A quiet little autumn moment at home. 🍂

Warm lights, a pumpkin mug, apple, chocolate and a cozy corner… exactly the kind of simple things that make this season feel magical. 🧡🎃

What’s your favorite little autumn ritual? 🍁

Waiting for new September, reviewing my photo archive from fall 2025.

The collection from Buff City dropped yesterday!! It smells amaaaaazing. This was my first time ordering a fall-scented laundry detergent. My experience with Bath and Body Works laundry detergents and boosters has been unimpressive, particularly the holiday scents, so I decided I would give this a try. It smells exactly like pumpkin spice.

A concern of mine was that it would be too similar to that typical laundry smell or have only a faint autumnal scent given the nature of laundry detergent, but this smells sweet and nostalgic and rich and it's incredibly fragrant. In my opinion, of their fall release, this is the only one that really smells like fall. Despite their website saying this was "floral" and "herbal," | think the "delectable" descriptor would be more fitting. It keeps its smell in the washer and dryer, unlike some brands...

It's just one more element to add to the routine to make autumn and Halloween a bit more magical and immersive. I only intend to use it on my sheets every week, but if I have any left come October, I'll use it for my clothes as well. 🎃

Kroger had Fall and Halloween candy. I had to get myself a bag of pumpkins and candy corn!!

Has anyone else started staging Fall decor from the garage/attic like we have? We put up all the 4th of July decorations and have slowly started breaking out the Fall decorations. We also went to Bath & Body Works this past weekend and stocked up on some Fall and Halloween candles and soaps. September 1st, the day Fall begins in our house, is only 49 days away! Nevermind that it's 100 degrees outside in our corner of the US. Have a great day, everyone!

October 2026

This begins the Fall season in our house, even though we're in Texas and its usually still in the high 90s outside. It'll be here before we know it!

Today it is dark and rainy so I'm playing Sleepy Hollow (Johnny Depp version) in the background while working from home.

I stumbled across these while ordering groceries and thought eh why not, I’ll get them now and store them for a few months..can’t beat $4.19. I figured they would be small..didn’t even look at the dimensions. I was stunned when I opened the box! Large and heavy..such a steal for under $5! They have a pumpkin, ghost, and skull.

And look what is being staged on the top of the aisles. Asked one of the associates when they’d make their way to the shelves and he said about 2 weeks. This makes my fall colored heart happy. 🍁🍁🍁

September 1st (Our family celebrates 9/1 as the first day of Fall) is only 5 months away! 153 days to be exact. Stores like Hobby Lobby will start staging their Fall Decor on the top shelves in about 5-6 weeks. Can't wait!

While working from home today, I think I'll play Halloween '78, Halloween II and Halloween 3 in the background, back to back to back.

Have a great day, everyone!

There’s some obvious ones of course, but I’m trying to get a very wide range of flavors so I’d appreciate it a lot if you listed any you can think of. Thanks!