In Fact, I Was A Terrible Waitress
January 28th, 20106 comments Posted in See Jane Shop, Wapatui
My feet are enigmatic.
They have great potential, but rarely live up to it. When they are clean and smooth and tended to, my feet are my favorite part of my body.
In winter, however, after they’ve been hidden away and virtually ignored save the cursory scrubbing in the daily shower, they are the stuff of monster legend.
I develop calluses on my heels so thick that you can stick a straight pin a good ¼” in before I’ll feel it. The calluses occasionally crack and bleed and are painful. The top layer of skin on my feet has the consistency of the rawhide my dog chews on and could be a reasonable substitute for 40-grit sandpaper. It’s not a good scene.
Two products rescue my feet from hideosity. Yes, I know that’s not a word. If you had seen my feet last week, though, you might place a call to Mr. Webster. The first of these miracle workers is this:
AmLactin Moisturizing Body Cream is decidedly NOT glamorous. You won’t see any movie stars hawking it, and it doesn’t turn up on the shelves of any of the finest stores. It is, nevertheless, the only lotion I’ve ever used that can soften the concrete that the skin on my winter feet becomes.
This, also, saves the day:
I’m Not Really A Waitress, by OPI is my winter toenail color. In the spring and summer I wear Cajun Shrimp, also by OPI.
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And behold the evidence.
Before:
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Stuff Other People Said:
Now You Talk
But be forewarned: if you get nasty, we reserve the right to delete your comment. Unless what you said was really stupid. Then we may just leave it up so people can take target practice. Pa-ching!
I thought I was the only one with feet like that. Although they are just as bad in the summer when I’m walking barefoot all over the concrete pool deck and letting them get bleached in the chlorine.
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I have nightmares about those foot skin eating fish! SO GROSS.
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You know that face you make when you’re sucking on a lemon while looking directly into the sun?
That’s me right now.
Sour grapes, Dan, sour grapes.
(I find that plain old Vaseline works best on my nasty winter feet. It’s very very dry here in the wild west.)
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