I'm Happy About This?

A few years ago {do we really need to get specific on this?}, I did a semester in London.  It was, of course, fabulous in countless ways.  One of the things that I gained from that experience was the introduction to the store H&M.  I had never been in a store like it before - it had lots of cool, modern, different and beautiful clothes at incredibly reasonable prices.  Being a poor student, I couldn't afford to buy everything that I wanted, but for my birthday, I was able to splurge on a few very cool pieces {thanks again, Mom and Dad!}.  They are things that I still wear today.

However, upon my return to the states, I sadly learned that there were no US locations.  Quel horror.  A few years later {I'm not that old, y'all, seriously}, I learned that a store opened in New York City, and there were plans to expand.  It was a slooooow process, but one eventually came to Las Vegas! where I was living at the time.  Happiness and joy.  I made occassional purchases, that I especially loved to wear when I went out of state because it was sure to be unique.  I moved back to Utah and could only get my H&M fix on visits to Vegas or NYC or Columbus (when visiting Little Sister), but that was alright since I still had some cool clothes that most people around me did not.  Not to be all braggy, but I got tons of compliments and comments on my H&M clothes.  And I loved it because I knew it would be rare for someone else to have the same thing.

Fast forward to the present.  Tomorrow morning the first H&M store in Utah will open at Fashion Place mall.  When I first heard about this, I was utterly torn.  H&M in my neck of the woods - happy face!  Other people that I see quite often having easy access to these awesome clothes as well - not-so-happy face.  Part of my love for H&M is that their clothes are unique, and not having a store nearby made them all that much more unique.  Now that that won't be the case, will my love for them wane?  It worries me a bit.

Regardless, the store is still opening, and I will at some point make a visit {as will thousands of other Utahans who seem to have a weird, intense passion for new things and throng them in crazy numbers, but that's a discussion for another day}.  Welcome to Utah, H&M.  I hope you enjoy your stay.