Forever 21

It's ridiculously amazing, ludicrously cheap, stocked with the hottest trends from New York and Chicago (ok maybe just NY but I'm too loyal to Chicago to not include it), it has glitter in the floors, and an atmosphere that makes you willing to steal lunch money from little kids to support the aching need to buy cute things... Ok well maybe not the lunch money part, but the rest is true. F21 is the best thing that's happened to me since the day I met Hollister Co in middle school. I've outgrown Hollister in favor of developing my own personal style and not showing my midriff at every available moment... But F21 is the perfect replacement, not a thing is over $30 and most of it's $20, if they carried more jeans then just the skinny leg fit I'd completely abandon all other stores... Well my best friend and I took a shopping trip to Ft Wayne on saturday and I made four wonderful purchases at F21. 

First was this wonderful trench. I feel love at first sight is better left to Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks on most occasions but in this case I was a goner from the beginning...

Then came this little summer dress. I just looked at it (and it's $13 price tag!!!) and knew it was meant to be worn on a warm summer day traipsing about Chicago... Perhaps the Taste of Chicago? Or maybe strolling along the Magnificent Mile?

And finally, the perfect shoes to complement the perfect dress for Spring Formal (how I convinced Austin to do that again I'll never know...). And if you hadn't guessed, the dress is from F21 as well...