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I Heart Target

July 31, 2008 · Narrative

No matter how old I am, I have always loved school supplies.  Something about a freshly sharpened pencil, the smell of a new sheaf of lined looseleaf paper and the fun colored notebooks totally does me in.  I loved it when I was 12, and I love it now at … cough, cough … 38 (yes, today I turned the big 3-8; thanks for all the birthday wishes!).  So with my love for school supplies, you have to know that this is a very good time of year for me … it all goes on sale!  I mean, really, how can you resist a 5 cent stick of glue?  A pink notebook?  A bendy purple ruler (that they so didn’t have when I was in school!) for a quarter?  Love it.  And now I can brazenly stock up under the guise that it’s for my kid.  My kid, I tell you, my kid.  Ok, maybe not the purple and pink stuff.  That might be for me.

Oh, so Target.  Getting.to.the.point.  A few months back, I was happily wandering around the stationery aisle, checking out what new things they had in stock and happened upon these… hello cupcakes!  Run, don’t walk, to your local Target and snap ’em up.  But be warned, they are notin the Back to School section.  No, no, the fun stuff is in the stationery section.  A line of cupcake folders and notebooks, yours for a song.  Ok, mine for a song too.

I have a friend who is expecting a girl in a few months and we were talking about how hard it is to resist the adorable girl clothing sometimes.  I had just finished telling her how unless I need something for Maddie, I just don’t go into those sections of the stores … if I don’t see it, I won’t be tempted.  Well that was all fine and good until, right there in front of me, not even deep in the baby girl section, but on an end cap by the registers where I could hardly miss it … a new line of brown and pink clothes that was perfect for my little one.  At $3.99 for each piece, I am just not strong enough to resist.  She has hardly any clothes for the 9-months size and up, and that’s exactly how a few (just a few, really!) pieces ended up in my shopping cart the other day.  Although you can’t tell by the picture (because she was more intent on eating bananas and not posing), the little hearts on the cookie are glittery and sparkly and the top has cute ruffles on the sleeves.  Just.too.much.cuteness. (but not that in-your-face-pink-24/7-kind that I avoid).  Pint-sized Perfection.

What can I say?  The title says it all.  I Heart Target.

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  1. Sarah says

    August 1, 2008 at 7:42 am

    too funny! guess where I am stopping on my way to the office today? LOL

    Reply
  2. Pamela says

    August 1, 2008 at 8:03 am

    Love Maddie’s top and I love Target, too. Happy belated Birthday!

    Reply
  3. Patsy says

    August 1, 2008 at 8:37 am

    I Heart Target, too! I also LOVE LOVE LOVE back to school time – brand new school supplies are so exciting! My boys don’t quite get it yet, but they will since I adore shopping for school supplies!

    It is hard to resist such cuteness for such a low price. Target is soooo good at that!

    Reply
  4. Patsy says

    August 1, 2008 at 8:38 am

    ps… Happy Birthday!!!

    Reply
  5. Maria says

    August 1, 2008 at 2:44 pm

    A belated Happy Birthday, Cate!

    Ooh cupcakes!

    Reply
  6. Kelly says

    August 1, 2008 at 9:31 pm

    Don’t forget the cupcake wrapping paper! And I was just in the cake decorating aisle at Michael’s, and lo and behold, there were cupcake papers with cupcakes on them. I am so thankful that I can buy all of this stuff for my 5 year old daughter’s birthday party tomorrow!
    Target rocks.

    Reply
  7. Mrs Ergül says

    August 2, 2008 at 3:00 am

    I totally agrees that adorable girls clothing are irresistable!

    Reply
  8. Darius T. Williams says

    August 2, 2008 at 9:41 am

    Um, let me let you in on a secret – the whole world loves Target. I’m one of those people that was a die-hard Wal-Mart fanatic. But, I’m secretly falling more and more in love w/Target – shhh, don’t tell anybody – lol.

    -DTW
    http://www.everydaycookin.blogspot.com

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It didn’t take much to get me to @mikespastasand It didn’t take much to get me to @mikespastasandwichshoppe when a friend texted me a screenshot of their cheese butter. Up until last week I had never even heard of cheese butter but just two days later, I’m driving an hour round trip to get some. 😂 I was never one to succumb to peer pressure (I didn’t have my first drink until I was 21!), but when it comes to food finds, I am very easily intrigued. After all, that’s how I’ve discovered some of my favorite bites over the years … lardo from @butlerandtheboard, a spicy Italian sausage, and my love of chicharron. If you haven’t visited Mike’s in Nutley, it’s worth a visit. While there, I also got a small tray of meatballs (a bargain at $10!) and a delicious mortadella sandwich that is worth a round trip. ✨
The long, dreary and grey months of the Winter nee The long, dreary and grey months of the Winter need a little bit of color, so here you go. 😍 Love this chest of drawers. Discovered it buried in a local shop and bought it specifically for the green color (one of my favorites). Vintage Coke crate was a $10 score from a garage sale place on Facebook some ten years ago. And the assorted markers in Roy G Biv order (natch) that aren’t used anymore because my kids have sadly left that phase. 🙃
Weekend Photos in Review, old school still photo s Weekend Photos in Review, old school still photo style, hope you had a good one! ✨
A friend was taking a trip to Ireland and asked if A friend was taking a trip to Ireland and asked if I wanted her to bring me back anything. Would you believe me if I told you I asked for salt? I love picking up different varieties, whether we’re traveling or I’m just visiting a new shop. Maddie grabbed me a super cute one from her trip to Paris last year, and the Magic Unicorn Salt I get locally is another favorite. What’s yours?
One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a serious case of FOMO on the daily, gets hiccups more than anyone we know and has perpetual bed head. She’s quite the unique roommate but may be exactly what our home needed. 💛
I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw th I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw that @njdotcom had picked six bagel shops at the “best in the state,” and one was reasonably local, all the sudden I needed one. I was never one to fall prey to peer pressure, but I’m very definitely a marketer’s dream. 😂 Alfa Bagels is on Route 10 in Randolph and has a good assortment of bagels, including all the usual suspects, but with a few others like rainbow, Asiago and French Toast throw in for good measure. Their bagels always seem to have a nice chew, which I appreciate and I love their sesame one. My go-to order lately is a double toasted flagel with lox spread and tomato. Their lox spread is a little ho hum, but the bagel is delish. Check them out next time you’ve got a craving (or get motivated by a local news story 😝). What’s your bagel order?
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