Ah, it's finally fall! The weather is cooler, the air is crisper, and the Pumpkin Spice Latte (a.k.a. PSL) is officially being sold at Starbucks - could things get any better?! Not for your basic college girl, especially not your basic college girl in Florida who has been living in ninety-degree heat since April... and kind of still is. But we'll disregard that because I am WAY too excited about the change in seasons to let a little humidity get in my way! And, like most basic college girls, here are the top ten things I'm most excited for this fall!

1. Hot Coffee/Hot Chocolate Time

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Not super basic but... us basic college girls love when it's time to finally trade in the clear Starbucks cup for the solid white one. Plus, instead of asking your barista for an "Iced White Chocolate Mocha" you can simply say "White Chocolate Mocha" and use that extra ten seconds to run to the class you're already late for.

2. The Colors

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3. New Beginnings/A Season of Change

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While this is stereotypically associated with spring, most people nowadays see each change of the season as a new beginning. Not super basic, right? Until you start writing about it (totally calling myself out here), turning it into Instagram captions, and making it a whole freaking mood...

4. Hocus Pocus

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There's a reason FreeForm plays this movie, like, nightly in October. And Target (the basic college girl store) sells ten different t-shirts with Hocus Pocus quotes on them. And meme pages start trying to make it "relatable" during spooky season. The most basic Halloween movie on the planet *insert eye roll emoji* I still love it, though, but I am a basic college girl so...

5. Halloween

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And speaking of spooky season... the most basic season on the planet besides the entirety of fall itself. It's time for all those basic costumes (but all still super cute, definitely my go-to choices). Watch out for those black cats, angels, and bunnies that all have perfectly straight hair (yeah, yeah, yeah - I'm included in this, but I've accepted my basic-ness).

6. Pumpkin Patches

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Now it's time to fill our Insta feeds with the most basic fall content from our local pumpkin patches, and, if you go to my school, catch everyone posing with some oversized sunflowers on a farm, too. Makes perfect sense!

7. Boots - You Know Which Ones I'm Talking About, Too...

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FINALLY - it is finally time to break out those knee-high brown boots you've been staring at in your closet since June or the black, heeled booties you might have worn a couple of times in early September... but the most basic boot of all can finally make its grand reappearance - the Ugg.

8. Fall-Scented Candles

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Oof, the basic-ness is starting to become kind of painful, but I still support it 100%. Especially as I'm about to head out to Bath and Body Works to pick up a Vanilla Pumpkin Cupcake, Pumpkin Pie, Caramel Pumpkin Swirl, and whatever other crazy fall-scented candles they have waiting for me this season.

9. Sweater Weather

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Almost the epitome of this season's basic-ness. From the moment fall ends up until it starts again, every basic college girl is talking about how excited they are for the cozy, cuddly, oversized sweater weather.

10. SUPER BASIC WARNING: PSL

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The PSL... what gets more basic than this during fall? It comes as hot or iced, whipped cream or not, and there is even a new Pumpkin Spice CREAM Latte (so, I guess a PSCL?) with cold brew this year that I can say really makes me feel like the leaves are changing outside amidst a crisp, cool wind. And since I live in Florida and that doesn't really actually happen, I need to be super basic to really enjoy the beautiful season of fall.