Attention Target Shoppers

Well it's the day after Christmas and all through the house not a person was stirring, not even a mouse. It was 6:30 in the morning and we got up and threw on our pants and put on our shirts and out the door we went to Target by 7am.

Two days earlier...

"I just want to look for that Santa gnome you wanted." LJ walked over to the Christmas section of Target to scope out the goodies for the 50% off sale the day after Christmas. "THERE IT IS!" She ran over to the Santa and picked him up. It was $19.99 and on Wednesday it would be half the price. "I don't want it." Said Mas. "WHAT?! You said you wanted this the other day. But of course we weren't gonna pay $24.99 for it. So that's why I'm checking to see if they have it here and we can come back when the sale is on."

"Attention Target Shoppers. The store will be closing in 20 minutes. Please make your way up to the registers for check out."

"GREAT! It's closing now, so on Wednesday morning, I'm gonna be here when it opens and buy this for 10 bucks!" LJ then notice a woman feeling up on her Santa Knome. Her eyes grew wide. She started to growl. "..Grrrr..." And then noticed that the lady didn't pick it up. She just left it there. LJ walked off with Mas and his mother. "....you saw that woman?? She was EYE BALLING my gnome!!"

While at the check out, LJ notices the woman who was eye balling her gnome. "Hey Mas, did you notice if the woman behind you had the gnome in her cart?" Ask LJ. "Nope. I didn't see anything in there." "Good. Then it'll be there when I come back on Wednesday morning, 8am sharp!" Mas's mother then says, "Oh, no they open at 7am!"

Great!! One hour could have caused major problems for everyone that day, as LJ would have been upset that some bitch took her Santa gnome before she did. She would have knocked someone and dragged them to the back if they eye balled anything else LJ wanted. But luckily, there was a second gnome, styled differently, for her to purchase if her first choice was gone. But she wanted what she wanted.

"Did you find what you wanted?" Ask Mas's dad. "Yes I did. But I should have hidden it. I hope that lady doesn't come back to race me for it." They all look at me like I'm crazy. I had the crazy look in my eyes. I was determined to get it. And get it for TEN BUCKS!

Present day...

We get to the Target store and there were people already waiting to get in. There must have been 30 people standing there. Mas stood on line, but I crept my way up to the front a bit. I was cool. The doors then opened on the dot and everyone started their way in. "No running, please." Says the man holding the door open for the customers. I walk in and tell Mas to grab a cart while I fly to the back calmly but quickly. Everyone took a different direction. I walked with a group of girls who were laughing and walking at a nice fast but decent pace. Then out of nowhere comes a woman with a filled shopping cart and almost side swipes me. "Ahhh!" I was almost hit and I was waiting for a response from the woman. "Oh sorry, ha ha ha." Her apology was a few seconds late, but better late than never. I looked over to the girls as they look at me and laugh along with me with what just happened. But then I turn back on my focus.

Great. The voltrues are all by the ornaments, as I make my way to the gnome in the next two isles down. I spot one woman in the isle but it's not the woman I saw who was eye balling my gnome. The lady in the isle was looking at something else. I come around the corner and spot my Santa. I quickly go over and it's IN MY HANDS!! YES!! YES!! Just as I freaking planned! YES!!

Mas catches up to me with the cart and sees me smiling with the knome in my hands. I give it to him and he holds on to it, rather than put it in the cart. "I'll hold it. Wanna make sure no one takes it out of the cart." "Good plan, Mas! Good team work. High five." We slap each other.

Now that the mission was complete, I went over to the other isles to look at the ornaments I wanted and spotted on Monday. But before I did that, I spotted out of the corner of my eye, a wooden reindeer with lights on it. It wasn't like the white wired one where the head moves up and down. This one was cute. It would look nice during the day time. I put it in the cart and made my way to the ornaments.

After...wait, I was there two hours?? Yeah, wow. So after about 2 hours of checking stuff out, we made our way to the check out. I spent about 100 bucks on sale items. So you know I came home with a lot. I managed to buy a bunch of xmas stockings to hang. They were beautiful. Silk with sequence and the colors were nice.

We drove back with smiles on our faces. Well at least I did. We got back to his parents house and they stood there at the door way waiting for the big gnome news. "MISSION COMPLETE. We brought home the turkey!" They laughed. Wow, they said. "I can't believe you guys got up to go shopping that early." "Well, that gnome was there waiting for me. I went to so many targets and saw that they were all gone. So this was a sign for me. Either that or else I would have stabbed the girl with the stocking holder if she was putting my gnome in her cart." And I walked away content.