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I'd say I have a pretty solid case against Target wouldn't you?

The spitting image.  Even the description fits, "Lets out a loud scream when exposed to light"

my favorite aisle at target

I love cat accessories.  I was expecting more rhinestone encrusted collars and/or bedazzled jackets but what I did find was well worth it.

Kitty has a serious catnip problem so it's hard for me to find toys that will give him just the right amount of catnip without overwhelming him.  I think he likes the compressed catnip ball that I found him.

He just gets too excited and forgets about what he is doing.  I like the part where he just rolls over and over and over for no reason.  : (

research at Target

Sometimes when I'm at a place like Target I browse through the pool/backyard fun area and look at the pictures on the boxes.  It's always been one of my dreams that I would be in the photo shoot for the pool floatie box, or the floating basketball hoop, or the slip n' slide.

Of course once I start down this path I get lost for hours looking at all the crazy things at Target that I usually breeze right past.  Like this highly unsettling quote from Kevin, age 11.

Or this woman who I am convinced is that girl from Rock of Love who I can't seem to find on any google search:

Was she one of the brandi's?  I don't remember, I think she was on I Love Money and Charm School though.  And now apparently she's posing for the outdoor water castle box.  I want her career.

Also in the pool section I found this boy:

Ok, he's excited about slippin' and slidin', I get it, he's good.  Then I walked down a few boxes and saw this:

Is it the same picture photoshopped to look different?  Or is this kid just that good?  He gets a call on saturday morning, "Hey Johnny, we got a shoot for a new pool toy today you in?"  He's got a pair of board shorts in green that have yet to grace a box so he goes for it.  Just gotta stretch my hamstrings first, gonna be a day of heavy squatting.

Winding my way through the pool/outdoor section meant that I transitioned seamlessly in to the toy section which captivated me for quite some time.  I mean have you seen some of the lego sets they have these days?  I wanted everything.

But I wanted nothing as much as I wanted this:

If they had had these when I was little I woulda bought the shit out of them.  WHAT COULD IT BE?!  I was going to buy it but then I decided I'd rather let the mystery live on.  It could be anything.  It could even be my car!  What if it was my car, omg now I have to go back to Target.