Target- How Do I Love Thee?


It is cold and dark outside so I have to use my flash for these pictures which makes them hideous looking, but bear with me! When I went to Target, I happened upon these sweet little things. Aren’t they so cute? They are about the size of a wallet and have pretty Target trees on them with little birds. They are super compact and I can fit three of them easily in my purse.


Unzip and unfold… behold their glory! A full size grocery bag. Say what? How cool is that? Did I mention that three of these will easily fit in my purse.

And…let’s say that you went on a trip and you didn’t want to carry a purse, but you had some unmentionable items that you had to carry with you. You could tuck these inside with it all folded up and no one would be the wiser (just remember to remove the stuff before grocery shopping). Oh, and did I mention that these are $.99? Heaven!


Let’s just say that you are one of THOSE KINDS OF PEOPLE, and you like everything to be all matchy-matchy in your life. Maybe you thought to yourself that carrying these cute grocery bags would look super cute with your red shoes?

And then you thought about that amazing red coat you purchased with the amazing lining that would match perfectly with your red Target bags and you were like, “OH MY GOSH! How cute am I going to look with all my matchy-match stuff!” And your husband and family totally didn’t get it AT ALL, but you knew someone out there in the internet world thought, “Wow, won’t that look cute with her red shoes and red coat!” And you happened to pat yourself on the back because you knew you had such great girlfriends who would understand.


I also found over in the housewares section, they had these cute placemats for $.99 for TWO placemats. They wipe off and they look so cute and modern in my kitchen. I have a thing for red these days and these make me happy. I got six of them for my kitchen table (less than $3 in all!) I just love this print!

And then I thought how cute these would look with a basket of red apples with just a few green in there to bring out the green in the placement. And then I thought, “Wouldn’t it look just like a pretty portrait if I sat in a chair and ate my red apples with the hint of green that I removed from my cute red bag and sat down at that table with the cute placemat and kicked up my red shoes with my red coat draped behind me?” I think that sounds like a portrait, don’t you?

Or am I taking this too far? Maybe I need a label on my blog for dork moments? Hmm…

Published March 21, 2008 by:

Amy Allen Clark is the founder of MomAdvice.com. You can read all about her here.

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