Oh boy, do I miss TARGET

My wife loves Target more than I do though I think their clothing range is really good especially for menswear....though I am too frugal and wait until it goes on sale! 

I'm missing Target today. Still shopping for an aquarium. I could get a 20 gallon setup at Target for less than $50.  Triple that here for the cheapest models (which are cheaply made).   Sigh....

I thought of everyone last night when we did our Target shop here in Charleston. Oh man - I felt like I had been dropped down from outer space. Wandering the aisles and its all so clean, so much selection, such prices!  I wanted to go up to people and shake them and tell them DONT TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. 

We don't have  much luggage space this trip but damnit I  made sure to buy SOCKS. We spent almost $20 on good, solid cotton socks because the ones we get in the UK just don't work for us. Partner got some workout shirts. I got the face wash and moisteurizer that ONLY seems to work for me and I can't get it in the UK. But there were so many cool new things I wanted to buy and try and just can't justify the space. I'm pretty sure I'm going home in August due to mom's big birthday, so I can wait a few months, but we've been struggling with thoughts of going home permanently and this really didn't help.

I never got the appeal about Target, honestly.

For gardening/DIY/storage/other random things, I know folks like Wilko.  There isn't one near me though, so I can't confirm.

Parent friends like ASDA, Matalan, and Primark for clothing for their kids. 

I never got the appeal about Target, honestly.

For gardening/DIY/storage/other random things, I know folks like Wilko.  There isn't one near me though, so I can't confirm.

Parent friends like ASDA, Matalan, and Primark for clothing for their kids.

There’s a Wilko in Carlisle. It’s decent to me but it’s no Target. I haven’t been to Matalan yet but there’s one in Carlisle I want to check out. The store I have never gotten the appeal about in America is Walmart. I can’t stand it. It’s something about the lighting. I just feel terrible when I walk out of a Walmart store.


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I've never gotten Target either.  I was definitely more Team Walmart.

Though after my last trip to the USA and visiting a newly refurbished Target (that had been built after I moved here so was already quite new) - I kind of got it.  Big wide aisles without another soul on them.  Seriously you could do cartwheels and not bother another person.  So I think I got the "feel".

I still prefer Walmart's products though.  <again, I'm classy>

I've never gotten Target either.  I was definitely more Team Walmart.

Though after my last trip to the USA and visiting a newly refurbished Target (that had been built after I moved here so was already quite new) - I kind of got it.  Big wide aisles without another soul on them.  Seriously you could do cartwheels and not bother another person.  So I think I got the "feel".

I still prefer Walmart's products though.  <again, I'm classy>

Ha ha!! Look, Walmart definitely has the better prices of the two. It’s all really the same stuff if you think about it...

Where I grew up in Michigan, there was no Target or Walmart. There was only Kmart which I think is probably the worst of the three. Never went to Target or Walmart until I moved to Cali in 1998. Actually, now that I think about it... there is also a store in Michigan called Meijer’s. It has EVERYTHING!! And it’s open 24 hours! I do love me some Meijer’s. It’s the place you go when you’re bored late at night. Such an exciting life, eh?!


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There’s a Wilko in Carlisle. It’s decent to me but it’s no Target. I haven’t been to Matalan yet but there’s one in Carlisle I want to check out. The store I have never gotten the appeal about in America is Walmart. I can’t stand it. It’s something about the lighting. I just feel terrible when I walk out of a Walmart store.


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There's a running semi-truth:  you can tell if your kid has autistic tendencies if you take them to Walmart on a Saturday and stay in the store for over an hour. They'll go ballistic....  high barnlike ceilings, massive numbers of people, hideous lighting, very loud, very chaotic.

Being in that place for more than a "run in and get what I need and then get out" trip leaves me feeling like I've run a marathon!

Walmart is cheap and has a very wide selection of goods under one roof. It goes through periods where the quality of the clothing isn't great, and then it improves again. You can get a pair of good jeans for $20 or under, shoes for the same. Good selection of middle-quality cosmetics and personal items.  Medications are pretty much the cheapest around in there. All while you're having your car's oil changed or new tires put on.  You can even get the kiddies a goldfish.

I never got the appeal about Target, honestly.

For gardening/DIY/storage/other random things, I know folks like Wilko.  There isn't one near me though, so I can't confirm.

Parent friends like ASDA, Matalan, and Primark for clothing for their kids.

Wilko branding reminds me so much of Target. I seriously thought they might be the same company.

I am not a Target person, but I do love the super giant ones, like the one I went to near Disneyland.

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For gardening/DIY/storage/other random things, I know folks like Wilko.  There isn't one near me though, so I can't confirm.

I always sort of disregarded Wilko...the nearest one is inside a shopping centre that i loathe, so i never bothered with it.

But i've moved house recently, and someone at work told me to check out Wilko for kitchen stuff, so i did, and it was a revelation!  I've been in there several times now and always find what i want/ didn't know i wanted it till i saw it.   Wilko is so good, i haven't even gone to Ikea!

So there's one out in Clydebank... might be an interesting day out!

Thanks for the tip!

So there's one out in Clydebank...

that's the very felly! 
There's useful shops here... a Dunelm, a Go Outdoors, Home Bargains, B&M, TK Maxx, and all the usual stuff in the Centre, including Wilkos.