Embrace

I'm a Spring and Summer girl.


I love the warm sunlight, the smell of fresh cut grass and chlorine, sundresses, and pedicures.


But Fall is HERE.


Everyone I know is a fall-lover. September 1st hits and they throw up their seasonal decor, make pumpkin bread, and sweat their butts off for the love of cute boots and colorful scarves. All to help usher in their favorite season... And I get it! I really do. I love the colors and smells of Fall. I love boots and scarves and my gray tweed peacoat. I love that ordering my Chai Tea Latte at Starbucks finally makes sense (considering I order it year round, even in the blistering Nashville heat). 


I just can't get over what's to come... the dead cold of Winter. From now until April, my hands will always run the risk of freezing solid and falling off my body. I will consistently have 3 pairs of wool socks on. I will have enormously giant loads of laundry due to all the clothes I insist on layering. And Matt will quote his favorite Jeff Foxworthy line every night as I try to snuggle up to him to get warm...


"Man, her butt is ICE COLD! It's like cuddlin' up to a butterball turkey!"

It's funny and endearing now, but come January when all I need is some body heat...

Moving on... I decorated for fall on the eve of October 1st and not a moment sooner. I simply couldn't say goodbye to my sweet summertime...


But I am enjoying the warmth (as in decor, not temperature, I assure you) of our home. The mulled cider candles I have burning all evening long. The chill the mid afternoon holds onto, despite the sun beaming strong all day. I enjoyed my first scarf of the season this morning (and should have remembered my gloves, to be honest).

I'm embracing it...

Certainly not looking forward to temperatures in the teens, scraping ice off my windshield, and the look of my pale, sun-deprived skin.

But embracing Fall, nonetheless.

Our fall table setting... (When I asked to purchase these, I told Matt, "But we don't have fall placemats!" His response, "Yes we do. You leave the Summer ones on the table through the Fall and voila! Fall placemats.")

Our pretty homemade wreath... I love it!

The lace ribbon matched perfectly, and I needed something to "soften" the wreath and set it slightly off-center. (I'm not a symmetry kind of girl). I love how the little rosette turned out!

Our little outdoor area off the kitchen/breakfast nook... I love having another place to put a wreath!

My confederate Jasmine is really taking off!

Happy Fall!

Sincerely,
your flip-flop-and-sundress-wearing Summer girl