One small step for my wallet...

<--What I look like on a routine trip to Target.

What my Target trip resembled this week --> (minus the tan coat and bad dye job)

Sometimes I think I'm just helping the economy. We have to put money back into the system in order for things to turn around...which in turn will give us more money.

Right?

Well I like to think of my single-handed investment in saving the economy is shopping at Target.

Well, shopping period, but for the sake of this blog, I'd say Target.

I went to Target this week.

Goal in mind? Nope.
Reason? None.

I went just because I hadn't made a trip in a couple of weeks. Besides, there's always something for everyone at Target.

Most anybody I talk to has agreed: it's so easy to spend $100 at Target.

Past examples:

1. I go in for sunglasses. I leave with sunglasses ($17) plus some...end total--> $99.
2. I go in to accompany a friend. A good trip around the dollar aisle and a checkout later, $98 spent.
3. Tampons are a girl's best friend...and a quick trip in the door leads to a $102 shopping spree.

These are just a few of the many times my VISA has more than willingly spent close to $100 in the red aisles.

Therefore, let's count it a small step for me and one giant one for mankind, when I say that an impromptu trip to my favorite store resulted in the spending of a mere $21.

'It's still $21' you say. 'That's a minimum payment on one of your credit cards,' you continue.

Well, yes...I agree.

I also could contest that it could be $121, so I'll settle for the double digits spent.

I'm slowly, but surely, winning this battle.

TARGET...consider yourself 'warned.'