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Just to prove I'm not always a Debbie Downer, here are some photos and a happy little list!!

WHY I LOVE OCTOBER

1: emailing my Mom on the 1st to say HAPPY OCTOBER
2: Pumpkin Cheesecake, hot damn!
3: picking out pumpkins at the Farmers Market (lumina is my fave)
4: Scotch drinking weather
5: big fat acorns
6: pumpkin patches
7: getting darker earlier (still fools the kids into an early bedtime)
8: sweaters
9: my Mom's birthday; so glad she's still here
10: nesting
11: planning costumes
12: cool, crisp air
13: my favorite Naot boots
14: going to the State Fair with the kids
15: going to see U2---for the first time and courtesy of cathy and paul ❤
16: flannel sheets
17: Fall Festivals galore
18: my favorite turquoise coat
19: my favorite orange scarf made by Robin (who never got her ring)
20: Halloween decorations popping up in yards
21: warm cider and captain morgans
22: wearing patterned tights and big clunky shoes
23: pumpkin choco chip cookies from Whole Foods
24: hot chocolate on the porch at dusk with the kids
25: homemade soup with warm grainy crunchy bread
26: pomegranates and wishing Dad was still here to share them with me
27: Martha Stewart's Fall & Halloween themed magazines
28: fall color palette
29: carving pumpkins
30: my birthday, so glad I'm still here
31: Halloween, duh.

(((#15 didn't happen but I still appreciate the gesture of the ticket.))))