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Carter and I went to Target tonight, forced by the dwindling amount of food in the pantry and fridge since we have been embracing summer fun and avoiding taking 3 kids to the grocery store.  I usually go after we get the kids in bed, which has been late lately – they don’t fall asleep till dusk and I’d rather have them up than awake in their beds for an hour.  So, at 9:15 we headed out.  Carter was so good (his first time front-facing in the bjorn and he loved it!) and we made good shopping time, so we were in line by the “Target is closing in 5 minutes” announcement.   Not the first time I have heard the announcement on a shopping trip.  It was, however, the first time I was THE last shopper in the store.  I had gotten in line behind a lady with a hundred things, and I had a hundred things, and we had a “new team member” checker.  All of a sudden I looked around and we were the only customers left!  Yes, just me, Carter, and a bunch of people in red shirts.  We got to see what they do with the hangers, hear the lady with the microphone give a pep talk to the employees over the loudspeaker – they even asked me what door I was going out so they could lock up the other one.  And then I thought that the last customer in the store should get a prize.  So I bought myself some peanut butter m&m’s, and smiled all the way home.