Dakota Fanning Cover C Magazine May 2012

Spending some of her very limited time off with a friend, Taylor Swift was spotted out shopping in Beverly Hills on Monday afternoon (April 23).

The "Fearless" songstress looked springtime chic in black Ray Ban sunglasses, a blue and white striped dress and her signature red lip as she strolled the ritzy California locale's sidewalks in search of a few new additions to her wardrobe.

After her shopping day out, the busy country music superstar grabbed an afternoon pick me up while posting a picture of a delicious looking coffee drink with a caption reading, "Being the girl sitting alone in the cafe, taking a picture of her latte. If that's a thing."

In career news, the 2012 CMT Music Awards nominations were released today and, in true Taylor fashion, she's not up for just one trophy, but three!

The 22-year-old has been nominated for Video of the Year and Collaborative Video of the Year for "Safe & Sound”, as well as Female Video of the Year for her song “Ours.”

If this awards show goes anything like previous events that Swift has been nominated, we're quite certain that she'll be walking away with a few new additions to her rapidly growing collection.

She's matured into quite the darling young lady right before our eyes, and Dakota Fanning brought her stylish self to the cover of the May 2012 issue of C magazine.

The 18-year-old actress was decked out in Chanel Haute Couture for the Randall Slavin shot spread while opening up about topics including love and being a college student.

Highlights from Miss Fanning's interview are as follows. For more, be sure to pay a visit to C Magazine!

On if she’s ever been in love:
“Ahh, not really. No. I would have to say no... but Effie wasn’t really in love with her husband, either, which made [filming the movie of the same name] easier.”

On turning 18:
“I feel like this new chapter as an adult is almost like starting over. That’s the interesting part about getting older in this business. I’m excited to present myself differently.”

On being a college student:
“I’m not going to school for a career. I’m going for my own interest, for myself. I already know what I want to do forever.”