Good morning Loves. Well it’s the last week of October and I don’t know about you, but I had a great month. On October 1st BF and I moved into our gorgeous new apartment (I promise once we’re settled I’ll share pics) and on October 9th I turned 34 years old.
Decorating according to the season
I know I’ve mentioned this before but I just love fall. It’s definitely my favorite season for a variety of reasons such as the beautiful landscape colors, the wardrobe options – I love sweaters and boots, my birthday and of course pumpkin. I look forward to pumpkin flavored everything this time of the year from home scents to hot beverages – yes you know the one I’m talking about.
Oh yes I am one of those people who follow seasonal trends. Right now our apartment is full of anything and everything that smells like apple orchards and pumpkin patches. In the next few months I’ll switch it up and all rooms in my new apartment will smell like evergreens and Christmas cookies. Oh yes I love this time of the year.
Are you buying into the pumpkin craze?
So here’s my question, have you gone pumpkin crazy like I have? I know some people think the pumpkin hype is just a marketing tactic used by retailers to kick off the shopping season, and maybe they’re right. I for one don’t care. I love celebrating the change of seasons, this time of year I go pumpkin crazy, in the winter I buy new mittens (yes every year) in the spring I buy a fresh bouquet of flowers and come summer I get a pedicure to kick off the warm season. Those are just my traditions and I like them. So what if the anticipation of pumpkin season is all a marketing scheme made up by Starbucks and Bath & Body Works, I like my apartment to smell good and I like to enjoy a hot coffee to keep warm.
What pumpkin things have you bought so far?
Did you notice the so far?! That’s because it’s not over yet. We don’t have to start thinking about Christmas for at least another month, so let’s enjoy fall while it’s still here. My mother takes the change in seasons to a whole other level; she decorates her house according to the time of year. If you were to visit my mother right now you would find a fall wreath on the outside of her front door, Halloween decorations all over her house and a beautiful pumpkin inspired table center piece that most likely looks like The Horn of Plenty. Maybe that’s where I get it.
So far this year I’ve indulged in half a dozen Pumpkin Spiced Lattes from Starbucks, there is just something so comforting about a hot beverage on a cold fall afternoon. I bought a pumpkin pie for BF and I to eat as dessert on Thanksgiving (remember we’re Canadian so we celebrated Thanksgiving at the beginning of October), I have three fall flavored candles burning in my apartment right now and two other Wallflower scent diffusers that are filled with Pumpkin Cupcake flavored oil. Then of course there is our actual pumpkin which is already carved because I wanted to roast the pumpkin seeds. Now that I’m writing it all out I’m thinking to myself WOW that’s a lot of pumpkin.
What’s your favorite fall flavor?
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