Sunday, January 18, 2009

Keeping our eye on the Target

Shopping Target is a weekly ritual for Sydney. The superstore is a toddler-size amusement park with its seasonal fare -- she loves to walk through the Christmas section, and she also is a big fan of running through the sporting goods area touching each bike while saying 'bike.' The highlight this fall was a toy brontosaurus that roared and stomped its feet. Now that the dinosaur is extinct (the Christmas season is over), Sydney is a big fan of the vacuum cleaner section. I wonder what people think when they hear me say, "Keep being good, Sydney, and we'll go look at the vacuum cleaners."


Our trips can be trying, especially when I'm not on my best behavior. Some days I putz around trying to do coupon math. Then there are days when I forget the shopping list so we must guess at what we need. Those days usually require a lot of backtracking. And, we'll never forget the trip when I failed to notice that a puppy had jumped from the cart. Who knew I could steer a shopping cart so fast as we retraced our steps. You can imagine the relief when we saw him sitting in the floor of an aisle waiting patiently for us.



This photo is from September and is actually from a stop at Marsh. Notice the convenient puppy holders on the shopping cart? A nice touch.

2 comments:

Christy said...

Every store should have puppy holders on the cart. It only makes sense. :)

Unknown said...

i would have to agree that marsh's puppy holders are quite convenient...whatever it takes to actually get lilly to stay IN the cart now a days...if you aren't there yet, you are lucky!
vaccum cleaners huh? such an easy (and less messy) bribe compared to the suckers i have to use!