My Date Alongside Nate

A bunch of you have been asking what I got from Tar-jay for Nate’s big weekend debut, and since I am a die-hard fan (remember when our hands nearly touched here?) of course I was the first girl at the store on Sunday morning right as they opened. Yup, even though we simply got back from Cincinnati the night before, I am a Noupie (Nate Groupie) so you can bet my buns were there, and they were excited. Then I went in. Womp-womp, no Nate stuff out. And when I asked where it was, the two sweet Target girls were all “Nate who?”

Instead of extolling the virtues of Nate, which I totally would have done if time were not of the essence (I was picturing mobs of people at other Targets a la Missoni) I ran out to the car and said “other Target, go!” breathlessly to John. Second Target: nada. Then I began to get nervous. It was not that they’d sold out, nothing had been put out yet. So I began to worry it was only available in exclusive cities. We had a family par-tay to get to on the other side of town, so my hunt was put on hold until we were on our way home and passed another Target. But… they only had an unlabeled end-cap with a few towels by Nate. So I simply resolved myself to the fact that perhaps it would not come to Richmond or it was a week late or something. And then John surprised me by stopping at yet another Target on the way home, “simply to be sure.” Yes, there about a ten Targets in our city, apparently. And when I walked in, I saw this:

And the clouds parted and I heard angels singing. Stylish accessory-loving angels. Of course I instagrammed that shot immediately, so some of you might recognize it. And I had in fact taken that picture after I snatched up the two things I hoped and stood next to them protectively (I was still waiting for a stampede of people to come through and grab every last item). So here is my “mine” shot:

I’d been ogling the white tortoise shell ever since I saw it in a preview video of his collection, and the little spiky urchin was so quirky and porcupine-esque that I could not resist. When I got back to the car I was holding up my scores and smiling so maniacally that John (who had stayed in the car with Clara) in fact began laughing at me. I was that grinny.

And perhaps the funniest thing was that within 24 hours Katie instagrammed her scores, and lookie what she grabbed:

Does it confirm best-friend-ness when you buy the same things without knowing it? I think it should. I called her the second it posted and we both cracked up. Good times.

As for where things ended up, this corner consistently felt a little heavy on the left side…

… so hanging the tortoise shell seems to balance things out a little more. It is so glossy and ceramic-animal-esque. LURVE.

Bam. Close up. Is not it cute on our stenciled wall?

And here is where the urchin ended up – on my little fall mantel. Since I already had a bronze spiky orb thing on the other side (you can check it out here), the new guy seems right at home.

So there it is, my date with Nate. What did you folks get? Did you have trouble finding things? Did anyone get any of the bedding or towels? What about those cool chains in those bold colors. I enjoyed the yellow one, I simply did not truly have an idea of where I’d put it, so I passed (it could be a lively Hands-on project with an old heavy chain and some spray paint though).