Musings on a Small Life

Okay, I've been to the new Target store twice now, once yesterday afternoon for a look around and then again this morning. I'm admittedly under whelmed. With the exception of a couple of home decor items, there's nothing I can't get elsewhere for equal or less in terms of price. I won't be giving up my treks to WalMart for household and drugstore goods. The store looks great, obviously, rather like an updated Zellers IMO, but I guess I just expected something different, something more , having been on the Target.com site many times over the years. I even foolishly hoped they'd have a large pet section, with cat trees, but it's small, has far less than the old Zellers' pet section, which comprised two long aisles. My other beef is with a design/layout issue. The store is an anchor for the mall, as was Zellers. It has an upper floor outside entrance, as well as an upper and lower mall entrance. There are no check-outs on the upper lev...

I'm "on target" for taking a half day vacation and going to check out our brand new Target store. It opened on Tuesday in the old Zellers location in the mall. Not having been in a Target in the U.S., I don't know what to expect in terms of quality, though I've heard it's supposed to offer better labels (at least in clothing) for reasonable prices. Not as inexpensive as in the States, unfortunately. But I'll see for myself! One of my hostas a week or so ago, before it fully bloomed.   I hope to take one or two days off next week, before our long holiday weekend. I've got an appointment for Nicki's check/anal glands for next Thursday, but if the neighbour kids come home this weekend I might try to move the appointment to Friday August 2nd and just take the one day off instead of two. I'm playing that one by ear right now, literally. Spied on my way to work a week or two ago, a cat I often see curled up in one of the chairs on his st...