Kmart

I have a strange addiction to the shop known as Kmart. In New Zealand we have only just received some updated stores with excellent design and a fancier shopping experience… but it never stopped me before. Those low prices, so many items, so much variety and every week I go back I find something else that I really “need”. I especially love the fact you can shop until midnight in some stores – it is quiet, there are free changing rooms and no queues to pay.

Instagram channels like the Kmart Forecast do not help my addiction

Yes, I think I do need that letter box. I have so many important things to say in under 30 letters

My house will never ever look as good as this, but perhaps if I buy this stuff THIS TIME it will work

My friends are similarly addicted. One searched for a candle holder for weeks after seeing it on the Kmart Forecast on Instagram (which shows the newest trends at Kmart). I found it for her while doing my (almost) weekly shop and she was ecstatic. When I went to visit Danni in Auckland we made sure to visit the biggest one in New Zealand and I got some super comfy PJ's.

I have so much of a problem that this week I am LTLWO Kmart. When I went there this weekend I came away with $50 worth of Kmart merchandise – a $6 tshirt, a $14 sports bra that came in my size (what is this sweet miracle??), 2 sets of 3 for $3 black socks, a 3 for $10 pack of lacy underwear, a $9 special pair of black work pants and finally what I actually came in for – a pair of 0.5kg weights with grips for walking/running at $6. All of these things are handy – I was low on socks and underwear and after my weight loss I need a few basics that actually fit well. HOWEVER I am supposed to be saving for my holiday instead of spending my savings here in NZ. I only have 2 months to save as much I can for Australia, and I am not off to a good start. A big issue is that I know I feel the same way about Kmart as I do about IKEA... but here in little New Zealand we have yet to feel the touch of the blessed IKEA so it seems like a fun and strange thing. When I was last in Australia I got a photo frame and pillow from there and I am very keen on having a good shop when I go. In reality, LWO Kmart will give me more space for IKEA gear. I need a cushion to take travelling to Phuket, and will attempt to limit my IKEA shop to what can be carried on the plane.