Fall Love

BRRRR! It's cold outside! Living in the Midwest we have to expect that summer weather will not last. Although I do love fall, all of the rain that is accompanying the first weeks of Indiana fall are making things very gloomy!! So I am compiling a list of things I love about the fall season so I do not get discouraged with the cruddy weather and coldness!

1. Anything Pumpkin! Pumpkin cupcakes, pumpkin pie, pumpkin decorations, and the color of pumpkins.

Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars via: Let's Dish

2 Ingredient Pumpkin Cupcakes via: Sweet Verbana

Pumpkin Decorations via: MarthaStewart.com

2. Fall vegetables- zucchini, acorn squash, and butternut squash. While visiting New York awhile back my friend and I ate and  really small, cute Mexican restaraunt called Mexicana Mama and they made a to-die-for butternut squash and queso cheese burrito roll-up! (I know your mouth is watering!) I am determined to remake it.

3. Fall Fashion! I LOVE knee high boots with tall socks, warm tights, and dresses layered with sweaters.

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via: pinterest.com

via: pinterest.com

via: pinterest.com

4. Halloween! This is my favorite holiday ever! When do you get to make yourself into something/someone else for what could be dragged out for the whole month of October if you felt like it? I dress up every year. Whether it is to hand out candy or just go trick-or-treating with my kids. I love to dress up!! This year I may transform myself into a dia de los muertes (day of the dead) gal.

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via: pinterest.com

5. Apple picking, baking, and everything that goes along with orchards. There is an apple orchard by us called County Line Orchard. Over the past few years the orchard has really come together and looks great! They have so much going on for the community and families that visit there. Plus they have THE BEST homemade doughnuts!

via: County Line Orchard

6. Curling up on the couch with a snugly blanket and a book. When it's just too cold (or rainy in my area) to go outside, it is so nice to but on some jammies (yes, I still call them that), grab a blanket and curl up with a good book. It has taken me awhile to get a book that has caught my interest, but I heard the author Tom Perrotta talking on NPR about his book The Leftovers and I decided to pick up it. It is good so far. Keep me wanting more, which is always good in a book!

 

Hope your fall love's are keeping you cozy and warm! Enjoy it, winter is just around the corner!!