I am determined that it be fall, but the weather refuses to cooperate. This morning Weather.com said there was an 80% chance of thunderstorms, so I wore knee socks and my big rubber wellies. And of course, the sun shone all day, and my feet were hot. All day.
Still, I am not about to let a little thing like sunny, high 80s weather come between me and autumn. I'm ready for fall, dang it, and whether it's here or not, it's here. At least as far as I'm concerned.
I've kicked off my imaginary autumn by making some of our favorite autumn meals (tuna casserole, chili and spinach casserole -- not all on the same day of course), starting to plan this year's big winter landscaping project (a stone path and wall), starting to plan my Halloween costume, and most importantly, fall shopping.
I don't do a whole huge amount of spending on clothes/personal items, so when I do, I like to go for the good stuff. I'd rather own a few pairs of beautiful high-quality shoes, for instance, than dozens of crap pairs which will hurt my feet and fall apart. So far the shopping includes Halloween BPAL, a dress and sweater from Gudrun Sjoden, -- who are kind of scary expensive, even on sale, but the clothes are so nice, and their e-commerce site finally works -- a vintage umbrella and a couple of vintage purses from Ebay, and lots of socks and tights from Sock Dreams.
Call it retail therapy or just self-indulgence, but it made me happy. When the socks arrive is when I'll start to get truly anxious for autumn weather.
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i've been in a huge boot-wearing mood. i mean, i love my little sandals that i wore today and all, but i'm just praying for a 70 degree day when i could possibly have an excuse to wear my little retro-victorian boots.
oh, which BPAL did you decide on? kindly moon will be live in the next day or so, so i'm going to wait and see if i want it, too, before i order.
We've had fall-weather here for the last month or so, which was lovely; the next week (or possibly longer) is supposed to be more summery again, but I can live with that, especially because the nights are getting longer.
I love fall!
Oooh, it's about time to get out my autumn-Bpal (I don't have enough room in my home made storage thingy, so I rotate them according to season - with a few favourites, like Dorian and Old Scratch, which I always keep on hand)