$14.97

While I have been struggling the past few weeks with far greater and more serious emotional and physical issues than the one I'm about to describe, it has been bothering me a bit recently. Be ready. It's seriously vain.

 

A dark spot. Or, an AGE spot (gasp!). The latter I consider swearing, implying I'm OLD, so I will not refer to it as that.

 

Yes, I have a dark spot. More like a dark rectangle. He's big. He appeared a few weeks ago (that I noticed), but obviously has been brewing for many, many years. Dang sun. Dang my lack of SPF lotion.

 

I really wouldn't care about him normally, but he's hanging out, right above my lip. I look like I have half a chocolate milk mustache. Not cool. No, don't get me wrong, I love chocolate milk, and I love chocolate milk mustaches, just not counterfeits. This guy is an imposter in the world of chocolate milk mustaches. He has to go.

 

So, the last time I was in Wally World, I browsed the beauty section. And there I found it. A $14.97 tube of magic lotion, proudly declaring it was a "dark spot remover" ... I chucked it in my cart and moved on, eager to get home and erase this bad boy hanging out above my lip.

 

I've been using the magic lotion religiously for a while now, and GUESS WHAT? Yep, it's not working. The dark spot is still there. You might be laughing at me, thinking I'm ridiculous for spending $14.97 on that silly tube of lotion, somehow believing it will reverse years of damage to my skin, that is obviously my own fault. It's ok, laugh! I am silly, ridiculous and all that! I'm laughing too!

 

While I'm still not thrilled with this dark spot creep hanging out (forever!) above my lip, it has taught me some great lessons.

 

1. God uses the small, silly things in life to distract me from my bigger hurts sometimes. So, if it weren't for "dark spots" bugging me, I'd be an even larger emotional mess!
2. I really have so much to be thankful for, and dark spots are such a trivial, silly thing, I won't waste my time seriously worrying about them! I will rejoice with my blessings!
3. Don't belive everything Garnier has to say.