BullseyeJanuary 30th, 2006 @ 10:30 am
I’m never sure if I should be embarrassed about my addiction to browsing around Target. On one level, it’s a fun place to be. On another level it’s Target: Discount Haven for Women Around the World. Full of items you don’t really need. But damn it, they have such good prices on these things you don’t need. And they are usually covered in glitter. I’m a sucker for anything that sparkles.
On Saturday my friend May came and picked me up. We didn’t know what we were going to do. Only that we were going to be able to hang out together. Something we hadn’t really done since I moved away from the neighborhood (Which, it must be noted, is only 3 miles away). We decided to head up to the Northgate Target. Now the Northgate Target probably doesn’t mean anything to you, but this specific Target is what I like to refer to as a SUPER TARGET. But it’s not “Super” because it has the typical grocery store section. No, it’s “Super” because it has two levels. Yes, two levels of Target goodness.
The King had told me to that I could blow about $30.00 on anything at Target. As long as it was for myself. No presents for people, or things for the baby. Just stuff for me. (The dollar limit is only because we’re trying to save money for this kid. Apparently they cost money. Blah!) I hate to say it, but it’s more fun when there is a dollar amount placed on my shopping trips. It makes it more like a game. Like when you’re a kid and you walk into the candy store with a handful of change and ask the clerk, “what can I get with this much?”.
May and I (and her little girl) walked around Target for hours. We started on the top level and worked our way around. They had all of their winter clothes on sale. Even maternity clothes, which don’t usually go on sale. There were tons of shorts and jackets on sale. Now I know the clothes at Target aren’t that great of quality, but at only 10 more weeks of pregnancy, I don’t need quality. I need cheap and cute. I was able to get two shirts and one sweater. I must add that two of the three items do have some sort of “glittery, beady, jewel accents”. See, I’m a sucker for anything that sparkles. I even had money left over from my $30.00 limit.
By the time we finished with the top level and went down to the main level, I wasn’t sure what was left to look at. May said, “BABY stuff!”. I didn’t want to look at the baby stuff. Mostly because I wasn’t going to spend my allotment on anything for the baby. And because May doesn’t know what we’re having and I didn’t want to give it away by looking at shirts with trucks on them.
We fell into the purse section. Not a section I usually glance in Target. I love me some bargain bags, but admit I haven’t bought one at Target since I was in High School. That was all changed when I spotted the silver work bag/diaper bag. All for $6.00. So cute. (But not cute enough that I actually used it today over my typical black briefcase.)
We ate lunch in the Target cafeteria. I don’t think I’ve ever tasted better Pizza Hut breadsticks. Or Sprite. I also bought a little box of candy for us for the (10 minute) ride home.
I know you’re dying to know what my total came to. I was dying to know. All of this for less than $24.00. It seems some of the clothing items were marked down even more than the tags showed. If I would have known this I would have bought a CD, or some sort of hair product.
May’s total was more than double mine. Haa-haa. (Yes, I am just mean enough that I judge her based on how much more she spent. I told you, it’s like a game to me!)
What a glorious Saturday. (Yes, what makes a Saturday “glorious” is me buying stuff for me.)
They're just my friends · We're having a baby · Addictions
Corinne
said,
January 30, 2006 at 11:40 am
I adore Target… and their maternity clearence. Here they are always marked down. I don’t think i’ve paid full price for any maternity clothes at Target… and honestly? they aren’t THAT bad of quality…
Congrats only spending that much… I’d have gone over, I always do….
Fraulein N
said,
January 30, 2006 at 11:48 am
Man, that’s sounds like the best kind of Saturday.
Artist Formerly Known as Ella
said,
January 30, 2006 at 12:05 pm
I’m always in May’s situation. I go shopping with friends and they end up buying the cutest things for 75% off in their size and I can’t find anything that isn’t full price and maybe a little small/big for me. Its not a fun game for me!
Katja
said,
January 30, 2006 at 12:24 pm
Ahhh, I miss Target. This is one great store and it has not made it to Europe yet… So sad. Not that we needed Starbucks or Wal Mart. We need TARGET!
K.
said,
January 30, 2006 at 1:17 pm
It is more fun when you have a limit. Gotta love Target! (pronounced Tar-zhay)
Nap Queen
said,
January 30, 2006 at 2:33 pm
Wow, a two level Target? That sounds like heaven. We have a Target Greatland by my house. It’s somewhere between a Super and a Regular (now I sound like I’m talking tampons). It’s my favorite place to go.
Lisa
said,
January 30, 2006 at 7:59 pm
We LOVE Target too. My head is spinning over two LEVELS of Target-y goodness. heehee.
Frema
said,
January 30, 2006 at 8:55 pm
During college, when I lived in a town of fewer than 5,000 people, there was a 24-hour Wal-Mart that I spent the same amount of time in. My friends and I would load up on Little Debbie boxes, fruit snacks, mousse, and those $5.95 movies they just throw into a bin outside the cash register for the media section. When they went from 24 hours to a nightly 10:00 p.m. closing, I think the whole town wept.
Of course, now I’m in a normal city, where there’s a SUPER Target less than 10 minutes from my house, so the Wal-Mart, we do not speak of it anymore.
Rude Cactus
said,
January 31, 2006 at 6:30 am
Do not be embarrassed by Target, for it is a wonderful place.
Hilary
said,
January 31, 2006 at 8:22 am
99.9% of the time, at least one hour of my Saturday is spent at Target. At TWO LEVEL Target though! Am feeling a little dizzy, must sit before I faint!
Ms. Mamma
said,
January 31, 2006 at 11:52 am
That’s how I spent part of Sunday. Speaking of glittery goodness, have you tried Urban Decay’s “Midnight Cowboy” eyeshadow? It’s addicting.
Erika
said,
February 1, 2006 at 6:04 am
Good I was going to look at Target for a jacket to wear to my baby shower. The commercials for the Liz Lange stuff irritate me because our Target never has any of it.
At our old apartment, the nearby Target (at the mall) (two levels) had a special escalator for your cart. Does yours have that?
Lori
said,
February 1, 2006 at 2:10 pm
Oooh! We have a two-level Target around here, too. Complete with the special cart escalator that Erika mentioned.
I’m a wee bit embarrassed to admit that while I like Target…ahem…I luuuuurve Walmart. And no, I’m not white trash! (No offense meant to those who are, heh)
I live in a very suburban area that is kind of considered up and coming, with many still-rural parts. So the two Walmarts that I shop at are nearly brand-spankin-new. They’re so clean and lovely that you could probably eat right off the floors!