Target Fetish
Is it just me, or is Target just a black hole with a bulls-eye? I can’t seem to step into that store without spending a hour there. Today I went in for printer ink, gloves, and multiplication flashcards, thinking it’ll take me, twenty minutes tops. I trailed out of there after AN HOUR with things I had no intention of even looking at, let alone buying. I breezed through the Dollar Spot (and picked up some Christmas wrapping paper for…$1), I browsed through the books (I’m sorry, but I can’t not), and as ridiculous as it seems, two days from Halloween, I even stopped and admired some of the Christmas decorations that the employees are so efficiently setting out on display. Oh, and I played with the Sony Reader they had out on display: very nice. I ended up with a lip gloss and a box of cotton candy push-up pops, and an hour gone from my life. (I did also manage to score one Christmas gift). But I enjoyed every minute.
So while it’s a colossal time waster, Target just makes me happy: the red and white, and that little bull terrier….awesome. Today was a good day.
10/29/2008 at 8:53 pm
I’m addicted to Target too. So is my 8 year old. Maybe they put something in the air?
10/30/2008 at 12:55 am
No harm, no foul if you had fun. (I bet you got some good writing fodder too…like the future character who’s a Target addict.)
10/30/2008 at 1:15 am
I love Target. I live very near one and spend way too much money there each month.
10/30/2008 at 2:33 am
The word verification for this comment was coments which is the closest I’ve ever come to an actual word. Just another thing to thank Target for.
10/30/2008 at 3:01 pm
I love Target, but I’m with you, I can never just ‘run’ in. And I always have more than I went for when I leave.
10/30/2008 at 3:11 pm
I’m not a successful published writer like you, but isn’t “can’t not” a double negative?
Do they have flashcards for that?
10/31/2008 at 4:24 am
There is no Target near Vancouver. Sometimes this strikes in as inhumane- other times I think it is perhaps for the best.
11/03/2008 at 8:46 pm
i used to love target, but lately every time i go in there, i’m like, “man, i can get this cheaper at walmart”. and i end up leaving with nothing. i still spend an hour looking around, but very rarely leave with anything. sigh.