Friday Favorites!

Welcome to Friday Saturday Favorites! I'm linking up with Andrea, Erika, and Narci again for some of my current faves. 

Hope everyone had a great week!!

1)

My first Friday favorite is why this post is going up on Saturday: Friday was a total family day! Steve was off, and Teagan had a bye week from football, so we spent the whole day together! It was so nice. Very low key day, and that's exactly what we all needed. It seems like this time of year just gets so dadburn hectic, so these easy days are decadent! 

2)Halloween decorations

I had planned to wait until October to put out our Halloween decorations, but the bug bit me this week, and now I'm pretty much out of control. I told Steve that I can't be held responsible for the damage I do to our checkbook when it comes to Halloween stuff. Either he locks me up, or he goes with me wherever I go and reins me in. So far, I guess he's just putting up with it! 

Here's what all I've done so far, but I would sure like to do a bunch more!

The newest (and yet unnamed) member of our family! 

I told the girls to make a scary face. Evidently Caroline didn't want to participate. 

And then I added a few decorations to that area. Pardon the mess on the floor. 

I am thinking about spraying this guy (girl?) with clear glitter. You can never have too much glitter, right? 

Here's the other half of that credenza.

 Owl cloche from Hobby Lobby, Haunted House cloche from Target, Poison bottles from Michaels last year, but they have similar ones this year. Stack of books and burlap from Hobby Lobby, Halloween party invitation plaque from TJMaxx. 

Here's the bottom of the credenza. Both pumpkins are from Hobby Lobby. Glitter pumpkin is from Target (I think. I bought it a year or two ago). Pumpkin wallflower is from B&BW, obvs. 

 Flower arrangement from Target, and mercury glass skull from Michael's last year. 

 Glitter decor from the dollar spot at Target, candle from Hobby Lobby

 Boo! and Eek! signs from Hobby Lobby. I sorta want to glitter them, too.

 I'm so in love with this skeleton witch! I can't remember where I found her, but I think Hobby Lobby.

This little glitter skeleton is a little silly, but he spoke to me. I'm a sucker for glitter! 

3) My newest pumpkin/fall haul!

I racked up this week!

Smells amazing!!! The pumpkin holder is new, too. 

Not pictured: the already burned Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin candle! I loooove those so much!

4) New fall nail polishes

OPI's I Saw... U Saw... We Saw... Warsaw

This is the nail polish I'm wearing in the above photos, and I love it so much! It has stayed on better than any non-gel nail polish I've ever tried. I'm addicted! 

Sally Hansen's Wine Stock

Soooo not my pic. I left my bottle in the car, so I stole this one from imabeautygeek. Just pretend my nails are as pretty as hers. 

5) Tennessee football is back! 

 Go VOLS!!! Beat Georgia!!

Get Pin-spired!

I like to imagine myself a crafter. I typically fail miserably, but I sure do love the process! 

I love scouring Michael's and Hobby Lobby for flotsam and jetsam to hot glue into some sort of burlap/chevron/chalk paint/tulle/glitter gloriousness. 

And since fall is obviously a big source of inspiration for me, my crafty bone got itchy when the weather here turned cooler. I looked on Pinterest for a quick and relatively easy new fall wreath, and found a great one that could give me a lot of bang for a little effort. 

Here is the inspiration photo:

via RefinedWreath on Etsy

And here's what I accomplished: 

I took this pic in the very early morning, before the sun was fully up

  and these before dinner, when the sun was setting. 

Now, there are some noticeable differences between mine and the inspiration photo. I bought my hydrangeas at Michael's, and they didn't have enough of the yellowish flowers. To compensate, I spread the hydrangeas out more than the etsy version. And also because of the lack flowers, I hung the bow directly on the grapevine wreath instead of on top of more flowers. 

My bow is also slightly different, with my orange instead of their black, but I also bought a non-burlap black and white bow that I plan to switch this one out for on October 1st. I think this one looks fall, and the black and white looks more Halloween-y. I'll post pics once I make the switch. 

Despite the differences, I'm pretty happy with how this turned out! I think it looks pretty great, for a fraction of the cost of the Etsy one. Yay me! 

First signs of fall...

There are a few things that put me in a PSL sippin', boot wearin', fireplace snugglin' mood. 

And most of those come to me via Bath and Body Works. 

Now, I'm with ya when y'all get aggravated seeing leaf garlands at HobLob right next to the American flags and flip flop signs, but there's something about that Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin scent that just can't get here fast enough!

Honestly, I would probably have that candle burning in my house all year long. 

It's my favorite smell in the whole wide world. 

Well, other than baby's breath. 

The actual thing, not the weird corsage-filler

Amazingly enough, I caught an IG friend's post about B&BW releasing their fall candles early online. In July. ON MY BIRTHDAY. 

#fate

Throw a coupon code in there and this girl's fingers are taptaptapping away ordering her some candles! 

They came 3-5 days later, and I was the epitome of restraint when I put them away in my candle cabinet (yes, it's a thing) and saved them for crisper weather.

(photo courtesy of Knot and Bow Designs)

My last little bit of my Sundress candle burned up Saturday, and I lit that Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin up faster than you can spell Y-U-M-M-Y.

I burned it. All day. It's half gone. Already. 

Along with my classic favorite, I also ordered Sweater Weather and Leaves. Leaves has been a favorite for a few years now, and Sweater Weather is fairly new and I am in love with it! 

(crappy iphone pics are yours free of charge)

The good news is that it's not early anymore, and the stores are stocking some of their fall scents already. I went into our store on Friday and got an armful of the anti-bacterial hand soap and wallflowers.  

(A Walk in the Woods, Weekend Apple Picking, Crisp Morning Air, Golden Autumn Citrus)

As I was checking out, I heard the manager talking about having to report how many of a certain gift set they had sold that day. 

That gift set was a fall sampler. 

Well, it's only the Christian thing to do to help a manager out, right? 

So one of those little bad boys came home with me, and it is awesome! Trust me, if you love fall scents, you need this. I mean, the soap in there is the Pumpkin Pecan Waffle. 

I die. 

If I can't eat it, I sure as shootin' want to rub it all over my hands! 

Sorry, I can't find this gift set online. Hopefully it's coming, though! I got over-anxious and already used the Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin lotion and body wash that was in the gift set. And the precious little pumpkin-shaped shower pouf! 

I was going to end this post with a BBW wish list, but that's just too durn long. 

Ain't nobody got time for dat! 

I will mention the two things I can't live without, though. I'll be snatching these bad boys up as soon as I see them! 

I sorta wanna taste it. #truth

C'mon, now people. A tailgate candle?!?! Dear heavens. My life isn't complete without it!

Happy almost fall!

Premier Pumpkin Post!

Welcome to my new blog! 

Disclaimer: I've tried blogging before. It didn't end well. Never started well. I have high hopes for this one, though! 

#lovemethroughit

#Ibigpuffyhearthashtags

#Iwillloveyouthroughit

I feel like I should insert a paragraph here about what this blog will be about, and I hope that "a little bit of this, little bit of that" will suffice. #jazzhands

I will tell you what inspires this blog, though. As the title implies, I lurrrrve me all things pumpkin! And with today being the day after Labor Day, and therefore the unofficial start of fall, what better time to start a pumpkin themed blog! 

So, be prepared to hopefully be entertained, probably often bored, and at least occasionally inspired to eat/drink/paint/carve/wear pumpkin!