Target is a place that we all know and love. They sell pretty much anything you could possibly need and bunch of other things that you definitely don't need. A lot of things happen when you step into Target and I've figured them all out. Hopefully you can recognize these stages and admit that you have a problem after reading this, and that problem is that you're addicted to Target. Here are the 11 stages of going to Target:
1. Preparation
You only need to go to get a phone case. You prepare to walk in and glide straight to the electronics section, pick out your case, and leave. 10 minutes top, right?
2. Arrival
You pull into the parking lot with all the soccer moms and are psyching yourself up in your head. Keep your eye on the prize
3. Distraction
You walk in and the first thing you see is the Starbucks inside. I mean, you might as well get yourself a drink while you’re there so just, really quickly, you’ll get a drink. It will be fine.
4. Even more distraction
You pass all the clothes and shoes and you just have to take a detour. You’ll just browse quickly through all the clothes. Then, your eye catches this top, so you take a closer look. It’s only $15.99? It’s so cheap, I’ll just buy it. Okay, now back to the electronics.
5. Weakness
As you walk through the clothes section to exit, four more items catch your eye while you convince yourself you need them all. So, with a handful of five things in your first 10 minutes, you head back to the electronics.
6. Getting what you came for
“This is what you came for” by Rihanna and Calvin Harris starts going through your head and you finally get the phone case. Now, to the registers.
7. Convincing
To get to the registers, you have to pass the home section, and this is where you might as well give up forever. You spend 45 minutes in the home section convincing yourself that you DO need new towels, hangers, storage bins and three picture frames and that you really don’t need to eat this week so it will be fine.
8. Accepting defeat
You grab a cart because you can’t carry all of this stuff anymore. You realize you have a problem, but you’ll just get this stuff then work on it when you get home. You head to the front sad but also really excited to try on your new clothes and things.
9. Relapse
So you’re walking to the register, with at least $85 worth of stuff, drinking your Starbucks, and ready to get out. You get up to the register and there it is: your favorite movie on DVD. So, you have to get it. One last thing in the cart won’t hurt.
10. Checkout
The cashier rings everything up and the grand total is $96.72. As you’re walking to your car, you are so mad at yourself for spending that much money and now you can’t eat breakfast or lunch this week. You also realize that you bought two DVDs at checkout and you don’t even own a DVD player.
11. The cycle restarts
A week goes by and you realize you’re going to the lake, so you need to go get a new bathing suit. Might as well go to Target, right? Then the cycle of stages starts again and you realize you will never win the battle against Target and you don’t ever want to.
