Hello, October!

Hello, October and Fall! I suppose we skipped over September entirely and a large portion of August.   House projects have continued during this time, but sadly, the posts have not! There is much to update you all on around our house. (I promise, I'm not pulling a YHL post.... I'm so sad!) The plans keep growing, the ideas run wild! In the meantime, we are prepping our house for Fall. We are slowly building an inventory of holiday decorations. 

For the past three years, we have ventured out to a local pumpkin patch that is like no other! I feel as though I could be a spokesman for this patch because I love it so much. What sets this one apart from patches that I visited as a child is that there is acres filled with a variety of pumpkins still on the vine. It is truly a "pick your own" type of place. It's fantastic! Today we headed out there to make our haul. Oh! And, they charge by the pound! For $0.45 per pound, you can pick pumpkins to your hearts delight. And, boy did we do just that! Here's the 2014 haul... Z thinks it keeps growing each year. (But, I can't resist the perfect pumpkins!)

Last year, we set these around our fire place for the perfect fall decoration. I loved it. We will see how things set up this year with our haul. We will put up some lights throughout the house, but it seems as though we tend to get things on clearance. Best time to pick up a few things that we had been eye balling at a discounted rate. I am already eyeballing this guy at Target. (I have been affectionally referring to him as tinsel mummy.) We will see what we find on November 1st, or on sale in the upcoming weeks. My mummy lights are a must to be hung up! Here's hoping to adding more mummies!

Speaking of holidays, I have been noticing that stores are already introducing Christmas and Winter decorations. I won't go into a long rant about that and how I feel like we should enjoy each holiday independently, except for the statement that yes, I have already bought a decoration. Yes, you may judge at this point. Each year, I debate when is it too early to decorate. With Christmas, I am on the fence this year. I typically wait until after Thanksgiving, but, I am tempted to do it earlier this year for various reasons. Anyway, when I do decorate, we will be adding to our collection this year. Last year, I admired a "holiday tinsel dachshund." With much sadness, they sold out quickly and did not bring them back due to some safety issues. Fast forward to October 2014 - Target is setting our Christmas things and tinsel dachshund 2.0 is back! Yes, I am that crazy person who bought a Christmas decoration this early. But, it's tinsel dachshund! How could I resist, especially after heartbreak last year?! You understand, right!? Yeah, it's ok to judge. :)

Do you have holiday traditions or celebrations that you plan and decorate for at your house? Would love to hear about what you do, or what you would like to do! (I still would LOVE to host a big Halloween party.... someday!)