Happy October!

As a kid I used to trick-or-treat with a paper bag from Ingles....classy right? Or if my family was being fancy we used the plastic orange pumpkin buckets and if it got too full our dads would carry the overflow. (That is if they could balance the bag with their go cup)

But how cute is this bag from HSN? If we had D for Halloween this year I think this would be the bag!! And the added bonus? It can help a child in a developing country receive the nutrients it needs to survive. I might just get one myself to use for the month of October. Happy Fall Y'all!

FEED Trick-or-Treat Bag to Benefit UNICEF $13.20 at HSN

The Arrival of Fall

My absolute favorite time of year is on its way. Labor Day weekend was a total teaser in Asheville. The low Sunday morning at my parents' house was 49. That's right...49. My parents live in a big tree house type of home on a mountain in South Asheville. There is nothing like waking up to see all the leaves falling, the bright blue sky, mountains all around, and walk in my socked feet and my sweatsuit (black Nike workout pants and a UNC hoodie) to the kitchen where Dad is cooking fried eggs on salt-rising toast. My parents keep the windows open until it finally dips into the 40's so its always crisp!

Looking down my parents' driveway

There is just something mesmerizing about Fall. Already here in Charlotte you can see the light filter through the trees, beckoning you to step outside and promising that it will soon cool off. Kids are playing Football at the local high school and on Friday nights we can hear the loudspeaker announce the play by play action. I grew up playing tennis in the fall, where you would have to put your warm ups back on before a match was over.

I just can't describe my love for this season. Mums, scarecrows, all the cheesy Martha/Pottery Barn decorations. Cuddling up around the firepit drinking Bourbon and watching football...tailgating...It truly is the best.

One of my favorite memories is the Christ School vs Asheville School football game. All my Dad's high school buddies would venture up the mountain to experience my father cook all weekend, play music similar to the Big Chill soundtrack, and have a rip roaring good time. Of course the main event is the Football game at either CS or AS. Always a picturesque fall scene! GO GREENIES!!!

Greenie Fans at Christ School

Game at Asheville School

Does anyone remember that movie Hocus Pocus? It always creeps into my mind this time of year, and now Harry Potter movies also trigger the memories of Halloweens past. I can remember trick-or-treating in the snow in Asheville once! 

Here are a few images that might describe my crazy stream of consciousness better than I can. Oh the Nostalgia!!!!

Did I mention Fall is when my Camellias bloom? And look at my beautiful Oakleaf Hydrangea changing colors in the background. That should hopefully happen later in October.

Images from google, Martha, flickr, UNC, myself

Waiting and waiting and waiting for Fall

I'm working on a post full of beautiful Fall visions....but being that it is in the 90's here in NC I don't have the heart to post it. And with the absolutely horrid forecast.....I just want to pretend it is 62 degrees (as the high!)

 The only thing I can do this weekend to get myself in Fall mode are purchase the following....

Williams Sonoma makes some of the best Kitchen soaps and this one smells wonderful! Its way too expensive for washing dishes but at this point I don't care. And some of you might say it is cheesy but again, I don't care. I buy the Christmas one too!!!!

I found about the ever stylish Megan on twitter last night and she posted about these tantalizing suckers. Megan.... did you come buy out all the ones at Target in Charlotte too??? I was stuck with that apple scent and I would rather have pumpkin!!! Just kidding...you look cuter burning them than I do!

M, may I please purchase these things this weekend?? You playing Golf = $40. Me buying smelly stuff = $40. Deal? Deal!

OH, and maybe several dozen pumpkins, a few scarecrows, and 10 pounds of fake spiderwebs? I kid. But not about the pumpkins.

Images via Williams Sonoma and PrettyinPinkMegan