I was super excited yesterday that today was going to be the day that I could start using my, ”Ginger Spice” Chapstick. I thought about what I was going to write about when writing about it! When my brother, Ray, came over to make the pies, I laughed and reminded him that he and our cousin Alex commented a couple years ago when I originally wrote about it that they thought it was disgusting because it reminds me of the candy she always had in her house.
I showed my Mom this picture on my phone yesterday to tell her about the post I was going to write. She looked at my phone and her eyes softened and she just said in the most tender voice, “My mom.” I enjoyed seeing her reaction to the picture and I told her that it’s her (my Abuela’s) time because it’s ginger spice time.
It wasn’t even Christmas when we took this picture and we were at my aunt Rita’s house but I love it! It makes me think of the jar of candy she had on the entranceway table around Christmas time.
This was the candy she had:
They didn’t especially taste good but if that was the only candy there, with them. So this morning, I was super excited because I was going to put some on for the first time in a year. I carefully peeled the steel off of the chapstick to release the smell of Christmas at my Abuela‘s house! Once I peeled it all the way off, I was surprised to NOT be immediately flooded with smells that remind me of my Abuela’s house was confused! I looked down at the tube this and I saw that it was not Ginger Spice but my LEAST favorite Halloween flavor! It was Salted Caramel.
I talked to Sean today and I told him about the, “Terribleness.” Then I told him that, luckily, I had already placed a Target order for a Shortbread Cookie chapstick that I can use in conjunction with the Cocoa Mint and the Vanilla Bean one. I put the vanilla bean on today. Sean was amused at how much of a big deal I make all of this but what I told him about the order coming from Target, he said, “Oh good, crisis averted.” I replied with, “I know!” and then, he started to laugh because he was just joking but I WAS and AM totally serious
It’s a little bit of a risky move but I hope that I like the shortbread cookie one end it really has gotten me thinking about pitching the idea to them that they should have a BYOC kits! it’s a build your own chapstick grouping!