When I pull field data from a select, is there any way to access the value, instead of just the key?

For example, my field is set up like this.


piklist('field', array(
'type' => 'select'
,'field' => 'time_off_type'
,'label' => 'Time-off Type'
,'description' => 'Choose from the drop-down.'
,'help' => 'Choose your time off type'
,'attributes' => array(
'class' => 'text'
)
,'choices' => array(
'vacation' => 'Vacation'
,'comp_time' => 'Comp Time'
,'sick' => 'Sick'
)
));

get_post_meta() displays the key, and I’d like the value. Do I need to write something on the template side to display like that, or is the value stored in the database somewhere I’m not looking?

As it is now all I would get is something like: time_off_type => sick