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[verbminx]

Amusingly, but maybe a little TOO fluffy for me: Slave To Target.

Seriously, people, aside from my well-documented "luv&devotion"* to the place, as much as I'm ever going to have for any huge retail chain, I mostly go there weekly because they have some of the cheapest groceries in town. When everyone else had gone to $.66 per Yoplait yogurt, they held fast at around $.53. They sell the Tyson frozen chicken breasts that I use constantly (recommended by Cook's Illustrated!) for $9/bag, as opposed to the $11 that Kroger charges. (Giant Eagle charges as much as Kroger and doesn't carry anything but their store brand.)

Also: boleros** were not really friend to many in 1988 or whenever they were last popular. They are unlikely to have improved their disposition with time. Hark! (Admittedly, they do flatter a few very specific figure types.)

* That may be overstating it. I just prefer it to WalMart or Kmart, and I've gotta buy mascara and Mucinex somewhere....
** Is this the year when they just randomly revive old trends that have Spanish-language-inspired names? Bolero? Gaucho? That does means that sombreros are going to be this winter's indispensible hat... right?

ETA - speaking of which, I totally want THIS. Too awesome.

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[djymm.livejournal.com]

I just saw someone freecycle a sombrero on the local exchange, and it got snapped right up! What's the spanish for "ankle warmer" anyway?

[verbminx.livejournal.com]

I have no idea! What's the Spanish for "I skinned this nylon myself!"? There seem to be all kinds of weirdly-shaped, almost primitive bags with faux-fur trim this year and last too....

It just occurred to me that a sombrero might be OK in the winter... it would keep off the snow, I bet. *ponders*

[star-power.livejournal.com]

Its weird, with Target, my love of it lies dormant so I'm able to go about my day-to-day business, but once I set foot in that store its like: "OH MY GOD! I WANT THIS, AND THIS, AND THIS, AND THIS!" Its like a kid in a candy store. I went there the other day, my sister and I had to buy a new DVD player (and with Targets prices, how can you go wrong?)

Then my sister and I made the mistake of going into the Halloween/seasonal section. I bought a Darth Vader M&M holder (and I bought the halloween M&Ms to go with it), and a pirate sword.

I have no resistance.

[verbminx.livejournal.com]

DID YOU GET THE VADER M&M HOLDER THAT IS LIKE A LITTLE GOBLET? THEY MADE ONES THAT LOOK LIKE CHEWIE AND YODA TOO? $7?

I ask because I have been to every Target in Columbus looking for that damn thing. Tom really wanted it for his bday but had to settle for Yoda, which he also likes. He still wants to get Vader and Chewie.

They also made a pretty cool thing that is like a Vader cookie jar and costs $15... is that the one you got?

[star-power.livejournal.com]

Yeah, its the Vader cookie jar for $15 -- but its weird, 'cause it CAN be a cookie jar, but the sticker on it said: "M&M holder", and it came with some M&Ms already in it.

But there's an M&M goblet!??!?!! I didn't even see those there!!!! Holy crap, thats amazing!!!

[verbminx.livejournal.com]

If your store is following the patterns of the ones around here, the goblets sell out before the jars, probably because the goblets are cheaper. vader sells out first, then yoda, then chewie. they're also very prone to chipping, which was why we didn't get vader when we should have... first we couldn't afford him, then when we could, we could only find 2 and both had chips. now they're GONE and tom is sad!
(OK, i'm sad too. they would have been excellent to line up on a shelf with my NRFB light-up Lord of the Rings glass goblets from Burger King. Which I had to have because they were OMG SO KITSCHY.)

[star-power.livejournal.com]

Probably, because when we were we didn't even see the goblets. And really, anything in a goblet form is amazing. It's so funny that you mention that Vader sells out first, then Yoda, then Chewie...I would have guessed the same pattern!

I remember those LOTR goblets from BK -- my sister loves LOTR, she would have been all over those!

Totally unrelated to Star Wars, or LOTR, but as far as goblets go:

Over the summer, when I went on vacation to South Carolina, my aunt & uncle from North Carolina drove down to take us out to eat and spend two days with us. Well, when they took us out for dinner, we went to a Mexican chain restaurant, and they served him beer in a big goblet. Now, my moms boyfriend got his beer served to him in a goblet, in fact, everyones drink came in a goblet (which I thought was awesome). All of a sudden, my uncle, flagged down the waitress and said: "Can I have a different glass, this is not a proper beer glass" (now my uncle is kind of those rather traditional and conservative people that everyone hears about from time to time). But I was sitting there, thinking, 'how could anyone not want any sort of beverage served to them in a goblet?'

Weird.

[verbminx.livejournal.com]

PS I loved your pirate sword pics on Zineplosion! and when T & I were in Target Friday night, looking at the fake weapons in the costume section again (we made a run thru the section because it was the one by my mom's work that we almost never go to - we have a choice of like 5 Targets within a 15-min drive), I commented, "Yeah, my friend Jessica just bought some fake weapons FOR HER APARTMENT like last week!" I liked the thing... forget what kind of weapon it was - that has the short spiked rubber chain attached! but we're gonna have to make do with Tom's evil-looking pitchfork from last year's Halloween costume. This year we're Alice and either the Mad Hatter or the White Rabbit.

[star-power.livejournal.com]

LOL - Thats amazing!

When Sara and I were going through that section we were just so amused by everything there. I wanted her to get a fake weapon too (she bought the Vader mask, which we have since put up on the wall). I was joking to her while we were there: "Get this short spikey thing with the rubber chain, then we can fight like we used to when we were little kids! Remember when we were younger and we used to sword fight with the wooden spoons? It will be like that, only mom won't be there to tell us to stop!"

(Yeah, we used to take wooden kitchen spoons and duel constantly. My mom wasn't too happy about it.)

That sounds like an awesome idea, to go as Alice & The Mad Hatter or White Rabbit. My sister was joking that she wants us to dress up as Hall & Oates.

[modysoul.livejournal.com]

I may not be totally in love with the place, but I have a hard time going there and not purchasing something that wasn't on my list. I even got a redcard last time because I found so much stuff that I "needed".
(well, I did get a pretty nice winter coat...)

[verbminx.livejournal.com]

I think it's pretty similar. I keep having to explain to my mom that it's not that Target is such a perfect shopping experience - it's a discount department store, after all - it's that it's nicer than the other discount department stores, which is all it has to be. And yeah, a walk through the store reveals at least one or two temptations.

I was so freakin' happy lately when the little purse dangles they intro'd earlier this year went on clearance, because I wanted the robot one but refused to pay $5 for it; it was totally one of those "things you don't need but really really want" issues. Someone bought it for me when it was $2.50 though. Now I have a little pleather robot keychain! :D