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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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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.

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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.