I Suck At Target

Last night I had a hot date with my friend (Andrea). The previous night, Andrea had mentioned wanting to go to Target and CVS to pick up a few things. And as luck would have it, I needed a few things as well from the same places. Lo and behold, we ended up going out to run those errands Friday night.

For me, it was definitely a welcomed break. Raising a two year old (Briana) and an eight month old (Bridget), I don't get to out very often. So it was definitely great for my sanity to be able to just get out of the house even if it were for a little bit of time. And it was especially good to be able to spend some time with Andrea.

Nothing too exciting happened on our errand run. We started off at CVS, where it turns out that the item I was looking for was sold out. For anyone curious, I was looking for the ever exciting product known as Scope mouthwash. CVS was out of the product. Interestingly enough, Target did not have the product either. Who knew there was such a high demand for Scope mouthwash?

Speaking of Target, I suck at Target. One of the more interesting things that happened at Target was that we ran into our friend (Samantha). I guess like us, Sam didn't have much going on a Friday night. So coincidentally, we ran into each other and had a quick chat... about yogurt.

For anyone curious, I poke fun at Sam because she "loves" everything. Yogurt and blueberries, however, are apparently excluded. Although now it turns out that Sam is changing her tune on yogurt as she recently discovered a type that she enjoyed. So apparently she is now on the fence with yogurt.

Anyway, we didn't chat too long at Target. As it turned out, I misplaced my recyclable bag somewhere in Target. So Andrea and I had to retrace our steps to hunt the bag down. Luckily for me, Andrea found the bag by the bikes.

The trip at Target was fun. In my quest to be dad of the year, I picked up what I was looking for: training toothpaste... and not just any training toothpaste, Thomas the train training toothpaste. Thomas the train happens to be one of Briana's favorite characters at the moment, which isn't hard because she has a bunch of favorites. As well, I learned that Target has a clearance section for video games thanks to Andrea. I was quite pleased by that.

From there, we decided to grab a bite to eat at Chili's. I haven't been to Chili's in quite some time. Needless to say, it was a filling meal. We decided to have the $35 dinner for two. I had the sirloin. Yum! I think it goes without saying that I'm not as young as I used to be. What normally was easily consumable when I was in my hey day, wasn't so much last night. I felt absolutely stuffed after the meal.

Tummy aside, it was good to hang out with Andrea. We got to chat about many topics, such as her shady Notre Dame Academy past. For me, I think one of the more memorable conversations was about friendship... primarily because I keep joking that our seven year run is almost up. It so happens that five years ago on Friday, a bunch of us (Andrea included) went on a vacation trip to Ireland. So there's about two years left, if you believe in the seven year rule. Just kidding.

Anyway, even though we essentially ran errands, it was a fun night with Andrea. I'm thinking that I need to do it more often.