That’s the sign I want to hang off of my front porch. It’s NOT Fall, Y’all.
Why?
Because it’s not!
It’s not even the unofficial start to fall, which is the Tuesday after Labor Day, which is almost two weeks away mind you.
From all the fake fall leaves adorning front porches, to Halloween decor popping up everywhere. It’s like the race is on for who can do fall better than that next person, and apparently earlier is the way to win.
Stop it. It’s summer. It’s August. It’s 175 degrees (okay, I did exaggerate by 50 degrees there). Linen shirts and flip flops are still the necessary fashion choices! It’s not fall.
And, by the way, fall is with a lowercase. If I’m being snarky, let’s just call out all the issues.
Now, Starbucks has just today released their fall flavors and while I’m completely against celebrating fall right now, at least these options are available as iced coffee items.
And, college football is starting this weekend … so I guess that could be considered that first “unofficial” start to fall. But, but, but … I am still going to be a stick in the mud about this.
If it’s going to be fall, we need crisp blue skies, we need 100% of all college and high schoolers back in school (here’s a shocker – that doesn’t happen until after Labor Day).
And, I don’t have nearly enough cobwebs on my porch for it really to be fall.
Fall means holidays, all in a row, with madness ensuing. I’m not ready for it.
Liza Graves
As CEO of StyleBlueprint, Liza also regularly writes for SB. Most of her writing is now found in the recipe archives as cooking is her stress relief!