I refuse to give in......

So its a few days after Labor day and summer is, I guess, officially  over, but I refuse to accept that. Summer is my second favorite season and its still really hot in North East Ohio. It is 93 degrees in Akron today. The sun is shining the birds are chirping and I just refuse to break out the fall decorations and scented pumpkin candles yet. I have nothing against fall, except that its followed by WINTER and I do have something against winter.  Winter is so cold, icy and just not easy to handle. Maybe if life was a movie and we could walk around all looking cute in our scarf and gloves, strolling thru the perfect little town, but we all live in real life, bundled up to avoid hypothermia and  looking like the Michelin man, driving to work and fretting for our lives on the ice and snow covered roads.   Boo Winter!!!. I can't even type any more about it, that is how much I dislike it. 

So as I refuse to give into the fact it is actually fall yet, I did start thinking that when I do accept it, how am I going to enjoy it with out spending like crazy and getting back into bad habits.. (by the way, I had a mediocre weekend with the spending, better than bad, right?) I found a fun little thing on Facebook and it got me thinking (OK it got me excited, ughh) about fall. It was a list of things to do to truly embrace the season... I am going to share it with you...

I really honestly am going to try to do all of the items on this list, and maybe I will  learn to like fall more. I am going to do these while still saving and not shopping a lot or spending a lot. It will be a true test. I have made the decision that no fall activities will start before Sept 19th, and then only if the temperatures are below 75 degrees. So keep reading to find out how I did.