Scary Stuff

How is it that it's already October? I have no idea. I swear it seems like yesterday was the snow storm, then starting a new job, the blissful beginning of pool season and suddenly the stores have Christmas decor out in the stores. Scary, right?

The only thing scarier than how fast time is flying is the fact a few neighbors have gone to trashy-town with their Halloween decorations. Greg and I were out of town last week and as we were pulling back into our neighborhood, I realized that suddenly there were Halloween decorations everywhere. Which is great! I think it's nice that they decorate, but a few select neighbors have gone too far.

It appears to be a theme I'm seeing over and over. Several neighbors have opted for the inflatable Halloween decor. (We saw the same thing at Christmas.) Maybe it's because I don't have kids, maybe it's because I don't go overboard decorating for holidays, but this is just not something we can get on board with.

Here are just some of the blow-up Halloween decor on our street.

Seriously?! You are trying to sell your house.

And the main issue is this - when it's not inflated (like during the evening or in the morning), it looks like this.

I know you're probably all thinking, OK, you took the time to creep on these innocent, holiday-loving neighbors via an iPhone camera while driving slowly by their houses (and the answer is yes, yes I did), but my point is this - if the homeowner's association is going to call us out not one, not two, but THREE times, for minor issues, yet they're fine with this trash? This should be a governance issue!

Maybe I'm just lame, maybe it's because I don't have children and get super in the Halloween spirit, but come on people. Clean it up. Come Christmastime, I'm going to be going after the inflatable Santas with scissors. Watch out! :-)

Fall-ing

Hmmmm, it must be fall. I'm starting to see lots of blog posts and Pinterest pins of beautiful, aspirational fall photos. But I do love fall. There's a chill in the air, the boots and scarves have come out and fall TV is officially in full-swing. OK, really only one of those things is true in Texas. I'll let you guess which one.

Since the state of Texas generally doesn't get the memo about fall weather until, ohhhh late October, here are a few signs that tell me it's fall:

College Football.

Oh yes, Kirk Herbstreit and his frosted tips are now back in my house every Saturday morning (what's that? His frosted tips are gone this year!? Blasphemous!) via College Gameday.

And to transition my house for the football season, a wreath change was certainly in order, so I made another yarn wreath - this time in OK State colors (although it's working perfectly as Halloween-themed, as well). Here's a semi-thorough tutorial on how to make a yarn wreath + rosettes.

Fall Clothes

I'm one of those people that feels like a season isn't really even here until I've been shopping. No need for a full, new wardrobe, just a few new items. And at the top of my list was these cute little things, that I finally bought this weekend.

Cold/Allergies

What would fall be without a good old fashioned headcold. Sniffle, sniffle. Cough, cough. So, I'm all hopped on vitamins, green tea and these Zinc cold therapy pills that are supposed to halt cold symptoms. Still waiting...

Fall TV

More to come on this, but quite possibly my favorite thing about the fall is the return of all my favorite shows. I'm one of those people that think of the characters on my TV show as my friends. Which is why I just screamed "MARSHALL & LILY ARE HAVING A BABY" eyes glistening with happy tears.

 So, overall I would say we're that we're fully embracing the "fall weather" with open arms. Happy Fall!