We typically go to Target for household stuff every 6 weeks or so. The closest one to us is the one near Northgate Mall, about 6 miles north of us, but it’s not a Super Target. The regular Targets only have a small selection of cereals, chips, drinks, some canned goods, and a very small frozen section. Unfortunately there isn’t a Super Target in the entire state of Washington (or Oregon and Idaho for that matter), so we buy the vast majority of our groceries at one of the nearby grocery stores, which are more expensive than Target.

We hadn’t been to Target in a while, and the last time we went to the one in Northgate, they were doing a lot of remodeling, so everything was a mess. We had to go last week because we were on our last roll of toilet paper, so we went to the Northgate Target expecting it to still be a disaster from the remodeling. It was quite the opposite, in fact, the remodeling was done and everything was a billion times better because they basically turned it into a Super Target! Actually, it’s not quite a Super Target though because it doesn’t have a produce section or a very big meat or bread section, but it’s still a huge improvement over what they had before.

Being the nerds that we are, we were very excited and almost giddy that our Target had expanded the grocery section so much. We spent a lot more time there than we expected to, just exploring the new aisles and looking at all the food we could buy for cheap. And they also had this really good raspberry lemonade made by Simply Orange, that I'd never seen before at other grocery stores. I think Simply Orange makes the best orange juice, apple juice, and lemonade by far.

We didn't even have time to go down to the bottom floor (yes, the Northgate Target is two stories tall). One other cool thing about this Target is that they have a vermaport, an escalator specifically for shopping carts. You just put your cart on the belt and then you get on the escalator next to it and watch it ride up or down right next to you. I thought it was so cool when we first went there.

But anyway, I'm really glad that our Target is so much nicer and bigger now. I almost can't wait to go back. Now we can do most of our grocery shopping there for a lot cheaper than QFC or Safeway.