I'm one of those people who loves something about every season. With spring comes flowers, spring break, pastels, and Easter. Summer is the beach, vacation, tans, swimming, my birthday and grilling out. Winter is Christmas, New Years, and everything wonderful associated with those holidays. Fall, well, I'll get to that in a minute. I'm also one of those very indecisive people. It takes forever to make even the slightest choices--what to eat for dinner, what to wear to class, etc. So, it's taken me 24 years to finally come to the conclusion that fall is my favorite season.
Fall is the best weather in the South. It's not too hot, and it's not too cold. It gets cool at night, but warm in the afternoon. The leaves are beautiful in the fall. The air has a fantastic smell--like fire pits and grills and something I can't identify.
Football season--need I say more? Probably not, but I will anyway. There is just something magical about game days in Tuscaloosa. Tailgating, family, friends, drinks, good food. And when Bryant Denny stadium lights up, well, that's just very good indeed.
Halloween is a great, fun holiday. I love dressing up. I love candy. I love when Mallory, Larremy, and I wear our "My sister is a witch" tshirts. I love putting spooky decorations around my apartment. I love scaring the hell out of myself watching shows about haunted houses and vampires on the History Channel. And I love Halloween parties because they always seem more ridiculous than other parties, and they embody everything else that I love about the holiday.
I also love the food. Tailgating food: grilled anything, rich and creamy dips, salads, and anything pumpkin (see above). Not to mention chili. I love to make chili, and I love to eat it even more.
This is just a self indulgent recitation of everything I love about it, because I'm feeling especially fall spirited today.
Fall is the best weather in the South. It's not too hot, and it's not too cold. It gets cool at night, but warm in the afternoon. The leaves are beautiful in the fall. The air has a fantastic smell--like fire pits and grills and something I can't identify.
Football season--need I say more? Probably not, but I will anyway. There is just something magical about game days in Tuscaloosa. Tailgating, family, friends, drinks, good food. And when Bryant Denny stadium lights up, well, that's just very good indeed.
Halloween is a great, fun holiday. I love dressing up. I love candy. I love when Mallory, Larremy, and I wear our "My sister is a witch" tshirts. I love putting spooky decorations around my apartment. I love scaring the hell out of myself watching shows about haunted houses and vampires on the History Channel. And I love Halloween parties because they always seem more ridiculous than other parties, and they embody everything else that I love about the holiday.
Pumpkins get their own paragraph. I love to eat them, and I love to decorate with them. Pumpkin pie. Pumpkin cake. Pumpkin bread. Pumpkin spice lattes. I love making Jack-O-Lanterns. I love the tiny pumpkin candles my mom gave me.
And the colors? Rich, bold, fabulous colors. Red, orange (so long as it's not TN orange), yellow, gold, brown, bronze, even dark green. This plus the transition to more cold weather clothing, which I think is much more chic, maybe just because it's more flattering on my tall, lanky physique.
I also love the food. Tailgating food: grilled anything, rich and creamy dips, salads, and anything pumpkin (see above). Not to mention chili. I love to make chili, and I love to eat it even more.
So just know that tomorrow, when I have a crock pot full of chili, a mug full of pumpkin coffee, and the Alabama-Tennessee game on TV, I will be a very happy girl.
Happy Fall!
