kissing koolers

When I was about 5 or 6, I was at the grocery store with my mom and older sister. We stopped by the makeup aisle and I set my little heart on obtaining the only thing worth having:

Maybelline Kissing Koolers

I don't really remember if they had a color to them (if they did, it probably made your lips look white) or if they tasted like anything, but I HAD to HAVE it. Preferably the one on the left. I was really into pastels.

So...

This is the point in the story where you think I shoplifted it, but no! I was much too sneaky for that.

...I snuck it into the cart by hiding them under some produce.

When we got to the checkout, my mom finally realized our little stowaway once the checker had scanned it. She paused her check writing (my mom was still writing checks up until I graduated high school thankyouverymuch) and asked where that had come from.

She looked right at me and asked if I had snuck this in the cart.

Now I may have been sneaky, but I was certainly a terrible liar and terrified of getting in trouble.

So I 'fessed up.

And instead of causing a scene in the grocery store, my mom calmly asked my sister:

"Amanda. Would you like this lip gloss?"

Spoiler:  Of course she did. It was lip stick. And she was 14.

I guess you could say my mom was pretty great at making an impression. And teaching me not to sneak things into the cart.

But the greatest thing we can all learn from this story is that I've always loved makeup.

When did you realize your love for makeup? Or are you kind of in a love/hate thing?

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