This is the story of a girl...

There once was this girl who was in love with a beautiful skirt from The Limited. It was yellow with white polka-dots, pleated, A-line skirt. The skirt was definitely out of her price range though. Then after the price, along with a coupon, dropped, the skirt was in reach. However, the only time she could find the skirt, the store did not have it in the yellow she dreamed of. The dress continued to be knocked down in price, but she could only find it online, which did not carry her size. Then, on a miraculous day in June, she was in The Limited, and saw the skirt in her size and everything. There was a slight problem, however. The seam at the zipper was ripped. She didn't buy it, and moped and cried because it seemed as if God did not want her to have this skirt. The next day, her wonderful mother bought her the skirt saying it could get fixed.

The girl now has an occasion to wear it, but cannot find shoes to go with it. White sandals would go the best. The girl and her sister went shopping for these shoes and have noticed something horrendous. Ucky fabric attached to wood, cork, or a basket. These are the sandals that exist. The girl went shopping at least at the following list of locations:

Target
Ann Taylor Loft
Ann Taylor
Aerosoles
Easy Spirit
Bakers
Steve Madden
Aldo
Lord and Taylor
JcPenneys
DSW
Nordstrom Rack
Famous Footwear
Franco Sarto
Nine West
Payless
(and even) Sears

This girl has enjoyed what the recession has done to the fashion industry, as foundation and simpler pieces are more available, leading to a much larger wardrobe because everything goes with each other, but has the recession come to a point where simplicity has turned into cave-man style? Patent leather on a piece of cork? The girl has basically one day left to find a pair of shoes, otherwise she's going to have to go to this event as a confused bee (black cardigan, white tee, yellow skirt with white polka-dots, not stripes).

To see what happens in this dramatic story, keep tuned...

In other news, my haircut does not look like Julia Roberts. It is cute though.

Billie Joe, you sexy beast, you

Monday was the Green Day concert. In true GD concert tradition, I got general admission seats and showed up psycho early. Steve and I found $20 parking, which really isn't bad! Then we ate at the Billy Goat. My mom used to take us to the one on Wacker when we were babies so she wanted us to eat there really bad (although this wasn't the same one) and even printed out a menu and gave us money to eat there. It was good!

Then we waited in line for hours. I've never seen more children at a show- with their mothers- in my life. At the last concert, Colleen was the oldest person there. Not including moms, Steve and I were. This Verizon guy took our picture and supposedly it will be uploaded to their site, but I have yet to find it. I hope soon though because I didn't bring my camera inside and would like pictures from the event.

The people at the concert were...interesting. There was the family that brought a 7 year old into the general admission seating. If I were a parent, I wouldn't bring my 7 year old to that concert, let alone into a violent setting at the concert. Then the people we were surrounded by at the show were strange. There were of course kids who have never been to a concert so they didn't understand why people pushed and shoved. One of them started beating up Steve! All we were doing was switching places with someone. We were doing a nice deed and we still got hurt! I had about 4 very tall men in front of me. They really had no care for human life. One of them conked me in the head and didn't even notice. I saw my fate flashing in front of me: I'd get knocked unconscious and fall to the ground and get stepped on and die. Luckily this was not the case. I was in the armpit of another guy. It came to the point that Steve got violent and punched the armpit guy.

After much fighting with tall men, and short little girls I got front row again! SCORE! Nothing is better than front row at your favorite band's show. The show was absolutely amazing. They did tons of old school songs along with their new stuff. You can tell that they love performing. They still laugh and smile on stage. You don't get that with other artists.

There were so many great moments, like the epic fail of a stage dive, a 12 year old rocking out to Jesus of Suburbia, and some girl giving Billie Joe her phone. But the coolest moment of all is when I got Billie Joe's tie. Or the tie someone threw at him. I think the latter. But yes, I, Meghann Elizabeth Cherie, have a tie that Mr. Billie Joe Armstrong wore (in some way)! Here's the story. Billie threw it off, but it landed between the stage and the crowd by the security guys. Steve tried to get it from one of the security guards, but he ignored us. After the show, he talked to another one. He seemed to ignore us too, but then he nonchalantly went over and brought us the tie. It is my most prized possession! This is probably the greatest thing a boyfriend has done for me! Thanks, Steve!

Here is a picture of me and the tie.

Random summer moments that Colleen will get mad if I don't post...

1. This sign is funny. It was by the expressway and made us laugh.



2. The same night Colleen committed one of the worst sins one could commit. She lost a DVD of SVU in the DVD player. We made her unscrew the whole thing to get it out.


SUCCESS!!!



Today will be a day of haircutting and hopefully shopping (unless they are terrified by my color and I have to spend my money fixing it). I'm thinking Julia Roberts in Stepmom?

Steve told me my blog is like a fifth grader writing about his day =(

But I'm happy that my life has been somewhat entertaining lately so I don't bore the two people who read it, even though the two people who read it are prominent in my life so they don't really need the blog...

Anyway, yesterday Elysia, her boyfriend Andrew, Steve, and I went downtown. Andrew is from St. Louis so he hasn't really had the Chicago experience, Susan doesn't let Elysia go downtown, and Steve just never paid attention to Chicago, so I was like their tour guide yesterday. Elysia and Andrew were too busy cuddling and stuff to really pay attention to me (Susan would flip if they held hands, so I understand) but one of the best moments of the day is when Steve told me he could finally see the champagne bottle in the Carbide and Carbon Building. I was so excited someone listened!

We started our day at the Picasso statue by the courthouse. Steve had never seen it so we took a visit. We all slid down it, except Elysia who refused because she was wearing a skirt. She used the fact that she was on time and Steve was not (by three hours!) as justification.





Then we just walked down Michigan Ave. I showed them the Tribune Tower and all the other stones in it. I think I was the most excited and I hope everyone else think it's as cool as I do. While walking I found out that Andrew did not know what Tiffany's is, and had to show him. We went in, and I found my engagement ring (FYI, three stone, oval cut, will gladly accept it in .0004 carats!). Then I went upstairs to the Elsa Peretti Collection and found my bracelet and earrings that I'm currently trying to save up for so I can be a pretty bride. And I'm aware I'm not getting married, thanks. Speaking of which, I'm so mad at the L because the prices raised. I had to go into my Tiffany's fund to pay!

After that we just walked around some more (we're too poor to do anything else). We went into Water Tower, which I had never actually been inside of. It was awesome. I asked if there were any times I could go up the tower, but the guy said no. We took a trip into Victoria's Secret, too. They discriminated against Steve and that makes me sad. What if a male wanted to try something on?! That's just not fair in any possible way! I support transgendered people! We had dinner at Ed Debevic's. It was disappointing. The server started funny, but she just wasn't as mean as she could have been. The guy server was an awesome dancer though!



After we decided Susan wouldn't care if Elysia was out, we headed all the way back to Millenium Park. Steve had never seen the bean. He was most excited about the stage though... There were weird sculptures there though. One was a monster car thing that was eating peope. One of the statues had a distinct vajayjay. I'm not sure how I felt about that. The eyes of the monster also had cameras, although Steve tried to convince me they were lightbulbs. We tried to go into the garden too, but it was closed.





We went home afterward. We found cards at the L station, and it was an odd deck. It had four 9 of hearts cards, so we each took one. It was a really good day, despite Steve waking up psycho late! Susan didn't even flip out! But next time...I'm taking a couple that has been together for awhile so I don't have to see mushiness! ;)

Fourth of July

Fourth of July was awesome this year! First Steve and I went to Richy's for the tradition of blowing up dry ice bombs. I'm not going to lie, I was kind of nervous about going because the past few Richy events I had been to was with a bunch of people I did not know. But yesterday was fine!

After Richy's we went to Katherine's, who I just met yesterday, house. It was raining so we didn't get to swim, but it was really fun. We let balloons go in the rain so we could find them when they came back down. Tommy and Becky went on that adventure and found 2 balloons. Later we saw one on the roof and another in someone's driveway. Unfortunately, Steve locked us out of his car so we had to drive back to his house and get tools to get us back in. Luckily Steve got us back in quickly.

We went back to Steve's to nap and then went to Itasca for fireworks and Smash Mouth. Smash Mouth rocked. It was tons of fun. We had confetti, balloons, and glow bracelets. The fireworks were pretty good too. Way better than Elk Grove's. There were fireworks that went in the water and we thought they were just duds, but then the lake lit up! It was soooo cool!

















Afterwards, Steve and I, and his friend Joe, went to a party. It was filled of gamers and Steve ditched me. However, I befriended the dogs and a man who refers to himself as Skittles. His real name is Mike, so that's what I will call him... While Steve socialized I spent my time watching some horrible Quentin Tarantino movie. It had Rosario Dawson and Tracie Thoms though, so that was cool. Later Steve apologized for ditching me. =)


Sadie and Moose kept me company =)

I look good today if I do say so myself!

It has been a good week! Earlier this week I got my shoes that are named after me (Meghann!). They go with my dress that Colleen got me perfectly! I got them a half a size too small, but I couldn't resist. You never see my name with my spelling! I will post pictures when I find a place to wear these things!

A couple of nights ago my cousin Jess had a softball game in our area so practically the entire family came to watch. Uncle Dan taught me to drive stick shift! It definitely takes practice. My cousin Rachel, her boyfriend Ray, Steve, and I went to Steak N Shake after so everyone could officially meet. It was awesome! We had such a good time! Rachel and I rekindled our cousin/best friend bond!

Today Colleen and I went to Target and I rocked the dollar aisle! I got two camis, a terry skirt for swimming, a tote, a belt, headbands, and flip flops! I might have forgotten things, but it was awesome! Then a bunch of us went to the beach for Courtney's birthday. The water was freezing, but it was a fun time. We stopped at DQ on the way back. I got the Brownie Batter Blizzard. It was good for the first few bites, but then it was just far too rich.

Later tonight I got all pretty for Bahama Breeze for a continuation of the birthday festivities. I looked hot! I got lots of compliments. See pictures below =) Anyway, I got a virgin bahamarita and a tropical fruit salad, without chicken of course. I just love fruit salads in the summer!



Keep in mind that pictures taken from below are not flattering =)

















My shoes are from my senior prom, but they're so pretty! These jeans require a heel anyway...