I admit I was one of those women waiting at Target yesterday before 8 a.m. But my experience has been FAR different from all the others I’ve read.

I originally tried to get to Target online around 7 a.m. and when my page would not load I knew the site had crashed. It puzzles me as to why, after all the media surrounding the Missoni for Target launch, they were not prepared like it was Black Friday. Or, maybe they were, and didn’t realize the potential of us Fashionistas to bring down their site. Either way, I was one of the lucky ones.

There were 6 of us waiting for Target to open at 8 a.m. I literally sized up my “competition” and only one other woman looked to be about my size. The doors were unlocked and we all calmly grabbed a cart and walked to the areas we wanted. Only 1 woman went to the housewares, while the other 5 of us went to the clothes. I grabbed what I thought would fit me (medium) because I really didn’t want to bother with the dressing room. I also didn’t want to take another size and look like I was greedy. After the clothes I went to the accessories, then shoes, lounge/sleep wear, then home and beauty. I then went back to the clothes and re-assessed my cart making sure of what I liked and wanted to keep. I did the same with all the other sections as well. That meant I did two passes around the store and I had a little of everything in my cart and put some things back: wine box, floppy hat (darn it!), storage boxes.

I then thought of the roller luggage I had seen in one of the print ads and decided to try my luck and see what my Target had received. I was only halfway down from that area when I saw exactly what I wanted. My store and gotten one of the roller luggage pieces in, along with a laptop sleeve and small luggage pieces. Again, I only put the one piece in my cart. I didn’t need any of the others.

Here are some of my purchases. All the clothing items are a Size Medium, for reference. The heels are a Size 7.

I was out of the store by 8:45 a.m. I was surprised as I thought I would be in there longer. I am pretty pleased with my findings and I just need to go on a trip to use my new luggage piece. Husband has been making me use this roller back-pack piece and I hate it. So unfashionable, among other things. I also bought some of the silk scarves, tights and the infinity scarf in Passione/Purple. I really really wanted the Colore/Peach-Brown color but decided on the brighter pop of color. As you can see, all the dresses are mini-dresses. I will add tights and boots to them and also treat them as a tunic and wear them with leggings, skinny jeans or pants. I am debating on whether or not to keep the blue dress. I just don’t have that “feeling”. I was able to order the maxi skirt online yesterday afternoon.

I know this collection is supposed to last several weeks so I think there will be re-stocks every few days. Not all of the items were out in my store when I went yesterday (paper and beauty). Unlike the Liberty of London or Calypso collections I think most of my area Targets will be sold out of the Missoni Collection but I do hope to find a few more pieces of the home collection.

Do you think Target will order up more items to be made, like the clothing at least? Did anyone else get what they wanted?