{"id":2802,"date":"2012-09-28T15:37:13","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T20:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/?p=2802"},"modified":"2012-09-28T16:12:13","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T21:12:13","slug":"officially-autumn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/archives\/2802","title":{"rendered":"Officially Autumn"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I am trying to accept that cold weather is coming. I am shopping for a winter coat, switching my wardrobe, and throwing myself into fall cooking (pumpkin pancakes, anyone?). I went apple-picking with some friends last weekend, which is more about the experience of wandering in an orchard than actually picking apples.<\/p>\n

\"Changing<\/p>\n

I love the outfits in autumn (hellooo, hats, scarves, & boots!), but I get very cold\u00c2\u00a0very easily. Living in Chicago for 20 years has been a bit of a test, needless to say. The summers make me forget how truly miserable I feel in the winter. I know that not everyone feels this way, but this is my blog, so I’ll be open about my hatred of the gray, dreary winters.<\/p>\n

My next fall venture is figuring out what to do for Halloween (my favorite holiday).<\/p>\n

\"Strange<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago I was doing errands in the suburbs and saw a sign for an estate sale that was pointing toward a giant warehouse building<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0I was curious and had time on my hands, so I pulled over and wandered around inside for a while. It was organized into sections…chairs, dressers, dishes, suitcases, etc. I don’t run across stuff like this very often. As I mentioned to a number of people, it felt like the place that estate sales go to die.<\/p>\n

The only thing I ended up buying was a brand new 80s-era Kodak drink cooler for picnics for $5 (now that I’ve looked at similar items on Ebay<\/a>, I’m pretty sure I got a good bargain). Part of the reason was that my condo just can’t fit much stuff, and part of it was that I don’t tend to carry much cash on me. It looked like it was a family-run operation, and while it felt a bit strange, it was a fun experience. There were prices on most of the big items, but I think you could probably easily negotiate.<\/p>\n

As winter comes and as I get older, I find myself retreating into smaller groups of friends at a time, trying to have deeper relationships with people. I’m also cooking and baking a lot more, but that is par for the course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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