As you step through the crisp, red, automatic doors, and lay your eyes upon heaven, you think to yourself, "Only the necessities today, nothing extra." You begin to take a deep breath, preparing yourself to resist the temptation you will face while simply trying to pick up your groceries for the week. However, your breath is interrupted by the familiar scent of Starbucks. You look to your left and decide you deserve to treat yourself to a carmel macchiato while doing your shopping.

After you get your coffee, you grab a cart. You begin thinking about all the groceries you need to buy for the week. You go through the food aisles carefully, placing only what you need for the week in your cart. After you are done with your groceries, you remember you need some household items (toilet paper, cleaning products etc.) You roll your carefully organized cart to the other side of the store. That's when it all begins.

It starts out innocent. You see the dollar aisle and grab some fun little items. You really need the $1 pair of socks because your feet get cold in your apartment (it is not your fault that your roommate keeps it cold). Then, you somehow justify getting the matching gloves because they are only $1 and they would look cute together. You walk out of the dollar aisle, and you remember how you could not find anything to wear this morning. You walk towards the clothing in hope to fix your wardrobe crisis.

While you are in the clothing aisle, you see the cutest dress. You grab the dress in your size and throw it in your cart. Your once organized cart is now chaotic and cluttered. After realizing how good of a deal that dress is, you decide to look at the shirts. You find four cute shirts, put back two and decide you are buying the other two. You exit the clothing department feeling like you found the bargains of the year. You are admiring that dress you found in your cart when it suddenly hits you: You have no shoes to match it! (Except that one pair, but those shoes always give you blisters....) You practically run to the shoes and accessory section.

When in the shoe and accessory section, you are greeted with open arms. You not only find all the perfect accessories for that dress, you found accessories to match both of the shirts you bought as well. After all, your fourth grade teacher did tell you that you were born a natural overachiever, so you can't let her down now. You pick up a cute pair of boots while you are at it because you know they are too good of a deal to pass up. Besides, they wouldn't be here when you come next week. You spot some candles from the shoe aisle and go investigate.

The home aisle is by far your favorite aisle at Target. Remember all 12 of your perfectly organized Pinterest boards about your future home(s) you are going to have in Cape Cod if your boyfriend ever gets his life together? Now is the time to make it all a reality. You see the cutest coffee mug you have ever seen in your entire 20-something years and toss it in your cart. You then find the matching saucers and picture yourself drinking tea with your new cute accessories. The funny thing is, you do not even drink tea, but who cares? You will need them for Sunday morning brunches with your friends in five to seven years. You move on to the next aisle and are thrilled by what you see. You see the dish towels you pinned to your kitchen board last week! You grab three sets and toss them in. You can't wait to put them in your kitchen in three to four years. You flip your hair and head towards the books and electronics section.

As you enter the books and electronics section, you see the cutest phone case ever. You daydream about the compliments you will receive in the future and toss it in. Your cart is now overflowing and what remains of your Carmel macchiato is cold. You think about checking out but then you see the books. Do you even read? Absolutely not. Do you need the newest award winning novel that your mom (and Facebook) is raving about? Yes! The book would make a perfect prop for an Instagram picture. It will totally show your followers how down to earth and intelligent you are. You toss it in and decide it is time to check out. You have been in Target for three hours. You ran out of coffee and your phone is on four percent.

As the checkout worker rings your items up, you begin to panic. When did you put that much stuff in your cart? How are you going to pay for this? Is your card going to decline? Your panicked thoughts are interrupted by the checkout workers voice. As the checkout worker tells you your total, you almost pass out. However, you smile and hand them your card and pay the horrific total. You walk out and check your bank account. You have $3.45 in your checking account. You take a deep breath. You almost regret spending that much money in Target until you remember that dress you got... and those shoes... and that candle. You have no regrets. You swear next time it will be different, but it is not. At the end of the day you know the cold hard truth: It sucks spending almost every penny you have in Target, but at least you didn't have to go to Walmart.