i was so happy to be able to enjoy the first weeks of fall this year...the last few years i was up to my eyeballs in school work. 

my boyfriend and i visited a farm/pumpkin patch last weekend. and though the weather was super hot, we still had a great time...

my friends had a pumpkin carving party that same night, complete with homemade donuts and whiskey and cider cocktails

i planned on being a rose (le petit prince!) for halloween, so i used that as an excuse to dye my hair red (my bad mirror shots are the reason i am not a fashion blogger)

in my sinus infection-fueled haze, i painstakingly sewed rose petals onto a red dress that i bought years ago and i didn't actually try it on until the night of the costume party. alas, my derrière was too big. i made a makeshift skirt with some coral chiffon i had lying around, but it was quite uncomfortable. so, i broke out my krylon face paint and my rose & marigold headband and went with my old trusty: a calavera...  

happy halloween!