Things I've Bought (on Ebay) That I Love: Missoni For Target Bath Towels

Things I’ve Bought (on Ebay) That I Love: Missoni For Target Bath Towels

People may or may not know that when Target ran out instantly of their Missoni line, and when their website went down for the entire launch day, I was Nancy Grace-level furious. I was like Nancy Grace and Target was Casey Anthony. I’m serious. I was pissed.

That was all very immature because, well, it’s just material goods and that is a really stupid thing to get upset about. But THEN when I found out that most of it had been bought out not by young grad student couples hoping to jazz up their apartments with colorful zig-zags but by scheming Ebay smugglers— who wanted simply to procure Missoni and jack up the prices and re-sell it to OTHER AMERICANS (yeah, I went there)— I became apoplectic. I was now the Boston Celtics and Ebay hoarding trolls were the Lakers (or vice versa).

That said, I saw these Dylan Candy Store-level pretty towels and went onto Ebay just to look at prices.

They are so damn pretty. I live in an Spanish style house built in 1928. I guess in 1928 homeowners were totally in touch with their femininity, because the tile in my house is girlier than the womens bathroom at a Justin Bieber concert.

So, I couldn’t resist and had to buy some towels off Ebay. It was a work day, so I made our satellite room help me strategize a bid so I got fleeced a minimum amount. Coincidentally the room was full of Office greats: Charlie Grandy, Justin Spitzer, Aaron Shure and writers assistant Ava Tramer.

Be very, very careful to sign out IMMEDIATELY after you buy your Ebay item. Otherwise you succumb to the high of winning an Ebay item and you’re toast. After I bought the towels I felt so good, I just wanted to chase that feeling like a freaking addict. I also purchased an unfortunate poncho, of which Grandy asked: “So, is that, like an ironic piece of clothing? Or do girls wear those when they feel sick?”

Here’s what they look like, folded on my dining table. I will never use them, I just like looking at them.

For: resigned and sad Missoni lovers who realize they have to deal with the devil in this situation
Price: the insane amount of $50 (but worth it)