So... that hoodie I wear ALL THE TIME...

I love Chicago. Without a shadow of a doubt, my big thing is the Chi. Like really. I refused to move out of Chicago when buying a home even though some of the houses were more affordable and offered more of what was on our list. My Instagram tags are : Chicagoreviewerrenee and Reneereviewschicago. I only recently rebranded under Honestandunbiased because it sounds more professional and I'm honest and unbiased.

I wear it to art shows supporting friends

My husband is a practical man. He loves me very much and thinks about the most practical gifts he can imagine and then finds a good deal online and gives it to me. This year, it was a hoodie. I did the complacent "...thanks..." response but really did like it. I love black, I love the Chicago flag and I hate wearing coats. As I once told my estranged sister, Fashion before health. Although you'd never know that by looking at me, I'm usually disheveled and messy, I still mean it. I wear this just about every day. The only time I take it off is if I'm eating or the kids have dirtied it with their little cheeto or pizza hands. Which happens more than you'd think.

I wear it on trains on my way to movie screenings

Review: The first thing I noticed about the sweater is it's soft. It's dark black with a nice Chicago flag. I have all these flag ideas for products I want to make but it's all on the back burner as we climb out of debt this year. I digress... The hood is oddly shaped. I feel like it's doubled but not sewn together which makes for lots of readjusting when having it on my head. I don't like to wear hoods anyway but when it's really cold or drizzling, I like to keep my hood on. I just wish that was better fitted. The fit itself is okay. At first the sleeves were a little long but I'm short and thought it was fine. After a few washes the whole thing has really shrunk. It still fits but now I wear it more like a shirt and don't take it off when I get to peoples houses or even at my own home unless I'm in for the day. The black has faded and pretty much faded the moment I washed it. The biggest issue I have with it personally, is the flag. I'm a firm believer that if you're going to do something, do it right. This flag is crooked and upsets me so much. I'm constantly aware of it because as a woman with breast and a nursing mom, I'm super self-conscious. Any images on my shirt or going across my chest will look crooked if I need to nurse or have just nursed and honestly its just awkward for something to be off center. I'm not sure why it bothers me so much but I really expected better quality. At some point during the ordering, my husband reached out to cafepress but they never responded. I've not followed up because they didn't respond to him and it's been months that I've owned this sweater. I would just hope that in the future, they would make a better product as I hastily critique it and share my opinion about it's quality. I don't think I will be ordering from them in the future but I'm still going to wear the hell out of this sweater!