October 12th was opening day for Target in Waconia and, as exciting as that was, the treat of seeing a Starbucks and Pizza Hut Express inside was even better!
I guess I hadn’t really thought to much about the mini stores that come with Target. Sure Target has groceries, a pharmacy, clinic, photo department and a little food court, but they usually come with a few big named brands too built in.
To me, I can’t see this harming local business to much. Pizza Hut doesn’t offer delivery or make pizzas that feed a family. It’s all individual sized pizzas and even a few breakfast items.
Starbucks doesn’t have a drive through and probably doesn’t even open until 8am. However, it does offer that overpriced coffee for those that crave it.
I’m just really excited for the Pizza Hut Express. Mmmmmm
How about you?
V.I.P. Pet Boarding 
If you’ve driven down highway 5, you can’t miss the construction of the new Walgreen store. It’s located on the corner of 284 and Hwy 5 and has been making quite a few advancements over the past few months.
Waconia will soon have someplace to go for cutting edge electronic needs. RadioShack is moving in across fro Kwik Trip in the same strip mall as Legacy Liquors.
Actually, this is only my second real Christmas tree ever and the first time I’ve ever gone to cut one. We went out on Saturday morning in the cold and snow. For newbies, Z’s was a great choice. They were friendly and told us how it’d work. We then hoped on a wagon to go out and find a tree.