I Blame Target

I'm pretty sure I blogged recently about my girlie's clothing situation...something about the fact that she has 19 summer shirts, 13 pairs of shorts, and 23 dresses. Remember that?

Well, I had to decided to go to Target today, because I was in the neighborhood - our nearest Target is more than half an hour from our house, so I don't get to go very often. While there, I went to look for tights for Wendy's Easter outfit. I should know better than to walk through the toddler clothes to get to the tights. I should have bypassed the general clothing and accessed the tights from the end of the aisle where I know they are located. I should not have paid any attention to the big red signs proclaiming, "SALE" in the toddler clothes section. I should have taken a deep breath and walked away slowly.

I was all set to do that. But then I saw this.


Do you see that adorable playing-outside-in-the-summer outfit? Can't you picture that on my adorable little pigtailed girlie? Here's a close up of the print:

The butterfly print is what sold me on this outfit, because Wendy has lavendar butterfly earrings shaped almost exactly like these butterflies. And as you can see, by the fact that the outfit is on my coffee table, I didn't resist temptation. I grabbed that little shirt and matching purple shorts (when else in a female's life can she get away with purple shorts??) and tossed them in the cart. I did manage to resist all the cute dresses and swimwear.

Sigh.

What's a mother to do? Especially a mother with an adorable, chubby, blonde & blue-eyed little sweetie?

Besides, she's already very fashion-conscious, as you can see: