Sure, summer is great. Winter and spring have their perks too--but every girl knows fall is the season where it all comes together. Oversized sweaters are donned with cute boots and cozy scarves. Warm coffee drinks can finally be swapped for iced coffee as a cool chill sets in the air. It's the perfect romantic backdrop for cozy Saturdays wrapped in a blanket with a significant other.
The problem being that essentially all girls love fall (what's NOT to love), and this has given fall the unfortunate title of being a little basic. Let's dig into the specific fall things that make every girl a little basic:
1. PSL
Starting off with the big hitter in the realm of all things basic: Starbucks' pumpkin spice latte. But you're only getting it because it's around for one short season and you were just curious... Right?
#PSL
2. Pumpkin-flavored anything
Even though, let's be honest, most of them don't even taste like pumpkin or are pretty gross and overpriced.
#pumpkinspice
3. Pumpkin products
So weird. Yet so necessary.
#pumpkineverything
4. Dragging your significant other to an apple orchard
What? It's festive, cute, and you really can't have too many apples... Or can you?
#boyfriend #fall
5. Talking about how your "fall wardrobe is where you peak"
ALL SKIN TONES LOOK GREAT IN FALL COLORS, OKAY?
#sweaters #vests #layers #scarves #beanies
6. Coordinating your Halloween costume with your BFF
What's Halloween without a socially relevant Halloween costume?
's'cute.
#twinning
7. Online shopping for sweaters in class
Once temperatures go below 65 degrees, girls in fall are like preppers planning for the zombie apocalypse.
Need. More. Sweaters.
#Cableknit #Turtleneck #Cardigan
8. Making a Pinterest board for new fall hair color ideas
#ombre #auburn
9. Instagramming your new fall hair color at a pumpkin patch
#fallvibes
10. Buying a new flannel to stay warm in
No one blames you for trying to stay warm. This is a safe place.
#flannels
11. Bonfires
#Warm #Fall #S'mores12. Pre-planning fall outfits
Instagram-worthy outfits don't just happen.
#Layers #Vestfriends
13. Stocking up on scarves
Infinity? Flannel? Blanket-sized? I'll take them all thank you.
#cozy #scarves
14. (At least thinking about) tweeting about being #blessed on Thanksgiving
#blessed #famtime
15. Standing in a line to get the new iPhone
It's that magical time of the year yet again.
#iphone6s #welcomehome
16. Fall-scented candles
These litter your apartment until the whole place smells like a brisk mid-October Sunday walk through the forest.
#smellslikefall
At the end of the day, if running around a pumpkin patch wearing a matching fall outfit with your BFF while holding a #PSL and Instagramming every second of it makes you happy, do it. All 16 "basic" things on this list are culturally mainstreamed for a reason: because they're awesome.
Go forth and enjoy the season, basics.