ST. PAUL, MN — Shoppers observed a woman frantically buying up all pumpkin-shaped kitchen items at a local Home Goods store this week after falling for the oldest "You Have This But It's Not Shaped Like An Adorable Fall Pumpkin" marketing trick in the book.

Jody Harker could be seen rummaging through the aisles of merchandise, looking for fall-themed items she considered totally necessary for her kitchen inventory. "I know I have a salt and pepper shaker set but this one looks like two halves of a pumpkin and when you put them together they make a WHOLE PUMPKIN! I need this."

Harker picked up a mixing bowl set identical to one she owned at home except this one had "Give Thanks" and "I Love Fall" written on the sides of the bowls so into the cart it went.

"When Jody gets that look in her

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