Table Decor

Teal Vase for Tables

If you look close you can see a teal lantern in the photo above.  Found these at Target and sent a pic to my daughter to see if she'd like them in different sizes for the tables at the reception. Stephanie emailed back that she and Mike liked the lanterns a lot. So the hunt was on to buy them.Stephanie first bought a few in San Diego. I bought a few in the Roseville, Rocklin and Citrus Heights stores. And my sister Tracy started scouring the stores in the greater Sacramento area.

It was during our searches of every Target known to man that these lanterns had been discontinued. We had about a third of what we needed. I tried to buy them on-line but they weren't being offered anymore. Tracy went the extra mile and drove to some Targets near her work and found a few more. On a visit to my mom's I made a side trip to the Target near her house and found a few others.  By now we were close to the amount we needed. But not quite.

I did a quick tally and realized we needed five of the smaller sized lanterns. We'd looked everywhere and there weren't any more anywhere. I realized I didn't know how many Steph had actually purchased.  A quick call cleared it up.  She had bought five small lanterns.  Wow. We had the exact amount we needed. With a little help from each other and a little help from above.