My Target Lilly Pulitzer Experience

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I guess I live in a cave. ?Or in Arizona.

Because I had no idea this was “A Thing”.

Something?becomes “A Thing” when people decide to camp out overnight (or at least 3 hours early) for a chance to purchase items.

In my life, the only time I participated in “A Thing” was the time I camped out for Garth Brooks tickets.

No, not last week. ?23 years ago.

And well- it was GARTH. ?BROOKS. ?Even Justin Timberlake knows this is A Thing.

 

#TBT If you love Garth as much as @JTimberlake does #VoteGarth daily-> http://t.co/As1zzvLExV -Team Garth https://t.co/HzzivRWMGk

? Garth Brooks (@garthbrooks) April 9, 2015

 

So my Thing was totally reasonable.

Today I woke up to my Facebook filled with discussions and reports from my East coast friends about the Lilly Pulitzer frenzy at Target. ?It’s definitely A Thing.

Lilly Pulitzer is a clothing designer adored by women everywhere.

Or so I’m told. ?Because clearly: ?cave in Arizona.

I scanned the offerings on Target.com today- and they are really cute! ?PS- don’t bother trying to shop online: those early birds got ALL the worms.

While I was out on my run this morning I thought a bit about Lilly and all the cuteness I saw flying off the shelves via social media. ?I’m a blogger- I should know these things, right? ?I should be on point when it comes to trending issues and, well, I was curious.

I decided I’d check this Thing out for myself. ?Because surely if all the Facebook reports were correct, my local Target would be a mad house and I didn’t want to be left out.

FOMO (Fear of missing out): it’s real, y’all.

So I ran and went to Target.

Punctuation matters: ?I ran. ?And went to Target. ?In my running clothes, because, I was in it to win it.

Sitting at the light before my turn into the parking lot, I got a little nervous. ?There were a lot of cars turning in this morning.

4 of them.

But- phew- 3 pulled into Krispy Kreme and the other was headed to JC Penny.

It was me and Target, mano a mano.

I circled the lot a few times looking for a spot to park.

Errr… okay. ?Maybe I didn’t. ?Maybe I got that coveted spot under the tree because this IS Arizona you know. ?In 10 minutes, my black Honda would become an oven if I parked too close without shade.

I ran over to the line.

Man, it’s a GOOD thing I wore my Hokas. ?They made me fast.

I was First. ?In. ?Line.

Maybe this IS better than Garth Brooks. ?I was 48th in line there and almost missed out on my tickets- thankfully my friends brother who was up all night dropping acid (don’t judge- this was Nor Cal in the ’90s) managed to sweet talk some chick in the front of the line (lucky number 7!) into buying us extra tickets.

Back to Lilly…

So there I was. ?First in line. ?At 7:48 A.M.

Yeah. ?This ain’t no Garth.

I’m not sure I can hang around by myself for another hour plus.

I mean- there was NO ONE there. ?Just little ole’ me.

I started walking back to the car when a pretty lady in a Volvo pulled up. ?She rolled down the window and we had this conversation.

“It’s not open yet?” she pouted.

“No, looks like it opens at 9. ?Are you here for Lilly?” I inquired.

“No. ?(pause) ?Who’s Lilly?” ?She shook her head at me, rolled up the window and drove off.

So yeah. ?That’s what happened in a southern Arizona Target.

I left but am heading back out because RESEARCH. ?I’m a blogger, dammit. ?I have to know how this ends!

ETA: I went back. Part 2 here

Did you brave the Lilly crowds today? ?Score anything good?

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