IT'S FALL Y'ALL!!

As soon as the calendar says First Day of Autumn, or as soon as I feel a chill in the air--which here in ATX means it's under 75 degrees in the morning--I want to get the FALL decorations out of storage!  I LOVE FALL, It's my favorite season!  I love FOOTBALL, pumpkins, cooler weather, the crisp smell in the air, Thanksgiving, EVERYTHING pumpkin or caramel or chi latte flavored (or scented), I LOVE FALL!

Sunday was one of these glorious days--in the 70s and cloudy.  So, I opened the doors to let the cool air in the house and lugged my 4 boxes of Halloween/Thanksgiving crap out of the garage.  First, I had to pack away my box of seashells and starfish and beach stuff and my wonderfully tacky turquoise SUMMER wreath.  And my Summer flags and giant metal flower yard art--you get the picture.  Notice that I replaced the Summer wreath with my huge, tacky homemade Halloween wreath!  I started making wreaths a few years ago and now have a HUGE tacky one for each Season/Holiday.  AND I love them!!

I also popped the Apple Cinnamon Crumble wax into the Scentsy to get the smell in tune with the decor and mood.  The kids immediately started looking for the apple cider and pumpkin ANYTHING--bread, muffins, SOMETHING MOM!!!  Bummer, no today I'm just decorating!

The 4 boxes of crap are now nicely spread around the house and porch as you see there is much more in the yard).  Those 4 boxes have nothing on the 4+ Christmas trees and 30 boxes of Christmas crap that will have to be lovingly unpacked all too soon.  I go with mainly pumpkins and all non-scary Halloween stuff (I really don't want a dead looking skeleton on my yard, just my preference.  Plus with toddlers, no need to scare them!).  The pumpkins stay up until Thanksgiving and I just add in some turkeys and put up the other Halloween stuff as soon as Nov 1 hits.

Now, the forecast still shows 90s all week in the afternoon, but it's officially FALL at our house!  The kids wore jeans to school today and we are not looking back ;)