First Pumpkin

Happy September!  What happened to August?  I don’t remember much about it – total blur.  It’s still hot as blazes around here, and will continue to be so through mid-October but I couldn’t resist bringing out one decorative pumpkin to celebrate the beginning of September.

I know I’ve said this before that I love all the seasons but I’m always happy to see Summer and Winter end.  Fall and Spring can hang out as long as they like, as far as I’m concerned.

HomeGoods has a great selection of fall scented candles all in white!  I do like the apple and pumpkin scented candles in the fall but I am so not a rust/orange/red kind of person.  So I was delighted when I heard they had fall scented candles in white glass jars.  The one burning above is a pumpkin/clementine scent and it isn’t overpoweringly pumpkin.    They had a big selection of them at my local HomeGoods.

I also bought an apple scented one that smells just like a freshly cut apple.  No cinnamon at all (which I find can be a bit overpowering).  It is in a pale, translucent pink jar.

The only think I don’t like about the candles is that the label is printed on the glass rather than being a label that can be peeled off like a sticker.  I just took a X-Acto knife and gently scraped off all the lettering.  Problem solved.

I really wanted to swap out my coffee table tray for a round one but I couldn’t find one to save my life.  I have a couple of ideas in mind, any would work just fine, and  even though I went to five different stores this weekend I couldn’t find a thing.  I may just have to make what I want.

I hope everyone in the US had a lovely long weekend!