Good to know

I am never going to time the Target in store Halloween shopping ideal experience. This year I managed better than last year, I think, but it was still very picked over and yeah. I'm not sure what was going on there, either, though probably truck came and they might've been shorthanded? Dunno. It was a goddamn mess and I was stressed just walking any of the non-toy aisles. (Those were well stocked and the person putting stuff up was just in her own little world.) I learned that if I'm gonna get groceries from Target, I'm just gonna order them for pickup because oof, that was just...why? I mean, it was probably between trucks and with everyone panic buying last week for the strike, so a mess was bound to happen but also DAMN.


This year Target's featherly friends (their bird range) were still very much available, which hasn't happened in like, five years, and definitely not since COVID. I'm not sure if they made more to try and combat the scalping issue or if everyone looked at the weird faces some idiot gave them and even the scalpers said "fuck no." Mom saw them and sped right on by.


The Halloween sections were a mess. Home decor was pretty picked over, though there were still the birds and some random bits and the less realistic skellies. They also had some of the big props up on display still. The costumes were maybe half gone but still enough to make walking by a bit of a chore for someone not interested in them. Lots of candy to the point that they'd just shoved the cases of candy in front of endstands and called it good. (Part of why I assumed it was truck day.) I was good and didn't buy anything, though they did have some cute plastic cauldron drink/snack holders that I kinda wish I'd gone back for.

Our cashier was nice enough but Jesus fuck she went out of her way to bag horribly. Who in their right goddamn mind puts chicken in with bread, oranges, and greeting cards? There's not giving a fuck and actively choosing to be bad at part of your job. o_O Ma'am, you literally were just about to destroy something I hadn't even paid for yet. Wtf.



Ummm, what else? Oh. Holo Taco's doing a big birthday LE (semi LE?) release this weekend. They're doing birthstones and if I'm able, I'll include the promo pic they emailed. And because it's HT and because people are getting weird about how other people collect or comment on their collecting, there's been some shit.

( Promo pic, lengthy pondering over finishes, and truly petty drama. )

Basically I want to know what's in the water in the polish community because JFC, they're being assholes to one another. Sigh.