So I was in Target the other day and got lost. I get lost in large department stores and "big box retailers" all of the time, usually while either looking for the bathroom (you know they have to go to the bathroom too) or looking for the Toy Section. Before you think I blow all sorts of money on toys for my kids - no, that would be silly. I blow all sorts of money on toys for me, because I'm a grown up and I can do that if I want to thank you very much. By the way, have you seen the LEGO aisle?
In any event, I was wandering around Target looking for book covers for Alert Shopper Tammy to buy to cover the kids school books (don't they use paper bags anymore? this generation!) and I stumbled into the area with all of the Halloween stuff. And that's where I came across this baby:
That's right! An honest-to-goodness "Death's Dagger" complete with hilt designed to resemble the grim reaper himself. After gawking for a good twenty-five minutes, my eyes eventually made their way up where I saw the full name of the product:
"Child Accessories: Death's Dagger"
Child accessories? Yup. That's what Target is calling the death's daggers this year, child accessories. I'm not sure how old you have to be before you are officially considered a "child." I though it was around 3 months, but the label above says the death's dagger, complete with Emaciated Grim Reaper Skeleton Action Figure™, is for ages 8 and up.
Just then a child came up and selected the Death's Dagger and the "Halloween Maniac" robed costume, and begged his mom for the Deluxe Reaper Sickle. His mom and I looked at each other, and in a weary voice she asked, "Do you know where the bathroom is?" I just shook my head sadly and said "No. Do you know where the real toys are?"
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