Because it is ridiculously awesome, Target has found a way to include all of us in a buying frenzy. I don't know about you, but I have always been jealous seeing people going through stores completing their registries for weddings or babies. How amazing and official is it to go through a store, simply pointing one of those cool barcode-scanners at whatever you want, and then magically receive it? YES PLEASE.
It is like that episode of Sex and the City when Carrie gets her friend Kyra to buy her a new pair of Manolos because she argued that she had already bought Kyra at least $2300 worth of wedding and baby gifts.
The fact is, sometimes it is hard to walk in a single woman's shoes; that's why we need really special ones now and then-- to make the walk a little more fun.
OK I am not really complaining about not getting presents (because, hopefully, one day I will) but I am RAVING about Target's quasi-new "Lists" feature.
Now, I am not quite ready to go pointing a barcode-scanner gun around my local Target (seriously, do those things have a real name?), but I will take advantage of the organizational aspect of the feature online. Instead of just throwing things in my magical shopping cart and saving them for later (and let's face it: somehow, the items always disappear), I can simply add an item to a pre-made list. Not only can I access this list online at any time, I can print it at the store. I know, this is crazy magical stuff we are dealing with.
Joke on me if you must, but consider my situation. I am (hopefully) purchasing a house in the next few days/weeks/months/years. Once I own this home, I will have to furnish it, as well as buy all the little things you need when you are setting up housekeeping from scratch (I won't even tell you how long it took me to remember to buy dish soap when I moved into my last apartment). And yes, I know you could just write down a list and check it off. But this is so. much. better. I can go through online, pick out everything from furniture to dish towels, save it until I can afford it, and then order it online. Usually with free shipping. And 15% off orders over $125. Beat that, old-fashioned handwritten list-makers.
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