fall for me

it's october, and this means that it has officially become my favorite season of the year! i know, i know, strange because i'm from the land of eternal sunshine and i'm currently living in california, but whatever. i love the fall and everything about it!

so in honor of this most festive feeling i've got going on, i thought i'd try my hand at a polyvore collage. i see a lot of the writers on my favorite blogs using polyvore for fashion and interior design, and i thought i'd just cheat a little and use it for my own devious ends. kidding, kidding. nothing devious about it, just wanted to share with you why fall is as great as it is!

Fall for Me by kaheainthecity

clockwise from top-left:

1. the leaves are changing color, which has to be one of nature's most beautiful things. also, fall colors just happen to be my favorites! burgundy's and golds and rusts and forest greens and browns...love 'em!
2. it's time for cold weather clothes! great peacoats and cute hats are back and i get to cozy up inside them. this coat can be found at alloy.com.
3. i'm obsessed with this sweater and have been for more than a year. it's almost cheap enough, but not quite. i can't get over those buckles... this came from victoria's secret.
4. we all know i can't resist a good cardigan, right? and the stripes? and the ruffles? looks so...collegiate! lovely cardi is from alloy.com.
5. so i know i'm about six years late, but i finally got suckered into adoring uggs. i'm not really liking the purple, but the rest would look great with a pair of skinnies. luckily, my older sis had a pair of knock-offs that she never wears (she lives in hawaii) so she sent them to me! these classically short uggs can also be found at victoria's secret.
6. how soft does this cashmere scarf look? brown. cashmere. scarf. need i say more? get it at abercrombie.
   
7. if you don't think of pies when you think of the fall, i don't know what happened to destroy you in your childhood. and i'm not even much of a baker.
8. halloween! thanksgiving and halloween are my two favorite holidays, and these little wicked cupcakes are about as cute as they come. you can learn to make them (and a whole lot of other holiday goodies) at foodnetwork.com.
9. the weather gets cold and the food gets hot. cooking and eating soups and stews are one of the best parts of fall. especially when you've got some friends over, some games and/or movies to watch, some PIES for dessert!, and it's windy and rainy outside. my favorite beef stew recipe can be found here. i suggest you make it on the first cold day of your year (though watch out, it needs to marinate overnight!). it's awesome. i promise.
10. these next two pictures are not up here because i love jennifer aniston or because i've even seen her movie, "love happens." (though i may because it's set in SEATTLE!). i just adore these beanies. she has one in almost every color according to the previews. and they're cashmere (or so i've discovered through research). they're also hideously expensive, but are apparently The item to have this season.
11. finally, last but definitely not least is the return of starbuck's wonderful pumpkin spice latte's! you know how certain things, everyday ordinary things, can be triggers for very specific memories? well, pumpkin spice latte's trigger the memory of me and my friends walking from our apartment down to starbucks during college to get these drinks, totally decked out in our coats, boots, scarves and gloves, with cold air on our faces and fog moving in and out of bare tree branches. these drinks will always make me think of college, of seattle, and of the fall.

HAPPY OCTOBER, EVERYONE!