Every time I go to target, mechanically reciting my mneumonically memorized list of 4-7 things to get the whole way there, each of these items costing no more than $4.50, once I find the generic version, I somehow wind up with a $100 bill.
I blame this fact solely on the $1 deals section.
It's always right near the door. "Oh, i'm just headin' into target, trying to remember the actual names assigned to my BSBS(t)B list of items, but gosh it never hurts to see what's going for a dollar!"
And it always starts out with such bright colors. "Gee, that neon orange makes me want to look closer!"
And then, right when you're ready to turn away, because all you see is really cheap kids' toys, the kind that the one kid you didn't like, but your mom made you go to her birthday party anyway, because she felt bad for her - "she's a nice girl, just shy"- would put in your take-away gift bag; just then, you spot that day's can't-miss deal, cleverly hidden on the bottom shelf, beneath the weird dog-themed dishware, so that you feel like you've really discovered it, and it's all over.
Let me tell you that it's really easy to convince yourself, one cutely-printed tin pail at a time, to plow through $20 of radish and tomato seeds, mid-summer, with cute little pots! , that you're totally going to plant. And you like writing - aren't those scratch-and-sniff 80s character pencils just priceless? And why not get another reusable bag? Sometimes you need more than the 13 already parked under your sink, for those times when you really go shopping.
Which, actually, is good logic when you do your shopping at Target...
-Posted by Jilly
Thursday, June 25, 2009
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This is exactly how I feel whenever I step into a CVS - except I go beyond the crap in the $1 bins. I go in for soap or something and come out with fake nails, an inflatable beach toy, denture cleaning supplies, those disgusting giant soft peanut candies and a 75% off CD of Christmas songs.
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