Alas! It is Fall. The most beautiful (and wonderful) time of the year. In most places, there is a change in weather and color of the leaves. In Florida, sadly, we don't get that lucky, and it only slightly changes in temperature. If I recall correctly, it was in the 70s in North Florida on Thanksgiving last year. Someone, please, tell me that climate change is not real.
To begin with, I would just like to be that person and point out that most of the time, Christmas prep - my favorite time of the year - is happening throughout Fall. Fall begins September 22 and the Winter Solstice is December 21. So yes, I really love Fall. Winter is amazing in and of itself, but for other reasons.
While I may get some backlash for saying that I am not a huge fan of pumpkin, I love all scents pumpkin! The Pumpkin Cupcake Scentportable has been making my car smell like Fall since the beginning of August. Moreover, my boyfriend is a huge fan of pumpkin and would be slightly disappointed in me for saying that because his inner typical white girl loves PSLs.
When all of the Halloween and Thanksgiving decor starts showing up in Michaels and Hobby Lobby, I know that my happiness (just based off of the time of year) is about to have a two-fold increase. There are more reasons to dress up and more reasons for everyone to celebrate and have fun at the end of the year.
Once the "Ber" months begin (on September 1) I go into "IT'S SPOOPY SEASON" and an "it's time for Christmas music" mindset. I can't help the fact that I love Fall so much. Pumpkin patches, celebrating with friends - from Halloween parties to Friendsgivings - there's so much life worth living. I love this time of year.
While there is not a dramatic change in weather, the amount of bonfires that are bound to happen increases. If there's anything more than Christmastime that I love, it's sitting around a bonfire with my friends, just talking about what's going on in our lives.
This time of year is the best because it means traditions with my sisters (I love you Eliza, I wish you were here in Florida but it's okay! We'll FaceTime you.) While they haven't been traditions for an exceptionally long period of time, they are traditions now, and I love them.
Fall means more baking parties with friends and new recipes to potentially mess up. It also means feeding friends all of the extra food that comes out of the oven; lucky them!
Come November and December, everyone is so much happier. Seeing people happy makes me happy and everyone seems to be in a better mood too and it truly is wonderful.