There is a certain store my entire family has never been able to resist.  In the past four years I cannot recall a time we have ever come out having spent less than $200.  They always have something practical, seasonal, or just plain fun.  We have bought just about everything in there at some point — small appliances, diapers, books, electronics, luggage, toys, cards, decorations; you name it.  Today I went in for a Christmas CD to play during my daughter’s class party.  That’s it.  I put my blinders on and moved with determined purpose.  Peeking out from an aisle as I made my way to the back were two pretty little tops that beckoned.  Then I saw they had new pajamas and mine are shot.  Deciding I was starting to get caught as if it were the La Brea Tar Pits, I got myself out of there.  I found the CD and began striding toward the front like an arrow determined not to veer in either direction.  On the way back to the front a great looking bookshelf broke my focus.  My husband has needed a bigger, more sturdy one for ages.  American essayist Charles Dudley Warner said the excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than its value.  I really hope Burk will like it.  And so I rolled out with one small bag and one big box totaling $220.21.  Right on Target.  😉