One Pumpkin, Two Pumpkin, Three Pumpkin.... FALL!

(Even though it got up to around 90 degrees this weekend.... boo hiss boo.... Fall has been in the air lately.... especially in the evenings)

I have been SO excited for Fall this year, as I am sure most of us on the Gulf Coast have been due to the CrAzY temperatures that we reached this summer, and it just couldn't get here soon enough. We have been getting little tastes of fall here and there, and regardless of what the temperature decides to do over the next couple of weeks, Brenton and I brought Fall to our house.

We went shopping for PUMPKINS!!! It was a very tedious and exciting experience last night at Fresh Market.

There were so many to choose from....

Like every good pumpkin shoppers we were not simply content to graze the top.... we (mostly Brenton) had to dig.

See that one with all of that potential in the middle WAY down there.... we were going for that one....

SUCCESS!!!

Next came the really hard part.... eliminations.... we bought the 3 for $10.... but we had picked out 6....

and out of those six.... the winners....

Aren't they CUTE! We did good I think.... excellent canvases for craving creations (to be documented later..... we don't want them to rot!).

So, after a very busy, full weekend we enjoyed a yummy dinner with a little touch of Fall (some yellow squash that Brenton actually ate.... and apple cider).

It sure is great to have you back Fall.... you have been missed!

Happy Happy HAPPY PANTS!!!

I can not.... absolutely not.... it is positively impossible for me to explain to you how happy I am. My uncontrollable smile has returned in full force.... and it is no joke!

Brenton went on a much needed and much deserved trip to Maine and Boston (most of his family lives up there). I was so happy for him to go see family that he literally hadn't seen in years.... I could hear the happiness and excitement in his voice with every little conversation filled with quick little tid bits of his trip! All of the excitement for Brenton in the world could not let me forget how much I missed him.

Here's a sample of how my day would go.... Alarm. I miss him. Take out Dempsey. I miss him. Brush my teeth. Get ready for work.... read the note he left me on the mirror. I MISS HIM. Get settled at work. Send e-mails. Make calls. I miss him. Stay busy.... stay busy.... stay busy.... but I still miss him. Finish up the work day.... head home.... no Brenton.... I miss him. Take out Dempsey. Play Fetch with Dempsey (can tell Dempsey wishes I could throw like Brenton). I miss him. Make dinner.... eat dinner.... stay busy.... stay busy.... tv on so I don't hear things that creep in the night (haha I am a HUGE. HUGE. HUGE. baby about being alone at night.... I'm not proud of this). I miss him. Get ready for bed. Talk to Brenton. MISS HIM EVEN MORE!!!

It was just another reminder that just when I think I couldn't possibly squeeze in any more love for him..... it grows.... and grows. I am so lucky to miss someone SO much, and have someone missing me SO much. I truly have the most amazing friend in him.

Before I knew it, Brenton had an AmAzInG trip, and there he was waiting for me outside our apartment. The uncontrollable smile plastered on my face.... no hug has EVER felt so good!

I LOVE YOU BRENTON, AND I AM SO HAPPY YOU ARE HOME!

Somebody I LOVE lives in Nashville...

Well, Tansey left me for the BIG city back at the beginning of July.... remember. It was very sad and I have missed her so, SO much.... and just about the only redeeming factor is that I am so happy and proud of her that I could POP when I think about it!

So, what's a girl to do when one of her very best friends moves to Nashville? She's going to Tennessee, and that's exactly what I did. Last weekend was SO much fun.... I just loved every little bit of it.

First, on Friday, we were HUGE girls and we shopped literally ALL. DAY. It was great. Here are some of the things we found.... really wished we could have.... but couldn't bring ourselves to do it...... even if they were TOTALLY AMAZING!!!

These were some that Tansey had been wanting to show me.... they look good on her don't they.

Quick little note: I am NOT usually a 'I'M REALLY OBCESSED WITH THESE SHOES' kinda girl..... but oh man.... I really wanted these..... I wore them around the whole store. I just did not want to take them off. Sadly, I had to leave them behind. However, my sadness did not stop us from running around the Nashville DSW like a couple of kids in a candy store. I don't even know how many we tried on.... I lost track.

We had a very successful shopping day needless to say, and I got to have my first NASHVILLE YOGURT EXPERIENCE!!! I have been dying to try one of these awesome little places that Tansey had been telling me about.... and when I say I was dying to try one I really was SO excited! I mean who wouldn't be excited about a place where not only do you get to pick your flavor or flavors and choose from a vast array of toppings you get to do it yourself!!!

Being a first timer to this yogurt experience, the fact that I got to do it myself, and that they had red velvet that day ( i. love. red velvet.) I got enough yogurt and toppings that if it all was consumed I am certain I would have died! It was SO good though, and I just really wish I had my very own personal Sweet Ce Ce's to fufill my every yogurt whim.

So yummy.

Friday and Saturday nights were incredibly FUN nights filled with interesting people, moments, major dancing, Corey the amazing Nashville bar tour guide, bands that did not know JOY TO THE WORLD (I couldn't believe it), Irish men named Shameus, more dancing, T-bone, and red roosters! I had a BLAST!!!

Tansey and I at the Irish Pub.... I could have danced here the whole night.... I love that place!

Here's the band that didn't know Joy to the World!!! They were like the Christmas Carol (all confused) and I was like no.... like as in Jerimiah was a Bullfrog. Obviously this is still bothering me!

Tans and I on Saturday night! :)

Here's our awesome tour guide, Corey (one of Brenton's friends through a Maxim business trip). Thank you for being SO great Corey!!! We had so much fun!

Oh the BIG, red rooster.... how we loved him.

I had SO much fun on my first trip to Nashville, and I can't wait to go back!!!

Tansey,

You are doing SO great, and really I could not be more proud of you! You are doing it!!! You live in Nashville. I loved getting to see you living your dreams.... it made me so happy! I'm so excited for you about everything that you have going in Nashville, like your cute as a button apartment, and all of the endless exciting possibilities in your future! You deserve every little bit of wonderful in your life, and I love you dearly! I will be back soon!!!! xoxo scof