Well... this is probably the saddest I'll ever be posting on AGDN. Because today, American Girl announced my home American Girl store, Charlotte, is closing on February 17th.
I should have seen this coming - the lease was up, and AG would rather renew Orlando's lease than Charlotte's. But I kept delusionally checking the site, looking for any sign that it would stay open, but nope. AG sent the email out today. It's closing. For real.
I'm so upset right now. I know I'm going to be in Nashville during college for the next two and a half years, which guarantees me access to the next 2 Girl of the Year releases for you all, but after that? I don't know. My plan was to move back to Charlotte after college, but because of my career paths, I will be traveling a lot, so my hope is that I'll be able to find a way to take pictures for you all for the big AG releases (GOTY launch, any historical launches or refreshes) after that. I've gotten a lot of comments over the years that my store photos have helped a lot of you guys who's local stores have also closed, and my hope is that if I'm able to still get to the stores that aren't closing, I can still make that happen.
And also, one more thing... I'm going to try to get to Charlotte on February 17th so I can go to the store on the last day of operation.
I’m so sorry. Charlotte was my favorite store after Atlanta closed in 2021. Now Nashville is the closest We do go to Orlando when we are there for a Disney event. I expect that the flagship stores will remain. Dallas, NewYork, Chicago, Los Angeles.
Oh, my gosh! I'm so sorry! Well, it looks like ten years from now, ALL American Girl stores will be gone because AG is SO DONE WITH THEM! Twenty years from now, kids might not even know that American Girl stores even existed and it will be a thing of the distant past just like the History Mysteries, Girls of Many Lands, Hopscotch Hill Girls and Bitty Twins... :`( When I learned that the Seattle store was closing almost four years ago, I CRIED!!!!! Everyone was very kind to me about it and I remember my brother saying, "Oh, no!" When I told him. If I could, I would give you a big hug and be your shoulder to cry…
Omg summer McKinney is such a brat ugh😭 like I literally read her wiki page and she literally sounded like a brat and she never apologized for being so rude literally she never did anything like that😭
OMG DID ANYONE WONDER WHAT AN AMERICAN GIRL DOLL TASTES LIKE AND I DID DO I LITERALLY BITE EVETTE AND SHE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING😱😱😱 OMG ITS LITERALLY LIKE SHE'S AN OBJECT WHO HAS NI FEELINGS😱
NOOOO THAT WAS MY STORE