During my last weekend home, my mom, sister, and I traveled
to Greensboro, NC, about an hour away from our house. Our goal was to shop.
However, once we arrived at Forever21 and saw the millions of other people
there, all interest in shopping was lost. Not only was the store crowded, but
the clothes were organized in a way that I didn’t like: I couldn’t find what I
was looking for. I quickly realized the benefits of online shopping. While
shopping at a store is good for browsing, allowing you to try on the clothes,
and not paying shipping, shopping online is more convenient. Online shopping
lets you filter the clothes based on price, size, and type of clothing. This
way, you can specifically find what you want. Online shopping can also be done
anywhere at any time without having to deal with anybody blocking your way or
fighting with you for the last item available at the store. If you’re still
wary about the fit, then you can go to the store afterwards. By doing your
research beforehand, you know exactly what you want to buy and won’t waste
money or time on other clothes, and this is precisely what I did. I came into
the store with a mission: Find the pair of heels that I had wanted since the
beginning of summer. I first saw them online, but because my feet are so tiny,
I didn’t know if I would fit them or not. I tried them on in a Forever in
Florida, and the 5.5 surprisingly fit me well, meaning I could walk with them.
However, they did not have the black ones, which are more versatile style-wise
than the blue ones, in 5.5. I came back home determined to buy those shoes
online, but not wiling to pay the shipping cost. I checked Forever21’s website
every day hoping for free shipping, but when free shipping day came, the shoes
weren’t available. I told myself, these shoes and I weren’t meant to be. The
shoes eventually came back into the market around the same time I went to
Greensboro, but fate had other ideas. The shoes at the Forever21 in Greensboro
were not all together in one neat little section like the one in Florida, but
scattered all across the store. I did not find the shoes. When I went back
online, the black ones in 5.5 were sold out-we truly were not meant to be
together. In the end, we did leave the store buying $1.80 camis, so not a
complete shopping fail. This might contradict my previous statement of not
wasting money on clothes you did not plan to buy, but my mom actually needed
camis. $1.80 without shipping fees is also a really good deal.
