A few days ago Emerald wrote 37 Reasons Why Fall Is About to Be The Worst Season, and I was perhaps more offended than if she had accused me of wearing fake eyelashes. Don’t come at my favorite season like that, Emmy.
Sure the other seasons are pretty good. Summer is warm and relaxing and wonderful. Winter has Christmas. Spring reminds you that you shouldn’t shoot yourself in the head because it’s about to get warm and bright again. But they’re missing that little bit of magic that comes around when the calendar months start ending in -ber. You know — September, October, November, December. Starting with back to school and ending around the first snowfall here in the northeast, that’s always the sweet spot of my year. It’s when all the best stuff happens! If you still need convincing, read my list of why fall is clearly the best season and see if you still disagree.
1. You will never be more motivated during the semester than you are right now. This time of year is basically the school equivalent of New Year’s.
2. Those days when it’s cool in the morning and evening, but still warm during the afternoon. Amazing.
3. You can sleep with the windows open and not sweat to death.
4. Dressing in layers
5. Scarves
6. Plaid everything
7. Booties
8. Chunky knit sweaters with leggings become a totally acceptable, and dare I say fashionable, outfit
9. College football season begins…
10. …which mean tailgating season also begins.
11. Watching Gilmore Girls under a wool blanket on a chilly afternoon sounds like heaven.
12. Scented candles are bringing their A-Game
13. Apple picking
14. Pumpkin picking
15. Hocus Pocus always on TV
16. Figuring out your Halloween costume
17. Trick-or-treating with your friends because you’re never too old for free candy
18. The day after Halloween when all the candy goes on sale
19. The sound of dead leaves crunching under your shoes
20. The sight of all the golden leaves in the trees…before they’re dead and crunching under your shoes
21. Baking pies
22. Eating the pies you’ve just baked. With a scoop of ice cream, of course.
23. The return of all your favorite TV shows
24. Finding a new TV show that speaks to your soul
25. Getting all your friends together to watch TV in your room and discussing what happened during the commercials
26. PSLs at Starbucks
27. Pumpkin coffee at Dunkin Donuts
28. Going to frat parties and realizing it’s still early enough in the school year that you haven’t regretfully made out with half the guys in attendance. Yet.
29. Fall camping trips > summer camping trips
30. Thanksgiving break is long enough that you enjoy your family but short enough that they don’t get on your nerves.
31. Uhh…Thanksgiving dinner aka the best dinner you’ll eat all year
32. Eating leftover sandwiches the day after Thanksgiving
33. Cyber Monday’s online shopping deals
34. That time of day, usually around 5:30, when the sun starts to set and everything looks golden
35. Going for a walk with someone you have a crush on during that golden time
26. Bonfires
37. Not feeling bad about staying in on a Thursday night to drink tea and wear sweats because it’s kinda cold out and your roommate suggested a Netflix binge
38. Not sweating or freezing to death every time you do something remotely active outside
39. Autumn boyfriends
40. Aspiring to a life that looks like an LL Bean catalogue
41. Not having to use an Instagram filter because even Valencia couldn’t make nature look more impressive right now
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41 Reasons Why Fall Is Undeniably The Best Season
