Target

To the list of work responsibilities/"did I go to college to do this?" add "grocery shopper." I am grocery shopper about once a month. Not that I'm at all complaining, though. I enjoy getting out of the office and having some say over what kind of stuff we have in the office.

I went to Target. I like Target better than Wal-Mart for a few reasons. It seems cleaner and more organized. Another thing that I like about Target is that they print off gift receipts as needed. I say "as needed" because I don't get a gift receipt all of the time. It's just the times that I purchase something that seems wedding or baby gift registry appropriate. I'd like to think that Target has a system set up for the gift receipts that is logical. That is, it only prints off receipts when the item is over $xx, is a common registry item, or some other quality of which I am unaware. However, here was my grocery list for Target yesterday:

• Brawny Paper Towels (I guess me watching all of those Brawny Man Innocent Escapes paid off for Georgia-Pacific!)
  
• Target brand acetaminophen
• Reese's Mini Peanut Butter Cups (YUM!)
  
• Dish Brush
• Lipton tea
• Plastic cups
  
• Lipton Decaffinated Tea
• Bigelow (or as I like to call it-Gigolo) Vanilla Caramel tea
• Coffeemate Hazelnut & French Vanilla creamer
• Straws
• Starbucks coffee (assorted variety)
• Millstone Hazelnut coffee
• Sweet 'N Low

I got a gift receipt. What item on this list is really registry worthy? The straws? The dish brush? Oooh ooh...no! What bride doesn't need generic Tylenol? For the record, the gift receipt was definitely meant to be with me as it was in between the regular receipt and Target's list of specials for the week. I like technology when it makes sense, but this just seems silly to me.