Summer Sweets

There's something so magical about summer treats--ice cream, shakes, popsicles, snowcones (called snowballs here in South Louisiana but I still haven't gotten used to that). Funnily enough, I hardly ever eat these sort of things, but I'm glad I married a guy who loves that kind of stuff so I don't miss out. Turns out, my favorite summer treat is a yummy scoop of ice cream in a waffle cone. I've been on a mint chocolate chip kick lately, which is the ultimate refreshing flavor, especially when it's super hot out. And it's Louisiana. It's always hot out.

Casey learned about a milkshake food truck coming to town so obviously we had to check it out. And check that OUT. It was soooo messy but still yummy. (Nothing, however can ever compare to The Yard. That place spoiled me.) It was nice to just sit on the back of the car in a Mexican restaurant parking lot while ice cream and chocolate dripped everywhere as we tried to eat it before it could melt. Even messy can be magical.

Dreaming of Fall... In July

It's July 2. America will celebrate its independence in just two days. Tomorrow I will make my annual "apple pie for the Fourth of July." On Saturday I will wear my patriotic skirt (navy with white stars, just like the American flag) with a red, white, and blue plaid button up and a pair of patriotic sunglasses that say, "Party like it's 1776."

And yet.

Yesterday, on July 1, I found myself ready for fall.

Maybe it's because it's been SOME KIND OF HUMID this week. (Today's humidity is 52% and it feels soooo much better outside than the sauna that became Louisiana this week.)

Maybe it's because it's been SOME KIND OF YEAR these last six months and I'm ready for my favorite season.

Maybe (probably) it's because I ran to Hobby Lobby yesterday and they had all their fall decor and fabric out. (And Christmas. I ALMOST bought some nutcracker fabric... I think I'm gonna have to go back and get it.)

I want to buy all the cute fall fabric and make a million pillow covers. I want to pull out my pumpkins from the storage room. I want to burn fall candles and diffuser blends. (Okay, fine, I'm diffusing a fave fall blend right now.)

And also, I want to wear fall clothes. I'm already wearing boots (because boots are my favorite and I wear combat boots all year round), but I'm already looking forward to pulling out my tights and scarves and sweaters for the two weeks of fall weather we get in December.

*an aside*
When I was a teenager, I LOVED teen fashion magazines (I had subscriptions to Seventeen--my fave--and Teen Vogue) and I was always so confused by the "first day of school" outfits. They were always SO CUTE (again, I'm a sucker for fall clothes) but I couldn't imagine wearing a sweater on the first day of school. It was much too hot for that. And those knee-high boots? Cute as they were, you'd feel sweat pouring down your calves before the first bell rang.

I guess at some point I finally realized that other places have actual fall weather when school starts and I'm still a little bit jealous of it. But I guess it's okay. We have mild winters, which, as someone who does NOT like super cold weather, I'm glad for. AND I'm glad that we don't have summer weather year-round like my beloved Singapore.
*aside complete*

I'm literally so tempted to start decorating for fall, but I'm trying to be practical and wait a little while. I mean, it's completely acceptable to pull out the fall decor in September, which means if I want to decorate early, I can bring out the pumpkins mid-August. (To distract myself in the meantime, I think I'm going to give our room a mini makeover.)

If we're going for a mid-August fall decor launch date, that means I have just six more weeks to wait. Which means that I need to go ahead and make those pumpkin pillow covers. Guess I can work on that while I eat my apple pie on the fourth of July.