Hopefully you’ve already seen my Operation: Joanie Needs Missoni Glamazon column which ran in City Link earlier this month. In case you missed it, you can click here and read it. If you want a Twitter-length synopsis of what happened, I was stuck in the hospital the day Missoni for Target hit stores and due to eBay hoarders, I couldn’t get anything but one pair of pumps I may not even wear because I’m afraid I’ll fall down. But a few nights ago I was shopping with my granny at Target in West Boca when I spotted a woman and man with two carts overflowing with zig-zagged boxes. My granny was lamenting that her pumpkin ice cream was melting, but I was completely distracted by what was before my eyes.
This is how the conversation went:
Me: “Are you coming or going with that stuff because there’s not one piece of Missoni to be found?”
Woman with cart: “We’re returning.”
Me: “[Gasp!] The mother load!”
Man with cart: “I guess you could say that.”
In that very moment, I forgot about my granny’s melting pumpkin ice cream. I didn’t care that it was 8 p.m. and “Dancing With The Stars,” (my favorite competitive show) was on. My brain was overcome with zig-zags. In fact, I was dizzy over it.
I bolted over to the return line and began stalking them. I was transfixed with every item that came out of their carts. It was all…there! She had Missoni for Target bedding, wall art, 10 pairs of rain boots, two knit dresses, two cardigans, gloves, lingerie, THREE suitcases, a carry-on travel bag, a laptop bag…it literally went on and on. It went on for thousands and thousands of dollars and I was so stoked when this benevolent woman pulled this sweater out of her cart! There it was…the chevron print cardigan I was so desperately trying to purchase from my iPhone in the hospital…in my size! I was able to score that and the coveted travel bag in black and white. I asked the woman if she had bought the stuff to sell on eBay and she said it was all an accident on Target.com. Her assistant placed an order for her and then the site said it was cancelled, so they placed the order again and again and ended up with way too much. 
If you really want to find Target for Missoni items now, check the return line at your local Target. So many shoppers over bought and had to return, so there’s a good chance you just might find your dream item when and where you’d least expect it. In another recent trip to Target, I was also able to find a fabulous floppy hat. 
But during that trip to Target, I did come across an eBay hoarder in the return line and from the look of exhaustion and annoyance on her face, it looked like she had learned her lesson in hoarding. Oh karma…you really are a chameleon in all those zig-zags.
