While my friend Emily and I were in Columbus for the wedding over the weekend, we explored the Short North area of Columbus that was near our hotel.  

There was a “hippie festival” that weekend called Comfest that we attended before the rehearsal dinner for some beers & amazing people watching…and the majority of the people around us looked like this:

 lots and lots of dreadlocks

and they were quite good I must admit... 

So, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the boutiques were amazing when we went shopping the next day!! My favorite that we found was called Rowe.  They had a great mix of high & low, known and unknown designers.  I fell in love with this dress in particular

perfection. literally. 

by designer Lauren Moffatt.  I seriously am drooling…  I almost couldn’t leave the store because I couldn’t stop staring at it and wondering WHY I couldn’t afford to spend $350 at the moment? 

I found her website, and a few of the things are cute, but not nearly as cute as that gem above. 

perfect for the 4th of July! 

I did find some cuter, more in my price range, clothing there by Rails Clothing.

They had so many cute tops, and I finally purchased a Chambray/Denim top that I have been wanting for so long! 

really cute stuff and all of it is priced really well too!