You guys = hilarious. I felt so much better reading all your funny remarks about my boyfriend.
For this year, we used our old, non-pre-lit fake tree, which fortunately I had not yet donated as I’d planned. The old tree is much smaller and didn’t have room for all my ornaments. Also, it had to have lights put on it, which fortunately Paul handled, perhaps remembering last year’s weeping and swearing.
For next year, I don’t know. I suppose my heart will heal with time. Especially if I see a nice fake tree at 90% off, as I did last year. I wish I’d bought my tree THEN, since then I would have lost only $10 instead of $25. But there is no sense dwelling on the past.
Today my boyfriend brought over a big old heart-shaped box of 75%-off clearance prices. (Which one is better: the one I used, or “held over his head a stereo of 75%-off clearance prices”?) My mom and I went shopping at TWO Targets, and I couldn’t help but be mollified. I bought:
Some pretty ornaments. The fluffy one clips to a branch.
A baby’s-first-Christmas ornament for Henry. Could I photograph it without it reflecting my GREEN SHIRT and PINK HAND and GREY CAMERA and BLACK CAMERA STRAP? No. The ornament is actually plain silver, and the bow and shoes are light blue. The child is not mine; her photograph came with the ornament.
Pretty tissue paper, gift tags, and a bag.
A box of chocolate peppermint cookies. Oh dear, an entire stack of cookies is missing! I, um, should have checked more carefully before buying them!
Two rolls of wrapping paper. Usually I wait for 90% on wrapping paper (because there’s usually plenty left, and because I already have too much), but I was feeling feisty.
Some cloth ribbon, in case I want to try the idea I saw EVERYWHERE this year about wrapping presents in reusable pieces of fabric. (My friend Mairzy thinks the idea was in Family Fun magazine.)
I also bought some paper plates with Christmas birds on them, but I forgot to take a photo of them before storing them in the little cabinet over the refrigerator, which is so difficult to get to it might as well not even count as a cabinet. And I bought some tape, but I thought you could take a pass on seeing that.
Different Target stores do their markdowns on different days, so yours might still be at 50%. I’m planning to keep checking for 90%, which is the best serenading-outside-my-window of all.
The cabinet over the fridge! I totally have room to purchase bought-ahead Christmas finery there, thanks for the idea! I bought wrapping at 50% off (duh me) because we were there and I actually almost USED UP (!) our paper this year. I am going there tonight though. I am out of hair spray and eggs and am using that as an excuse to go check out clearance. Must check out clearance.
They say it takes a broken heart half the time of the relationship’s longevity to mend after a break-up. But you’ve really only had a quarrel. You’ll be fine by New Year’s Day, I’m guessing.
I think the chocolate box is better than the stereo, especially because you snuck that stereo in at the end. You are VERY tricky.
Even though “Say Anything” is one of my very favorite movies, I think I like heart shaped box of 75% off better. And I’m scheming myself about getting out of the house this evening for a tryst with Target. Thanks for the details on your haul. :)
Okay, so maybe what you saved today makes up for that tree, but I still say you should return it based on principle. Target is starting to get a little full of himself and needs to be taken down a notch or two.
I mean, not that I’m going to stop shopping there or anything.
I wonder where those cookies went. How’s your tummy feeling today?
Bad news Swistle – I think that your boyfriend is cheating on you (and so soon after being on a break – gasp!) because he brought me a big box of 75% off too! Although I did think of you while I was raiding the clearance aisles, so we can still be friends…right?
I went to Target this afternoon and almost wept.
Chocolate? Dove Chocolate? 90% off? For a pregnant woman?
Oh, Target, you sexy beast, you.
I think I stole yo’ man. Betta watch yo’self.
That man has you so wrapped …. it’s almost sad to see
ROTFL
I am so glad you and your boyfriend have semi kissed and made up- Target is too good a place to ignore….
I’m so afraid to even step foot into Target. Those after Christmas deal shoppers scare me! But I may venture in later tomorrow. We’ll see.
Love love love the feathery ornament!
you. crack me up.
swistle –DO NOT come crying to me when he screws you over again…and he WILL.
he is old and set in his policies,er…ways I mean.
I am so happy you and Target have reconciled. And! Jim and I got Target gift cards for Christmas and are so excited, even though we don’t have one within an HOUR drive of us. But the clearance applies on the internet, right? RIGHT!??
I found myself a 9 ft. lighted garland for about $2. And two sets of really cool lights which I hope to hang in the kids’ windows next year (without shocking myself) for about $1.50 each. And then there are the mini take-out box gift boxes that I got a dozen of for about $3. Then…I wandered into the kids’ clothes and there was one rack of 75% off!!! Got my boy a hoodie for $1.48 that he’ll be able to wear this spring. That was some happy sale shopping – except for the memory of buying things 1/2 off only 4 days ago. Boo.
Omaha Mama- I bought a roll at 50% off, too: it has pretty polkadots on it and there were only a few rolls of it and I didn’t want to risk missing it.
I Know You Can Hear Me and AndreAnna- My boyfriend Target and I have what we like to call and “open [from 8:00-9:30]” relationship. He can see other people during those times, but he always comes home to me.
I am so glad that you and your boyfriend made up. You know there are some relationships that make you feel all is right with the world and when they start to unravel before your eyes it makes the whole world feel shaken. I will breathe a little easier today, knowing that you and Target have reconciled. I’m glad Target was so, so good to you this time around. You deserve that kind of relationship! :-)
Yeah, we hit up Target over the weekend (I had a gift card and it was burning a hole in my pocket ;)) and it was a madhouse–everything at 75% off. I soothed myself with three bags of Hershey’s kisses (each one was only about .69 cents with the discount) and am thinking about going back to look for more because let me just say, Candy Cane Hershey Kisses? TO DIE FOR!
Also, I don’t know about your Target(s), but in talking to a few employees while I was checking out, ours supposedly has several truckloads of stuff still waiting to be unpacked and will be on sale because so little sold over the Holidays. So the savings on good stuff might be going on for a little while.
Phew! So glad to hear you two are back together and happy. I knew he’d pull through.
We went to Target today too – yee haw! I bought the same tissue paper for .25 (I think it can be used for non-Christmas stuff too!). also, a Curious George bathset for the baby (when he’s older) marked from $4.99 to $4.24 but also in the 75% off section (incorrectly), so they gave it to us for $1.06 – yey!
Fabulous – we never had a fight, so Target is still #1 with me (except for their dumb return policy!)
I’m such a non-shopper that Target can’t really be my boyfriend. But if I have to go anywhere, Target’s it. I’m like the chummy neighbor girl who hangs out with Target and gives him relationship advice — and buoys him up when he starts feeling insecure about The Competitor, whom I cordially hate.
If you do try the fabric-wrapping idea, post your results. I’m still interested in the concept, especially if someone else figures it out for me.
Man, I wish we had Target here- but we just have all sorts of British stores- I’m looking forward to next week when all the BIG sales start! Yeah!
And Happy New Year!
Gosh, you *almost* make me want to make Target MY boyfriend.
Almost.
Um, I have it on good 6-yr-old authority that the feathery ornament is actually called a “poof.” Also, that sweet fabric ribbon is a trend waiting to happen. Unless it has already happened and we are late to the game?
although i didn’t have any particular beef with target, i still went and spent $100 in clearance items yesterday to.. uh.. help you heal. it was FANTASTIC. you can get a crap-ton of stuff on clearance for $100, let me tell you. i came out with 3 full bags, and a suit jacket, new bra, and Fancy Nightgown (if ya know what i mean, winkwink) were all involved in the haul.
Our Target had quite the nice clearance selection but all I left with was a t-shirt for my dog and about 15 gift bags.
Glad you fared better.