Dry Skin During Winter

Ah, it's finally Spring (where I'm from). I love Spring as it's the season of no more dry skin. You see, I NEED lotion daily during the winter months or else I'll dry up. Unfortunately, I had no money for lotion for almost 2 weeks and my skin turned into a chip. I have horrible rashes on my body, tons of discoloration and scabs too. I felt so horrible walking or moving at times, and I felt skin cracking every time I moved. My skin doesn't look smooth anymore and just a whole mess. Yes, I am insecure about my skin when it looks like this, but at least I do something to fix it. After my boyfriend had money to get lotion today, I SLAMMED IT ALL OVER ME. 

My skin was burning and I felt heat too. All the inflamed skin hurts so much after putting on lotion. This time, I had to use lotion made for REALLY bad skin and it did the trick. I do get itchy at some spots now, but that's because my skin is trying to heal itself. Does anyone else have this problem? I cannot be the only one who has this problem.