Things I Learned at Target Yesterday

I know it seems like I'm "dialing it in" a bit, but I do want to keep my blog updated despite my constant nausea and inability to complete any task because of the thousand more "to dos" next in line. Nevertheless, I had to make a quick trip to Target yesterday and it was quite the experience. As such, I have a few more lessons to share:

• Regardless of how much your shoes hurt, it is NEVER okay to walk barefoot in a Target store.
• Even if you are carrying said shoes.
• Especially if you are dressed in business formal attire.
• I need to stop associating my trips to Target with a iced venti skinny vanilla latte because enjoying such refreshment inevitably leads to a rushed trip to the ladies' room with my cart full of purchases waiting patiently outside. (To pee by the way.)
• Nevertheless, this Target needs to get the cup holders that clip on to the side of the cart so that I don't lose my coffee three different times in one trip by putting it on the shelf near the sunglasses, or the shelf near the Tide, or the shelf near the t-shirts. It's embarrassing.
• I have to refrain from purchasing these shoes in every color: I already have them in pink and white. I want them in green, blue, gold, black and silver. Overkill? Maybe.
  
• Eventually everything I love goes on sale...so I just need to be patient. For example, a purse that I admired a long time ago was on sale for $9.98 yesterday. Who can say "no" to that? Not me!
• Given that it's only been two minutes from the last time you asked, and in fact, you are still in the process of checking out the same order, I still don't want to apply for a Target credit card.

Thing with the house are at a bit of a standstill. There was one issue about the house that caused it to be stricken from our list the first time we saw it - namely that it was zoned for new construction a few lots over from what would be our property line. The more we look into the issue, the more we realize that maybe they don't plan on building the nicest housing there and it's likely to affect property values in the area once construction starts (not to mention the whole "beep beep beep" thing that will take place whenever construction equipment backs up and whether we could hear it from the yard/pricate oasis of "our" house. Sigh. It's a hard, hard, hard decision and we are truly on the fence because no one can predict what will happen.

In other news, I have decided to put land surveyors in the same professional category as weather people. It's always made me laugh that meteorologists don't really have to be "right" in their jobs - it's enough to say 50% of rain which in turn means there is a 50% chance it won't rain which is pretty much not a prediction at all, right? Well, I actually read a survey report that said something similar to "the property line runs from the third spindle on a heather tree located...". (Actually, I can't remember if it was heather, but the comment has more credibility if I name the tree). Really? First of all, what the fuck is a "spindle"? Secondly, what if someone cuts down the tree?

Which begs the question...if someone cuts down a tree and no one is there does the property line disappear?

Keep your fingers crossed that we make the right decision and that I'm not writing, a year from now, about our money pit.

P.S. I'm making progress on my Reader...I only have 213 unread posts - that's about a 95% reduction so I promise I'll be back to commenting soon. Thanks for your patience in the meantime and for still visiting me despite my reciprocity!

P.P.S.S. A shout-out to Petite Flower (one of my first and favorite bloggers) for being the ONLY one to comment on the worm! Is no one else horrified by the Sci Fi Channel size of that creature?Again, the pictures didn't work out but I swear it was larger than this.