Emily is Smiling

Today I'd like to talk about towels.  Wow, right?  This sounds like a strange thing to discuss, but today I've looked at Target, Bed Bath and Beyond, and Kohl's, and I found very different prices at each place.

I happen to be very particular about my towels.  They have to be a certain size or they won't work for me.  If they're too small, I can't do "the wrap."  Reference the webcam shot I literally took a few seconds ago to display what I'm talking about.  (I don't know if you can tell, but I'm completely dry here.)  If I can't hold my hair in a wrap like so, then I won't use the towel.  I'm quite picky. 

I was given two towels for graduation and they both happened to be great sizes for my hair-wrapping needs.  Whew!  For those of you who are still looking for gifts to give to a new graduate, towels are a great idea.  They can be fairly inexpensive and they're very much needed.  Today I bought two more towels, so I will bring four to college in total.

I bought both new towels at Target for $4.99 each.  They're very, very soft, which was what drew me to them in the first place.  They're also big enough to suit my needs.  See how big?

They had several different colors available, but the blue one immediately caught my eye.  (It looks green in the picture below, but it's actually a teal-blue color.)  They also had hot pink, bright orange, gray, and black.  On the Target website, they have even more colors available.  I chose blue and black.  You can purchase these super soft towels here at Target's website, although you'll need to buy them in a set if you order them online.  Good news is that the set is only $11.99 for four towels. 

Before I bought the fast drying towels, I searched at Kohl's and Bed Bath & Beyond to make sure there weren't any for a better deal.  Kohl's tended to be in the more expensive range.  It even had some towels for $14.99.  I finally found some for $5.99, but they were thin and rough.  Bed, Bath, & Beyond seemed to offer towels for mostly $8.99 each.  I'm sure Wal-Mart would also have great deals on towels, but I was still thinking about my soft $4.99 towels back at Target (and I also have gift card money to Target), so I got these.  I'm very satisfied.

And just because I was in a picture-taking mood today, here are the other two towels I was given for graduation.  Cute, right? 

As you can see, my towels as a set won't match perfectly, but I don't care at all.  They're towels.  They'll fit my needs just right and I love them all.  And like I said before, if you're looking for a soft and inexpensive towel, try Room Essentials Fast Drying towels at Target.  They're VERY soft. 

I hope I haven't thoroughly put you to sleep with this entire blog post about towels.  Man, I think this dorm shopping is getting to me.