My Fall Bucket List

It's here! It's here! Fall is official y'all.
I know I'm a day late, but I was busy #hashtaghumday-ing yesterday. #prioritiesok?
And in true, basic white girl, blogger cliche form, I'm going to share my fall bucket list and/or goals with you today. 
 1 | Try a Pumpkin Spice Latte You heard right, I've never had a PSL. Ever. Sure I love me some pumpkin and I've had a PSC (pumpkin spice chai) but since this is really the first fall  I've really drank coffee I'm excited to try this "phenomenon" that so many basic ladies are infatuated with. 

2 | Create Gunner's Halloween Costume He technically already has one (Taco!) but my mom and I are dressing up our dogs for our favorite local charity walk, See Spot Walk. Each year they have a doggie costume contest. So we decided, in light of the upcoming movie (FAN GIRL SQUEALS!) that we are doing Star Wars theme. Gunner is going to be Chewy and Bailey (my parents' dog) is going to be Princess Leia. Don't worry, my mom and I are also dressing in theme and may or may not have bought these sweet hoodies. 
3 | Clean Up and  Prep the Yard for Winter I'm basically the worst homeowner ever. I have yet to correctly prep my rosebushes for a winter and I have no clue how to properly cut/prep the remaining bulb plants that are still green in the yard (iris). This year I am determined to actually do things so that my plants come back happy and healthy next spring. I also want to plant more bulbs and rake leaves in a timely matter (instead of after it's already snowed).

This is how leaf raking usually goes

4 | Make my own Blanket Scarf If you haven't seen this trend yet, you might be living under a rock. It's all the rage, but they are also very spendy. Since I am all about saving money these days, I can't wait to make my own via Becoming a Heath's DIY Blanket Scarf tutorial. You're welcome friends. You can now make one in every color.
5 | Work on my DSLR skills I've had my new camera for almost a year now and I still shoot most everything on auto mode. It's depressing. Fall is such a good time to shoot photos (lighting, colors, everything) so I hope to get some serious photo-shooting and learning in.
6 | Do Something for Halloween This will be the BF and my 5th Halloween together. Yet we have never had a couple costume and have only spent one Halloween together. I need to get that changed ASAP.  At least on the doing something together side of it - a couple costume may still be pushing it. 

Our only Halloween spent together. I still don't know what he was. The Corona bottle was one of my faves though!

7 | Carve Pumpkins I didn't get around to this last year and it made me sad. It's one of my favorite fall traditions!
8 | Visit Moscow for my Baby Sister's 21st Birthday Words cannot describe my excitement. I will be traveling to my college town to celebrate with my sister and her friends, and my best friend is tagging along too. Best weekend ever.

9 | Purge the Closet It's getting bad people. Overflowing. I am a hoarder at heart and I have a very tough time getting rid of anything that still fits. That's not saying everything in my closet still fits though, I really need to take a weekend and cut my clothing hoard in half. I'm thinking about selling stuff on ebay. Does anyone have any tips? Would you buy my stuff? Nine seems good for this 9th month of the year. There should probably be some stuff about eating healthy and working out in there too - we'll see about that.

What's on your fall bucket list?

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