I'm not really sure that I have ever come across a person who doesn't like fall, especially in New England. There is just something so nostalgic and magical about nature buckling down and getting ready to hibernate until the spring. The smell in the air, the leaves falling, baking pies with friends...can it get any better that that?
I don't think so!
Here is my list of the top 50 reasons that i personally cannot wait for fall!
50. Fall cleaning
I know, I know...who likes cleaning? But what better time to clean the house than in the fall with the windows open and the crisp breeze blowing through your sheer curtains?
49. Raking those leaves
Yes, it is work, but it also helps you burn some calories after that pumpkin pie...
48. Fall scented candles
Autumn woods, pumpkin pie, candy corn...they all smell amazing.
47. Autumn/ Fall Harvest decorations! I just got some for 50% off at Rite Aid!
46. Harvest Festivals!
I will attend them all if I can, if only I had unlimited money too... lol.
45. Hot Apple Cider
Or...Hot toddies (yum!).
44. Baking pies with friends or your children
Apple, pumpkin, custard...I can just smell at that wholesome goodness. Now I'm hungry!
43. Baking cookies and decorating them!
Homemade sugar cookies, heavily frosted and loaded with sprinkles... Hey, it's like a holiday treat; a couple won't hurt, right?
42. Plotting and planning your Halloween costume
If you are anything like me, then Halloween is a national holiday to you. You have probably already been searching online for the coolest, craziest and most unique costume you can find.
41. Back To School!
Whether you or your children are going back to school, you have to admit, the nostalgia of it can be very exciting.
40. New School Supplies
Um, who doesn't love the smell of a freshly sharpened pencil and new trapper keeper? (OK, maybe not the trapper keeper...I loved those things...but a notebook will suffice in its place).
39. Chunky Sweaters
Let's be real, I live in these things until May
38. Knee High Boots
I also live in these until May; everything goes with boots!
37. Lounging around on the weekends in your PJs and fuzzy socks
Homework in this attire, while my pies are baking? Yes please!
36. Corn Mazes
I love getting lost in these things, as long as the weathers good (lol).
35. Haunted Houses
The scarier the better for me, not so much for my son!
34. Apple Picking
Apple pie, apple sticks, apple muffins, baked apples, etc. You get it, right?
33. Pumpkin Patch Fun
The object is to get there as fast as you can, and pick the biggest, roundest shape you can (with no dents or marks preferably).
32. Carving Pumpkins
This is one of my absolute favorite things to do in the fall. Every year, my son and I attempt a more outlandish one than the year before.
31. Decorating for Halloween
Who doesn't love seeing a house all decked out for Halloween. I honestly have more Halloween decorations than any other time of the year combined.
30. Football!
Yes, this chick loves football. So much so that I joined a league to keep track of my teams.
29. Hot Chocolate
Yes, the hot chocolate season, officially starts in the Fall. I don't mind it though, especially Dunkin Donut's Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate
28. Preparing my menu for Thanksgiving
My second fave holiday. Mashed potatoes and gravy, French meat stuffing, carrots and turnips...OMG, yum!
27) Walking/ Running in the Fall
What better weather than the fall to go for a walk, run, or hike?
26) Sleeping late on a chilly Sunday morning
Nothing quite like waking up on a Sunday morning and realizing you can go back to bed, firmly planted under the blankets.
25) Fall Foliage
New England has the best fall foliage to look at hands down!
24. Thanksgiving!!!
The one holiday where no one expects anything of you, and you and everyone around you gives thanks for their blessings in life.
23. Cranberry Season
The Cape, hands down, has the best, juiciest, and most tart cranberries ever. I can smell the cranberry orange muffins baking in my house already.
22. Pumpkin Spice Iced Coffee
!!!
21. Pumpkin Spice Lattes
!!!
20. Pumpkin Spice donuts
!!!
19. Pumpkin Spice Cheerios/Oreos/Cookies/Bagels, etc.
(There are probably more...you can add them down below if you want.)
18. Halloween
I'm still a kid at Halloween, and I don't care! Let the Trick or Treating and Halloween parties begin!
17. Corn Bread
It's good anytime, but especially in the fall
16. Crock Pot Suppers
Throw it in the crock pot, and go to school/work and forget about it. I love this sentiment (haha).
15. Candy Apples
Especially with caramel and peanuts (OMG!)
14. Over-sized Fleece Blankets
Yes, please, as I watch football on the couch all cuddled up
13. Shipyard's Pumpkinhead Beer in a Frozen Glass With a Cinnamon Sugar Rim
Yes, yes, yes!!! (I am waiting with baited breath)
12. Redd's Apple Ale
My second fave fall spirit
11. Candy Corn
My favorite Halloween candy for too long
10. Halloween Movies
I watch them all month long
9. Any Halloween Candy
Collect enough on sale, and you are set for months on your cravings.
8. Finally getting to break out that pea coat I got on sale last year
It's cold enough to finally wear it.
7. Leaf Pressing
Am I the only one who still does this?
6. New seasons of your fave shows are coming back!
5. Alas, the Countdown To Christmas
For those Christmas crazy friends
4. Black Friday
I have never shopped on this day, but who am I to deny anyone a chance to shop?
3. Playing in the Leaves
Come on, you know you want to!
2. Salem, Massachusetts during the month of October!
If you have never been, i feel bad that you haven't experienced what we have! Put it on your bucket list!
1. Pretty sure I mentioned Pumpkin Spice everything, right?
That concludes my list of happy excitement for Fall!
Have any favorites I have missed? Leave me a comment, and let me know what else should be here!
