It's beginning to look a lot like fall

This was quite possibly the longest summer of my LIFE. It was exceptionally hot around here, we found out that our house gets absolutely no cross breeze through it (despite living almost on the bay), and I spent the majority of it waddling from one air conditioned place to another. Squeezing into summer clothes after having a baby i not flattering at all, so I was quite excited when I woke up to rain and a chill in the air this morning. I'm glad to see that the weather is starting to catch up to our fall decorations.

I made these pumpkins as centerpieces for Thanksgiving a few years ago. At one point, I had leaves with everyone's name embroidered on them, but I think those are in a bag in the garage.

 My sister-in-law, Ashley, and I both share a love of fall. Last year, we sent each other some of our favorite things (hers were way better than mine). Here's one of the items she sent:

When I lived in Northern California, there was a store called the Cranberry Merchantile in Sunnyvale that I absolutely LOVED! They had all kinds of handmade items and they switched their items out for every season and holiday. Fall was my favorite time to shop there, and I would save my money all year for it. Here are a few of the things I bought:

And fall just isn't complete without some Halloween decorations. I don't have all that many, and the outside of our house isn't decorated at all, but I absolutely LOVE these bat candles. When you light the tea light behind them, the eyes glow and are super creepy:

 While in Korea years ago, I came across these figurines. I thought the little boy holding the pumpkin was just too cute. I get excited to take out my harvest people every year:

And to top it all off, as if it wasn't fabulous enough that we woke up to rain and chilly weather, I received this in the mail:

Did you see that? The IRS is removing my penalty. Are you jealous of my persuasive writing skills?

And fall wouldn't be complete without a little college football. I can't wait to get these 2 dressed like twins again. Today,  I'm going to try to find Payton a yellow headband so people don't think she's a boy.

Happy fall everyone...hope it's chilly in your neck of the woods!