Hmmm….I don’t know what to think about some of your responses. Especially those of you who chose Target over Wal-Mart because you don’t “have one where I live” - are you all okay? Life without Target? Isn’t that cruel and unusual punishment? Here are my answers -
1. Chick-Fil-A - I KNOW! But y’all don’t understand. My willpower is non-existant when it comes to Krispy Kremes. This is why I’m glad the only one in Huntsville is on the other side of town from where I live. My health would be a lot better if there wasn’t one at all in town. I love chicken biscuits, but it is a controlled love.
2.Target (preferrably - SUPER Target) - It would be hard not having paint accessible for when I want to redecorate my home, and I don’t know where I’d buy air-filters - but otherwise? I must have a Target. I can live without clean air, I can’t live without cute and cheap housewares.
3. McDonald’s - It’s all about their fountain sodas. A world without access to McDonald’s fountain Diet Cokes is my definition of HELL.
4. Old Navy - Waaay more affordable.
5. Barnes and Noble - I have a card! I must stick with them!
6. The Body Shop - We dont have a Body Shop in Huntsville, but I fell in love with the one in that Atlanta airport this summer. Tea Tree Oil face wash - the best stuff on EARTH.
7. Quiznos - I’ve finally succumbed to the power of the toasted sub - and Quiznos does it RIGHT. (Actually - Firehouse subs are my favorite - but they’re not as common)
8. A Movie Theater - I’m all about the Movie Theater experience with over-priced and artery-clogging buttered popcorn and soda by the gallon.
9. High Speed Internet Access - this is me hoping that all shows start being available for download soon.
10. A Gym - I know! But I really don’t go to the mall often (those crazy teens scare me) and the gym is someplace that helps me be healthy!
(And it also keeps my husband from becoming Grouchy McBitchyPants)
You know what else we must have? (Thanks to Ben) - BEN AND JERRY’S, of course. Oh - life without Half Baked or Cherry Garcia (low fat!) would be so sad. Oh, so, sad.
Will you still love me if I add Starbucks to the list? If my blood caffeine level drops too low, I grow a second head out of my ass and start yelling at perfect strangers about global warming. And I don’t even CARE about global warming.
Firehouse definitely makes the best subs. Yummy!
Ben & Jerry’s was my favorite ice cream place until I first stepped into Cold Stone Creamery… that place is so awesome. It’s so good it is evil!
Cold Stone Creamery is giving away free ice cream today in the Dallas area as a part of a Make a Wish Foundaton event…. check and see if this is true in your area.
we don’t have target.
and NO. i’m not okay.
i need one. stat.
Chic Fil A is a must! I can’t live without their sweetened tea. Soo good
oh girl, i’ve got a target within 5 minutes of my house. so i’m okay. but i don’t let myself go there as much lately. i have to have MONEY to go there. otherwise, it’s meijer, another one down the street. *sigh*
dammit! i wish i’d taken that little poll earlier, i missed it.
what a fun idea.
p.s. chick-fil-a’s waffle fries are EVIL.
As I’m in the UK I have no Wal-Mart, no Target, no Chick-Fil-A…I could go on.
Pity me.
Although we do have Krispy Kreme. And I’m with Dad Gone Mad on the whole Starbucks thing, although actually I prefer Costa Coffee
That is so true about the McDonalds fountain Diet Crack.
Where I used to live, the McDonalds would sell what I referred to as a “bucket” of Diet Coke — I think it was 42 ounces? It was 49 cents, and the bargain of my lifetime. I’d drive thru and ask for a bucket of Diet Coke. And they’d ask if that was really all I wanted? No burger? No fries? Suckerz.
The closest Target is about 80 miles away. Then again the closest Walmart is about 30. And where I moved…I have yet to see a chic-fil-a. Or Krispy Kreme. You should definitely not move here.
Indianapolis has closed all its Ben and Jerry’s, but they sell pints at Super Target, which is minutes from my house. Whew.
half baked- SO GOOD. cherry garcia, ehh.
McD’s sodas always have flies in them. ew.
mmm coldstone…now THAT’S ice cream…
We are goin’ need some Mexican food, and not TacoBell!
I am giving you a “Amen, sista” on that list!!
Please let me know where you are building this town so I can move there in three years! For now, this list just makes me very happy because oh how I love, and very sad because of how I miss, and very hungry for something cooked in lots of grease. We do have McDonald’s! And I go there once a week for cooking like mom did it… er.