wonderful.

have you, dear jet-setting reader who reads my blog religiously and plans to give me loads of money purely for amusing them, ever been to a newly opened store? and by newly opened, i mean like a freshly iced birthday cake with only a few finger marks in the icing. today, i went to a new target. i have been watching this target be built in a rather unsavory part of my neighborhood for the past year and have been waiting with baited breath for 'opening july 2009'.
today, they are open. fresh plastic grocery carts with monitors that beep if they are taken past a certain line in the parking lot. every rack of clothing, band-aids, tea, oatmeal, or dora the explorer backpacks is neat, tidy, and full. there are no pieces missing. there were approximately 5 employees to every customer (it was 10 am on a very rainy thursday) and each is more determined to help you find what you are looking for than the next. one guy seemed rather offended that i didn't need help...
also, the freezer lights come on when you walk by them. i could spend a year in a place like this, investigating every nook and cranny, every brand name and generic, every free starbucks sample with a suitably tiny straw. i fear, however, that soon the virgin purity of this place will be sullied and i will again be left with dirty rugs, cranky employees, and freezers that are just cold and not bright. but, till then, i shall enjoy myself.