Liberty of London for Target: My Haul

Six pillows, the duffel purse, an acrylic tray, two acrylic boxes, a flower pot, a bra and panties, and a sundress (on the bench).

You knew this post was coming, right? I will say that this Liberty of London stuff caught me at a very vulnerable time. But still I showed restraint. At first. For example, the first time I went to Target after some of the Liberty had been put out on the shelves, I brought home exactly one acrylic tray, two acrylic boxes, a flower pot, a bra and panties, and one pillow. Okay it sounds like a lot, but the part I want you to focus on is the ONE PILLOW. One lonely pillow! It was one of the peacock blue ones above, and I thought, "You don't really go with my house but you're so pretty, I can't just leave you here." And twenty dollars! I mean, it's a lot of pillow for twenty dollars, what with that flange, and the piping, and the velvet back. So I brought it home and sat it in one of the extra chairs in my dining room where I could look at it for a while.

Then every dang time I went to Target, all the pillows were still there, despite being adorable and sold out online. Finally I was like, "FINE." So I bought all the ones I loved, figuring that I'd do something with them or sell them on ebay. But really, there are so many pillows in my life. Just so many. Today I took four back to the store (see what maturity?), and these six are the survivors.

This is one of my favorite prints. I also got a blouse in this. Okay so not everything is in the picture.

If you're still looking for some of the Liberty things, it looked like my store had done a restock today. Maybe yours has too. Some stuff I had never yet seen had appeared on the shelves, like this purse and some of the ceramics. Other stuff:

My overall review of this collection is that it's gorgeous, but I don't think every bit of it is equally wonderful. I was looking at the little ceramic teapots today, and on half of them the lids were so wonky that they wouldn't sit on the pots. Buyer beware on that stuff. The sets of three nesting prep bowls were great, but I only have so much cabinet space. The gardening stuff was cute but seemed a little gimmicky to me. Of course, I don't garden. The bedding sets were pretty, but I am up to here in bedding. Also, the sets had comforters rather than duvet covers, so not as exciting to me. I really wondered why there were no table linens. That's the missing piece. I liked the candles and the stationery, but I've passed them up several times so I guess they're not for me.

What seemed really special to me: the acrylic trays (you will use those forever) and the pillows. The bra I got also seemed like a very characteristic Liberty print. And I got it to cheer up my boobs, so that's a medical expense. Obviously.

So, since I made my last major foray, my mother-in-law has been on the hunt in her Targets in Chattanooga. She has nabbed me four ceramic mugs, the sheath dress (in the gold pattern) and the matching coat. OMG the coat. They aren't pictured because I don't yet have them in my hot little hands. That dress on the bench has an elastic tube top and ruffles all the way down. I look like a one-woman rhumba contest. Whatevs. I have the perfect shoes to go with it.

I was a little disappointed that most of women's clothing was not cotton, but poly-ish, which seems strange for Liberty. So I got this men's shirt, in a size L for big shirtedness.

Here I'm wearing it with a shawl my aunt made me, and I think it is a sort of modern granny look. That's my jam.

So what of the Liberty stuff did y'all get, or what do you still want to get? What seemed really special or unspecial to you? I am all ears.