I live in Texas... And here there are only three seasons... Spring, Summer, an Football!!! However I have noticed something about my fellow Texans, we like to pretend that it's actually fall!! The first time a cold front comes through, dropping the temps from the 90°'s to a cool and brisk 81° with a low of 65°, people act if snow is imminent. Digging out coats, and sweaters, dressing their kids for school in long sleeve shirts, and full length coats. They sip hot chocolate and cook warm and cozy comfort foods (that were to hot to cook all summer), never minding the fact that the A/C is still running!!!
Having lived in other parts of the world, places that have four separate seasons, I find myself somewhat immune to this behavior. However I do understand the desire to wear your fave sweater from anthropologie, not because you have to, but because you simply can, without melting!!! Although I may immune (mostly), even I couldn't resist sitting by the fire, and sipping a cup of HOT chocolate, and nibbling on a chocolate croissant while out shopping this weekend. Just because I could!!!
After a long excruciatingly hot summer, we want it to be fall so bad, we try to make it so by the power of our will!!!! We want it so badly, we don't care how ridiculous we look wearing an insulated cost when it's 81° (I kid you not I saw a woman walking into chick-fil-a today wearing a coat that would make the michelin man proud). We want fall so badly, that we ignore all the facts, and choose to sweat it out in our gorgeous sweaters, rather than embracing our flip flops, and sun dresses.
So are you the kind of person that believes the hype, and struts around in a parka and ugg boots, hoping for something that you don't really have??? Or are you in your flip flops, embracing what you are given, and making the most of it??? I admit that on any given day, I could be either, but for the most part I'm a realist. Wearing my sunnys, but secretly hoping, and believing that one day fall will come!!!!!
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