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How fast can we fill a shopping cart?

5/29/2011

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Kate and I decided to have a little retail therapy yesterday (followed by some NCIS therapy)  :)

We took on Marshall's and Target - two of our faves!

We both went with a few specific things in mind (I needed placemats, she needed a bath mat) but we also managed to find a few other treasures along the way... which I'm really excited about and so I've decided to share them with you.

Ok!  Let the reveal begin!


First up: the placemats!  I've been looking for them everywhere for the last few weeks - I found plenty of options but none the right character for the right price.  Lucky for me, Marshall's came to my rescue!
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Adorable right???  It was $12.99 for a set of 4 - not too shabby considering most of the (icky) styles I'd been finding were actually $4 or $5 each and I wasn't even able to get a full set because stores were always out of stock!  

I also picked up those yellow cloth napkins at Marshall's (and in taupe) - set of 4 in each color for only $4.99!  (These were also on my "must have" list given that a single dinner party used all of the ones I already had and I'm just not going to do laundry on demand... but I adore cloth napkins for some reason and so they were a lucky find!)


I also found a new candle (Marshall's again) for only $6.99 - not too bad considering it's HUGE!  And smells amaaaaazing...  
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I also found some fun gadgets for the kitchen (yes, we're still at Marshall's) that I probably don't necessarily "neeeeeeeed"..... but I'm pretty sure my mom would include on her "I'm down to my bare essentials!!" list... :)
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1. Misto olive oil sprayer - I've never been a huge fan of buying aerosol oils... It just seems wasteful to me (not to mention, there's GOT to be some kind of chemical contamination going on...) but I will admit that sometimes a "drizzle" can sometimes be more than you want and/or doesn't really distribute as evenly as you want...  So I saw this as a smart buy ($7.99)!  

(I took this photo from Amazon.com so you could get an idea if you're not quite sure what I'm talking about - mine is red though... sassy.)  You just pump the cap a few times before you want to use it to build up a little pressure and then spray away!

2. Zyliss salad spinner!  Love it.  (Can't find a photo online though - I'm guessing it's an older model... hence the super sale price of $12.99.  PLUS it came with a non-spinner top so that I can use it to store my washed lettuce in, too! 

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3. They had 4-packs of Sarsasparilla (old-school root beer-esque soda for those playing the home game) for $2.99 - I remember when my grandfather used to buy this to share with me for special occasions... it was a big bonding moment for us and I miss him so it was a must.



4. I'm a huge fan of seltzer so it seemed essential that I donate $2.49 for a lemon keeper...

(Can you tell?  Kate turned her back and left me alone for 3 minutes and I went wild...)

5. This may be my favorite item of the evening - and again determined "a must" after the last dinner party's confusion over who's glass was who's.  

Enter: Party People Glass Markers! 
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Yup... weirdo little people that suction cup to your glass!  Laugh all you want... they were fun and for $4.99 I can make the sacrifice!
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And they all have different names - reminds me of the Mr. Men and Little Miss books! :)  Ahhhh childhood...

Whew!  We had to get out of Marshall's before I could collect anything else - on to Target!

Primary goal of Target was to find some kind of system to help me organize my closets. I discovered the Itso Storage Cubes (you can google this one yourself...) which I think are just perfect... They stack and connect perfectly and I can customize the arrangement of them (which also makes them easy to move and repurpose at any point).  They're 1-foot cubes and you can buy little extras for them - shelves, canvas baskets of all sizes, lids or doors (white board finish!), etc.  For now I just got the basic white cubes and I figured I can always go back to pick up shelves if I find I need them...

I also bought some cute sheer curtains for my bedroom but I'm going to wait until I can put them up before I show you... :)

Whew!  Now all I have to do is put all of these to good use!  (At this point, the Party People are the only purchase that has been fully tested - Kate and I tried them out immediately and they are now socializing on the front of my microwave!)

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9/24/2014 02:53:48 pm

Get in and get out with what is on your list you have coupons for! This is not easy at a store like Target, which is where I went tonight.

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