this week has been amazing for deliveries! first monki, then my shopping spree and my asos watch, now forever 21! anyway, i’ve been in dire need of some basics or essentials if you will, i’m such a simple person (in all meanings of the word!) and it is so stressful trying to piece together outfits which don’t match, or look really cheap and just clash. my two favourite bloggers, victoria tornegren and felicia linn both have amazing wardrobes, and they both have some things in common; they keep it simple, stack up on essentials and they’re both swedish! but since i’m very much british i thought i’d give it a bash with purchasing some simple essentials…
i was a forever 21 virgin, so when i signed up i got a 10% discount code which was amazing, considering all of their prices are so reasonable anyway!

of course, jeffery kitten had to have a check over the parcel before i could…

and batfink had to guard it for a little while, to make sure there’s no monsters in it and stuff, duh

it arrived very neatly and tightly packaged (no silly outrageous boxes like monki)

in total i purchased 5 items of clothing and one piece of jewellery, and the shipping was only £3.95

the first two items to go into my basket were these…“peekaboo shoulder tee’s” in colours hot pink and heather grey. i got them in size medium, which was a perfect fit, although they do come up short. the price on these were £10.50 each, but because they were in the sale were down to £6, and with the 10% discount were a mere £5.40 each.

the second items i found are called “slinky muscle tee’s” and i picked these up in black and what they call natural grey (which is more of a desaturated stone colour) the material of these is amazing! it’s very stretchy, but it doesn’t stick to you, it’s floaty. these each were £5.50, but with the 10% discount – £4.95.

all of my leggings have holes in the crotch, purely because i buy the most terrible quality ones from primark because i refuse to pay £18 for the ones at topshop! it took me a while to choose which ones to get, because forever 21 have tons of basic black leggings but in the end i just randomly chose these ones which are “essential knit legging”. the material feels so luxurious, and the colour remains solid when they’re on, unlike the primark ones which show your skin through (so now when i bend over the whole world can’t see what underwear i have on) i will definitely be repurchasing some more of these, they are amazing! they were £4.75, and £4.27 with discount.
i also got this very chunky chain necklace. i’m not too fussed about fancy jewellery recently, i like them to look nice but not overpower my whole outfit so when i saw this it immediately went into my basket! it was only £3.90 too! (£3.51 with the discount). it’s so niiiiiiice and goes nicely with my watch from my previous post ;) (however it doesn’t seem to be on the website anymore, boo) and i’m kicking myself now for not purchasing this pretty bracelet…

overall my first experience with forever 21 has been awesome (jeff loves the tissue paper cape, recycled from the packaging!) i loved the quality and price of all the products i purchased, and they have so much to offer, these were just the basics! i can see this being a shop i’m always buying from, you can’t really complain – although i do wish they had a store in manchester, birmingham is too far away!