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Happy First Day of Fall! How are you celebrating? Perhaps with some pumpkin-flavored coffee concoction or an autumnal #OOTD? I’m so ready for fall weekends with open-all-the-windows weather! On to last week’s highlights: new additions to my fall wardrobe (one big save, one big splurge), an epic closet clean-out, and a fun texting technique to stay connected with friends near and far.

Kicking off the week with a few of my favorite things: a podcast I’m super excited about; my current color crush; the best new body care duo; and links I loved last week!

September is always a tease in Florida: it’s still technically summer (and 90+ degrees) but we’re so ready to start celebrating fall. We pin all the autumn recipes, light our spicy fall candles, and decorate our homes for the season. We opt for pumpkin cold brew over hot PSLs, and know it will be a while before we have our turn with sweaters and boots. I’m in ‘seasonal transition’ mode at the flower shop and…

We Floridians cope with the daunting threat of an oncoming hurricane by sharing memes on Facebook and stress-eating all our snacks and booze days before the storm hits. This Dorian guy is huge and truly terrifying; as I type this post late Sunday night, he’s battering the Bahamas with 185mph winds and heading our way at a walking pace. We’re prepared and will miss the worst of it if the tracking models are correct, but…

Hey, what’s up, hello! I didn’t mean to take a three-week break from updating the blog; before this little hiatus, I started to get into the groove of a regular posting schedule. But at the beginning of the month, one of our flower shop family birdies left the nest to pursue her photography business full-time — we miss you, Summer! — and I’m picking up her daily duties around the shop until our slow season…