Fall is my favorite season here in the DC area. I love when the days are turning colder; I love when the evenings get darker. Yes, I know that it sounds weird but do remember that I am a northern girl who is used to relative darkness 6 months out of the year, and even though I’ve been in the states full time for fifteen years, I still miss Sweden in the fall.
But the fall in the DC area IS lovely! We have the most crisp and beautiful days. When fall finally rolls around the corner the colors are stunning and breathtaking. I just love it! And then you have all the fun activities in the fall. Activities that we love to participate in like going to the pumpkin patches, apple orchards, wineries, maybe take a Halloween trip to Bush Gardens (as we will do this up-coming weekend). I love the fall!
Since I am a little clothes horse, I also enjoy buying new clothes every fall. In my opinion, there is nothing more fun, fashion wise, than fall and winter clothes. Those are right up my alley. I browse my favorite stores online; I buy a little here and there. I visit my favorite stores in the malls like Banana Republic, GAP, Ann Taylor, Nordstrom and Esprit. What can I say? I am a sucker, and I love clothes.
Fall is also SPOOKY times! Karolina and I just went thru our inventory of Halloween stuff that I store in three big orange boxes in the basement. I am telling you, I have so much STUFF. It looked like a store yesterday when Karolina and I checked out our spooky décor that will go up sometime next week. But, as Karolina says “there is always room for improvement”, meaning we’ll have to get out and get more…
We are dangerous for each other. She gets me going while looking at decorations in stores and I get her going. Peter is a good person to bring along on these outings because he can stop us. Otherwise you’ll never know what might happen…
After Halloween it is only three more weeks until Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving has become one of my favorite holidays. I truly enjoy it.
And folks, after Thanksgiving comes Christmas…Oh dear God, help ME!! Fall is not a good time for fun loving suckers as me!!!
Have a good Tuesday! And try to stay away from all the fun Halloween and fall decorations---or maybe not…