Hey, want to know how to save a bunch of money?
Never ever go to Target. ever.
I ran in to get salt and ended up with a shirt…
$5 on clearance.
I’m such a hippie wearing my clearance fake tie-dye.
And .58 cent dog treats.
I gave one to Marni and she immediately hid it. Why can’t I go hide my treats instead of stuffing them in my piehole in seconds?
Nice hiding spot, you dillwad.
Even with dollar purchases, I still managed to blow nearly $100. High score! Does that mean I’m a winner? Do I get a prize?
FOOD, I MAKE FOOD. SOMETIMES.
I don’t talk a ton about food because talking about shoes, clothes and vacations is so noble is much more interesting to me.
But I get a lot of questions asking what I eat everyday. It’d be like seeing a celebrity at the grocery store without makeup (“Wow, they’re so average and normal and short and… unglamorous”).
But I’ll tell you what we had for dinner because I actually did something more than make a salad. I used this honey-lime grilled chicken recipe from The Fit Housewife. and then made a salad.
Simple ingredients that I had on hand, check.
I’m all about simple recipes not because I don’t have the time. Heck, I have time to make two of Julia Child’s recipes daily, but cooking isn’t how I prefer to spend my time… StarTracks aren’t going to check themselves.
Chicken marinating.
Finished product. Good golly I’m an amazing photographer.
Next time I’d marinate the chicken for a full day instead of 4 hours, but I started too late in the afternoon. I’m going to blame her because she forced me to take a 4 mile walk with her at 5pm.
And I’d use more chicken: I only had 2 chicken breasts and wanted to share with my “I’d die of sadness (and starvation) if I was a vegetarian” husband so the portions weren’t too big, but it was an easy, good recipe.
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Good advice! On our {long} drive home from the states last month I had my husband stop so I could shop at Target. He and the dog hung out in the parking lot for an hour while I did my thing- it was a lot of fun for me, but probably not so much for them!
My husband doesn’t come to Target with me anymore. It’s the best for everyone
target — so dangerous, yet i don’t know what i’d do w/o it.
Yes, I’m definitely like that when it comes to Target. Darned place has EVERYTHING… and I apparently always need a little something from every part of the store!
France, for sure.
Haha! Hilarious! I’m so glad it’s not only me! I go into Target for paper towels and toilet paper and somehow I walk out with a new bathing suit, some new hair product (that’ll collect dust under my bathroom sink but, bought because it was a pretty color ;P ), cereal, and a whole new workout outfit. I can’t go to Target without spending, minimum, $100!
I seriously stopped going to target for this reason. I used to go there for shampoo and walk out $100 poorer. For this reason I buy all of my products at walmart, its cheaper and it has waaaaaayyyyy less temptations (at least for me), plus my walmart is 2 story, so i never even venture to the second level where all the tempting stuff would be.
Is that dirty hippie shirt a half shirt? Please tell me it is just folded in half. The “hidden” dog treat is so funny I can’t stop looking at the picture. Lastly, how did you cook those chicken pieces on the grill? Did you skewer them first? Inquiring minds that don’t cook but are willing to tell their husbands how to do it want to know.
its a full shirt, i had to get the most out of my $5.
i grilled the pieces in one of those metal baskets with holes in the bottom, i think theyre for vegetables maybe? i just sprayed it with pam and threw it on the grill.
That’s why I call the local Daiso (http://www.daiso-sangyo.co.jp/english/) evil! Everything goes for RM5 (USD1.60) and I can never walk out of there without something. Make that a lot of things!
Marni hides her treats? Bungee practically inhales any food we get her.
Stay away from Target! Publix (our grocery store) is another money drain for me…but it’s food and you have to have it, so it’s OK, right?
We shop at SuperTarget every Sunday. We spend around $250 each week, and that’s when we don’t venture into the clothes! Gosh I love that place…
I have not been to a Target in 4 months for this very reason.
Ha! Trick question… I’m going to go with USA. Or… maybe USA.
We say that Target has a $50 cover charge. You can’t get out without spending at least that much. I agree – I don’t think I’ve ever made a trip that was under the “cover”.
That chicken looks good!!! One night you should forget to make dinner, so he has to eat like a vegetarian hehe
I’m so happy misty and kerry won!!! they deserve it!!
Haha I love the picture of Marni! She is a character!
I’m the exact same way in Target. I walk in w/a list & always end up w/15 more things that weren’t on the list. I actually have to go to Target this a.m. hopefully, I’ll be more disciplined. That $1.00 section when you first walk in gets me every time.
Marni has some mad hiding skillz for sure!
sounds like a great chkn. recipe.
I’ll have to try it!! xo
Good golly your funny and that salad looks freaking good. You got skills SR! Target is seriously like about to put my house into foreclosure. Cannot go into the place without spending my entire life savings. But everythings on clearence right? haha it gets me every. single. time.
That looks delicious. You gotta love sweetened anything.
I have the exact same problem at Target. I think it would be easier if I didn’t automatically look at the regular and athletic clothing and all the accessories “just to see what they have”…yeah right, of course I’m going to find something I want. Thank goodness I get 5% off all my purchases there with my Target card!
Love that your money saving tip is to never go to Target. I couldn’t agree more! I always feel like I “need” all the stuff I buy when I go there…but somehow I never realized it until the moment I walked into the store. So how much of a need could it really be?!
I’m a vegetarian but have to say that salad looks amazing!
In my family, we call this the “Target tax.” The amount between the cost of what you came in for, and your actual total.
Nikki (my dog) does that too! Well, she used to, until she figured out Lou would take it if she left it unattended. But before when she was an “only dog”, if you gave her a rawhide or pig’s ear (something that takes a while to eat), she would walk around the house, treat in mouth, whimpering. Hide it under a couch pillow, in her dog bed, outside in a hole she dug. Then she’d retrieve it, whimper, hide it somewhere else, etc. Finally we gave up giving her bigger treats. Too much dog-treat drama.