Even though I got most of what I wanted online, I just had to join in on the frenzy. After all, I'm an early riser, so it wasn't a big deal for me to get up early, even on a Sunday. I had to strategize. There are about 8 Target stores within a 10-mile radius from my home. After much thought, I decided to go with the one with the most traffic. Risky, but I knew this store would have plenty of stock. I left my house at 7:15 am, thinking I'd get my fave Starbucks drink and sit in my car for a few minutes before leisurely strolling into the store. Wrong. I got to the Starbucks drive-thru (I was NOT getting out of the car in 39-degree weather...yeah, yeah, normal for this time of year in most other parts of the country...but I'm a true sunny Cali girl), and there was actually 3 cars in line-at 7:35 am on a Sunday morning! I decided to ditch the Starbucks idea and headed straight to Target. There were about 12 girls in front of the store entrance already-so scratch the reading-in-the-car idea, too. I parked my car and joined them. By 7:57 am, the crowd swelled to about 40 people, including a couple of elderly folks and 2 couples. There was a group of 4 girls, each with papers in their hands and discussing strategy. One would head straight to shoes, another 2 to clothing, and don't forget to get these specific sizes. It was sort of funny, until one elbowed me to get a little further ahead in the crowd. I was a little peeved, but I didn't think it was worth it to get upset, so I moved a little out of the way for her. It ended up not making a difference for her cuz I ended up getting ahead of her in the crowd anyway (being little and quick really helps sometimes!). I ran straight for the dresses and grabbed the floral crush and red/black shift dresses in sizes 2 and 4. As I grabbed the last size 2 floral crush dress, I heard a few, "Awwws". I did feel bad, but these things are "first-come, first-serve", right?
So the floral crush dress is the quintessential piece of this collection, in my opinion. I'm definitely keeping that, but the red/black dress is...well, not. I must've been expecting different material, but later on, I figured out that it's just that it's too similar to the Jason Wu for Target black shift dress I got last year. Why get 2 of the same dress? I took the red/black Prabal dress home, but will likely bring it back. I wonder if other people felt the same way cuz I found so many of them left when I checked out. I traveled to 2 other Targets, and I found so many of that dress on the racks at them, too.
I also found the floral sweatshirt and a couple of pairs of shoes. The black shoes are very similar to the Christian Louboutin Balota that came out a couple of seasons ago. I wanted them, but couldn't fork over $1300 at the time. I'm debating keeping them, but I'm leaning toward no, since I currently own a few pairs of Louboutins I have yet to wear or have worn just once or twice. The sweatshirt, well...it's not really worth $29.99, in my opinion, but it's a great casual piece. But $29.99 (plus tax) is still money, and I don't have any to waste.
floral crush dress
red shift dress with black trim (sorry, I don't know how to rotate it and save it on this blog)
black lace-up sandals 