPSTICK!!!!!!!!

I left the house today to finish my Christmas shopping in a town called Shawnee about an hour from me. Dennis and I were so looking forward to another day out together.
We went through our usual routine before leaving. I had to take my medicine and make sure that Moses had his cooked rice and Dennis had to make sure that Zeke (the schnauzer) was fed and had his "time" outside before we left.

I took Mom her medicine and fixed breakfast for her and dad (hot cream of wheat) and got them settled into their day.
Made sure that the money was under the cookie jar for the gal that cleans for us on Monday and Thursday and started a load of laundry for Mom.

Hurried back over to the house took a shower, dried my hair , dressed in something comfortable with comfortable shoes slapped on a bit of make up , lined my lips and applied my lipstick. A look in the mirror and a pair of earrings to match my mood , travel cups for the hot cappuccino that we would indulge in on the way out of town, and out the door we went.

Cappuccino in hand, seat belts , cell phone, sun glasses and we are headed west for a day of shopping and just being together. HALF way there I began to frantically search for my lipstick. You do not understand, when I wear nothing at all I wear lipstick. Hahahahahahah

First thing in the morning after I have brushed my teeth, lipstick and even in the evening after I have washed my face and applied my wrinkle cream (does that give you wrinkles) I put on LIPSTICK.

I just cannot help it, I am a lipstick person and always have been. Red lipstick is my very very favorite but I have to be dressed to the nine's to wear that. Most of the time it is very pale mocha or very light beige. BUT I have lipstick in my pocket and lipstick in my purse and lipstick by my chair ...... Mercy...... what is that all about?

It was not there, there was no lipstick in my purse or in my pocket or in the pocket of the car or behind the seat! NO LIPSTICK.

I told my sweet DH that the very first stop in Shawnee was Wal-Mart. I had to have a tube of lipstick. (Am I obsessed or better yet possessed, is there a lipstick demon?)

Well it really did not make sense to stop at Wal-mart first as most of the shopping was to be finished at the mall... soooooooo with great personal grief I agreed. It was off to the mall first.

We shopped, we laughed we strolled through the mall in and out of shops.. so enjoying the day. THEN right before me was Dillard s! Dillard's! They have lipstick! Dennis saw the gleam in my eyes so he opted to go to the mens department as he knew this would take some time.

Ladies, I have not purchased make up in a department store in years! I usually buy Clinique' and as I have been using it for years I just know the colors that I wear. I also wear Revlon or Max Factor lipstick. I do not wear face make up so I quickly by passed that counter and there it was LIPSTICK and lots of it. I am a taupe coffee kinda color so it is easy to find, and find I did and while standing there some cappuccino colored eye shadow caught my eye. After applying a dab to the inside of my wrist I was sold.

I will take a tube of that cappuccino lipstick and the cappuccino eye shadow. She smiled and headed to the cash register. She had her back to me and I am so thankful for that, but I could see the total on the registrar. $ 48.78 ........ $48.78 !!!!!!!!!!!!! Was she crazy or was she just mistaken! $48.78 for one tube of lipstick and one SMALL round container of eye shadow...

OMG........ She had my card and she rang it up and handed me that slip of paper to sign and sign I did and took that SMALL bag from her and walked away with a less than cheery Merry Christmas.

Dennis was over in the men wear and he knew something was wrong when I walked up to him. I lifted my LITTLE bag and told him to peer inside and look at what I got for $ 48.78!!!!!!

LIPSTICK I said with a DAB of eye shadow. He had a good laugh and asked me why in the world I paid for it when I saw the price...... I told him I was tooooooooooooooooooooooo embarrassed to tell her to stop!

Now ladies, I am worth $48.78 I know that. But not this time of year when we are watching our $'s and we are out shopping for others. But really $25.00 for a tube of lipstick? Nope not me.

This is where I love my sweet husband, he took my little bag and told me to stay where I was and off he went across the floor. A few minutes he returned with a refund in his hand and a smile on his face. "There" he said, all done. I was so thankful.

We finished shopping and headed home and I finally asked him what he told the lady at the counter when he returned the items. He just told the gal that he was there to return the items and there was nothing else said.
Don't you know that she thinks that he is an ogre of a husband that will not let me have my lipstick! hahahhahha!

I survived the day without any lipstick and that is a good thing.

AND ladies do you know what the difference in Estee Lauder lipstick and Revlon lipstick?

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