sarahmichelef

Went to Target today to get some shorts... because we're going on vacation w/ Mom's family next week and I only have 2 pair (not enough for a whole week!) The only reasonable (ie, not hotpants, not distressed to the point of not surviving three washings) ones were some Bermudas that were sadly not on sale (they're starting to put summer stuff on clearance, so I had hoped to find shorts there). But they looked cute and were badly needed, so I got them.

I also found a very cute white, acid green, and aqua blue halter top on the clearance rack. And it looked GOOD on me. WTF? I haven't worn a halter top since... well, I might have worn one in junior high. So clearly I had to get that. And then I thought to myself, self, Mom just told you that there's one evening when you might want to dress up. And this halter top clearly fits the bill, especially when paired with a new white linen skirt and the white sandals I got a while back. Oh yeah.

But it's a white linen skirt. It's not sheer by any means, but ... it's white. So I head over to lingerie to look for a white slip (which I don't own - just a black one). And there were exactly ZERO slips to be had at Target. None. Zilch. Nada. WTF? Does no one wear slips anymore? Does Target assume that everyone already has one? Do people who shop at Target just not care if the whole world can see their underwear? I don't get it.

So I walked over to KMart. KMart had slips in a variety of styles, lengths, and colors. Hallelujah.

I had given up hope of ever finding reasonable new winter boots mid-season, and I needed new ones because the $3 ones I bought at Target last year have sprung a leak. I've been shopping a bunch of times and I found a number of boots that I liked, but there was something wrong with most of them... they didn't fit right, they were too expensive, they weren't warm, whatever. I had found some by Totes that I liked but I hadn't found them for what I thought was a reasonable price for what they are. They've been going on clearance all over the place lately, though, but nobody had them in my size (stupid commonly-sized feet).

Today, though, it occurred to me to go to A.J. Wright when I stopped off at the grocery store to buy Skinny Cows (on sale, hooray!) and milk for TRex. Et voila! They had the Totes boots in my size, for only $18!!!!