September 21st is the “first day of fall” on the calendar even though twitter told me this morning it isn’t until the 22nd this year.

I hate fall, whether it (heh) falls on the 21st OR the 22nd! I fight all fall and winter with dry dry itchy dry and itchy dry skin. And it’s itchy. And of course, like clock work, I woke up this morning itching like mad. My arms, legs back and chest are driving me CRAZY.

I sent the boys off to school and drew myself a bath. I added two capfulls of baby oil to the water. I thought I had read somewhere that adding oils to your bath would help with dry skin. I’m not sure if that is true, but what I did find out was that adding Baby Oil to MY bath helps by giving me HIVES. Something in the baby oil is an allergen to me.

YAY.

I know that bathing too often can cause dry skin, and I know that in the fall and winter, when it is cold and freezing I am more likely to hop into the tub or have a hot shower to warm up than I am to go and find a sweater. I wonder if there is any type of water filter out there that deals with dry skin? I know that most water filters deal with the purification of water, but maybe it is something in the water, some kind of mineral that drys out skin?

As much as the itch after a bath or shower kills me, I am not willing to give them up. If you have any ideas on what I can add to my bath, soaps, oils (Not baby oil though! *scratch*) lotions, that kind of thing, or even a good lotion that I can apply after my bath, please feel free to comment!