I would love to say that my love of ears is waning as I get older, but I am honestly fooling myself and half the time I am saying that I am buying them for EV who could careless about them and will only wear them for pictures ::cue shrugging emoji::
There are not many collaborations that Target does that I flip over and I will be the first to admit that I was one of the individuals that was up at the crack of dawn and waiting outside for the Lilly Pulitzer release. Yes, it was just as crazy as people said and Lillygate was a real thing (if you have no idea what I am talking about, grab some popcorn and a cocktail and Google it). I did end up snagging a lot and to many it may have been considered excessive, but as far as taking multiples other than the houseware, I felt justified and for those that know me, can attest that I am a true Lilly fan and there would have been no resale.
I felt that the Stoney Clover release was nowhere near Lillygate, but people were a lot more brash in confronting people with full carts. My mom had kindly ran to Target for me the day of and put everything that I wanted for myself and my daughter in her cart (my mom is a ‘senior’) and an individual while I was on the phone with her came up to her (mind you it was 10am, the release was 8am) and basically began to verbally harass her about what she had in her cart (see below) even though she stated it was for my daughter and me. Who the hell goes up to a Senior in Target and start berating them? People do not do that crap with groceries…”Hey lady, you have too much kale…wanna hand that over?!”
UNPOPULAR OPINION: Here is the thing…resellers make a living and support there families too…it is NEVER okay to harass a person over something they do for a job EVER. If you miss out on something it is okay, there was plenty I missed, but still plenty I got and my mom was there when it opened. If you are moseying in there two to three hours after Target opens and you are not understanding of how collaborations work at Target…I have no idea what to say to that…but that is my soapbox for the day as it royally irritates me. Want to blame someone? Blame Target for the quantity and it being limited and that is it, but isn’t that the point of limited? I end up getting a ton of stuff that I missed with returns anyway. There are plenty of people that make a living creating ‘Disney’ items on Etsy that are using trademarked and copyrighted images/logos, etc and you do not see these individuals getting raked through the coals and I hope I never do since our family is a huge supporter of #smallbusiness.
Anyway, on to the point. So my mom comes over with everything she scooped up and we go through everything just to see what we want to keep (also above) and what could be brought back. We wanted to bring back anything we didn’t love same day so that other people would get a shot at snatching up what they needed or missed. I ended up keeping the big large swim terry pouch and handing back the white one to my mom thinking that with two toddlers it would NEVER stay clean and that having two large pouches no matter how I loved traveling accessories would be pointless. My mom had a large bag full of miscellaneous items to return (mostly those small cube pouches that I had no idea what I would use them for or what would fit in them) and because she knows me, felt that we should wait a day to return ‘just to make sure.’ I am the Queen of FOMO, once I start seeing how everyone else is using their stuff I start regretting and wanting to keep my returns lol #anyoneelseoristhisjustme. This ended up being her best idea yet.
I wish I had taken a note of her Instagram, but I was following the #StoneyXClover tag on Instagram just because I always enjoy other people’s hauls and seeing what they got and all of a sudden this angel of Instagram has a ‘reel’ that demonstrates how she plans to use her large white pouch to hold her ears for travel.
Literally. Gobsmacked. She fit four ears that had bows and adornments and not only did they fit, they were super comfortable in there (not crowded) and not squished. I absolutely went nuts lol. I know I have that PARC bag (amongst several others, dont worry I am used to the side eye by now), but it is super nice (and expensive) carrying case and I always have to think about where I put it in the car (mainly it is up front with me which doesn’t leave much room for my feet) and if I am just looking at taking a duffle and nothing else, it can end up being a lot of extra luggage that I do not always need.
It fits perfectly in the duffle with everything else comfortably.
Needless to say, I quickly called my mom and made sure she had the white pouch and was thrilled to know it was still in her possession and soon to be mine. I actually was able to score another set of ‘TRAVEL’ patches as I needed the E-A-and R and I was super lucky that my store had received a return for a lone ‘S’ and grabbed that as well. #doyouseewhereiamgoingwiththis
This is the end result. I also have some of the cute design patches, such as the fruits, smiley faces, hearts, and rainbows that I might add, but I am not sure yet.
I actually really love it. I love how there is a pretty good sized zipper pocket on the inside and both the quality and the hardware are quite nice, so I see this holding up for quite some time. Plus, since it is terry cloth, I will be able to throw this in a laundry bag and wash on a gentle cycle if it needs to be freshened up.
I can actually fit four to five Minnie ears in here comfortably. I normally keep my magicbands in my ear case so everything important for the parks is together and the bands can just be thrown in the bottom along with my travel wallet that is on a lanyard.
In the zipper pocket, I put some of EV’s Disney hairclips as well as her ear clips which are actually pom-pom looking clips made to look like Minnie and Mickey ears and are meant for pigtails. I seriously could not get over how well everything fit.
As you can see, nothing is crammed in there and they are pretty good sized Minnie ears with embellishments, Interestingly, is that this also happens to be the amount I put in my PARC travel case except it is a lot less cumbersome and now fits nicely in a duffle for the weekends. It is also perfect for when I do not want to take a lot or we are staying with friends and I do not want to have to have excessive luggage in their home.
The best part is that it is like a Mary Poppins bag in that it holds everything, but from the outside still looks like its original shape and not busting at the seams with everything in it. I couldn’t have been more pleased and I would totally give that Instagram girl a hug if I had thought to save her reel or make note of who she was. Hindsight y’all.
Did you get anything from the StoneyCloverXTarget line? Could you careless and have no clue what I am talking about (because I am okay with that too)? Did you use any of the items for your Disney essentials or thought to use one of them items for something outside of the box? This inquisitive girl needs to know.
