Missoni…..For Target
14 Sep
I thought about being one of those crazies who woke up extra early to make a mad dash for Target to try to snatch up some Missoni, but I enjoy my sleep and don’t like fighting with strangers.
My plan was to head to a Target in a more rural area. Generally speaking, the further you are from the city the less fashiony people tend to be. I was hoping people were like, Missoni whaaa?
Plus, I was guilted into driving totally looking forward to driving 6o miles East to visit my mom and bid farewell to my grandparents who were visiting from Mexico. Perfect, I could stop at every Target on the way. I didn’t.
I stopped at one and I was right, Missoni was present.
Two XL skirts – I’ll take ‘em.
I better get a cart for this.
Ooh, a blouse. In enough sizes for me to take one of each.
I look across the aisle and see hats, bags and scarves. Clearly I need these too.
I spot panties, bras and nighties. Only D cup bras left but surely my small B cups will grow.
Socks, tights. Who doesn’t need to stock up on these essentials. Of course I’ll wear blue tights.
Oh my god, they have little girls’ stuff. I mean, the odds of me having a girl are 50-50; this is just me planning ahead. For now, I could probably try to squeeze into this dress. You know, wear it with my XL skirt. And blue tights, and hat and scarf and bag. Zig Zag City. Population – Crazy.
Headbands too? I love headbands!
I’ll take a few candles.
A wine box. Fancy.
Notecards. I’ll write notes to all my friends. As soon as I get home. Hey guys, I got Missoni and you didn’t.
Gift tags. Christmas is right around the corner.
This is awesome. I’m having so much fun. Look at all this stuff in my cart. I’m so greedy. Baaa haa haa. Wow, that’s a lot of zig zag. I’m getting dizzy.
Wait, how does this make me any less crazy than than the crazies who woke up at five am? I don’t need all this stuff. It’s not like real, real Missoni. At the end of the day it’s still only Missoni….for Target. That tag will always remind me that I can’t afford the quality made stuff.
I don’t even really like some of these color combos. This is when my frugal self stepped in and began putting stuff back.
Here’s what I did end up buying. Stuff I’m actually going to use.
A candle. Easy choice.
A wine box, which I guess I’ll end up giving away at some point.
A floppy hat. Might not wear this ’til next summer. But I will wear it. I will.
Bobby pins. I’m cutting my bangs soon and I’ll need these for that awful growing out phase.
How ’bout you? Did any of you get any Missoni…for Target?
Hey there! I stopped at our Target in La Verne this morning and everything was sold out!! Crazy!! Glad to know you found some things in Rancho!
xo – Jami
I love this post. I was so not into the craze. But if I were, I would’ve employed your strategy…and probably had the same experience. The point that I’m wrestling away the Missoni bike from some random would’ve been my wake-up call.
Missoni…for Target. The ellipsis says everything.
Hahaha!! You’re heelarious! This is exactly what happened to me when the Stella McCartney line for H&M came out. I seriously almost bought a XXXL shirt. Actually, I was surprised that size even existed. I didn’t even bother with Target yesterday. Nothing is worth waiting in line for (or losing sleep over).
I waited for like five hours when the Jimmy Choo for H&M line came out. Total waste of time. I had already wasted like two hours and figured it couldn’t have been that much longer of a wait. So I waited. And I was irritated and hungry. And I got a parking ticket. I walked out with a bracelet, pants and a t-shirt for TH. Same thing happened, I was like, I don’t need these crap shoes and crap clothes.
I’m not gonna lie, I’m a little naive and thought that it wouldn’t be *that* big of a deal…I got to my target at 8am (not because I wanted to be first, but I have children that wake up at 5:45am) THEY DIDN’T EVEN HAVE ALL THE STUFF OUT YET!!! I bought a couple dish things that were purdy and thought I would come back after some other errands. WRONG-O. Two hours later everything was GONE!!! Even at 8am there was some psycho on the phone grabbing stuff practically out of my hands and stuffing it in her cart. Now *that* is a greedy one…but I’m totally not bitter…right??? (c:
My strategy was similar to yours! I figured my area wouldn’t be that into Missoni, but boy was I wrong! I went to Target last night and very little was left. I brought home some sticky notes and gift tags. And I kinda wish I’d bought the robe (it was even in my size). Maybe I’ll go back.
Oh wow! That is super cute! I love the bobby pins…and I’m assuming the XL skirt is for me.
Sadly the site crashed while I was trying to shop online! Now I am sending my mom over to a Target and see if she can find a silk scarf to mail to Peru! All I wanted was one silk scarf and it seems like they were all sold out! I am so sad!
Oh Sara, that makes me so sad. I seriously held the scarf in my hand for like ten minutes. I went back and forth, do I need this? Do I really, really want this? If I would’ve known I would’ve so bought one and mailed it to you in Peru.
OMG you totally lucked out! My Target didn’t have much. I got a pair of socks, and flats for Leighton. Didn’t see any of the stuff above. I did manage to get onto the site and get myself the iPhone cover and a one-piece swimsuit – both in the multi-color zig zag. But I totally agree, at the end of the day, I didn’t really need any of it. It’s the novelty I suppose!
Haha this great! So true and easy to get wrapped up in the hoopla, I know I did. I am going to keep about three things too!
Loved this post. Its so true, I found myself buying so much crap, just because it was Missoni. I am going to return most of it this weekend. Love what you got though. The floppy hat is most definitely a keeper.
You are cracking me up, what you did in the store is what I did online!! my virtual cart was out of control and I was a crazy woman screaming at my laptop to reload. in the end, i didn’t buy anything. Well those nifty things you found were not available, but regardless, I decided to toss it all back into the missoni online craziness and walk away. my husband was proud. me on the other hand will sulk in the corner cursing myself for not buying a blue zig zag dress i’ll only wear a few times and then get buyers remorse. i kinda wanted a little missoni for target high and then buyers remorse. ohh dear.
You know, it didn’t even occur to me to shop online. Somehow I reverted back to the old ages and was like, What shop online? Coming from the blogger, I know.
I did the exact same thing! I went to Target on my lunch break (didn’t even occur to me that people would be lining up at 8am), and I put everything I could get my hands on in my basket. I got to the checkout and as the woman was ringing me up, I realized I hadn’t looked at a single price tag…which is so not like me! I’m super frugal normally. My total ended up being $485 (!!) but I was too shocked to do anything but hand over my credit card. I went through all of it when I got home and realized what you did…I didn’t really like half of the stuff that much! So I returned all of it but 2 dresses, a cardigan, and 2 pillows, and honestly some of that might still go back (tags are still on).
It really does make me feel better to know that other people went as crazy as I did, because I was feeling pretty ridiculous