psycho killer.

happy halloween! i'm just over here eating all the candy i can get my hands on. this has to be one of the best halloween jams out there. psycho killers are scary!

 {psycho killer by the talking heads}

here's a list of a other creepy songs that i've been listening to this month:

bad moon rising-creedence clearwater revival
on the vampyre-aa bondy
my body's a zombie for you-dead man's bones
fear city-elliott smith
ghost-neutral milk hotel
cemetery gates-the smiths
monsters-band of horses
heads will roll-yeah yeah yeahs
they are night zombies!!-sufjan stevens

enjoy!

all the leaves are green.

they aren't even brown a la the mamas and the papas! but green. it makes me a little sad to think that i've never seen the beautiful, dramatic transformation of the changing fall leaves. ah. texas, i love you. but i am getting a little frustrated over here. one of the biggest fantasies i have right now is moving away as soon as i graduate. i need seasons. google-imaging fall leaves just isn't cutting it anymore.

{the picture above was taken last weekend by my kind sister for my graduation announcements (eek!). but note the awful excuse for fall foliage!}

predictable pumpkin post.

like everyone else, i too have fallen under the spell of pumpkin. i feel for pumpkin the way bubba gump felt for shrimp. so yeah. it's pretty bad. last night i tried this pumpkin chili recipe that ended up being much tastier than it sounds. i then proceeded to make pumpkin chocolate chip cookies {which are all gone, by the way}. oh yeah, and then i carved a pumpkin. i guess i went kinda crazy with the pumpkin business, but that comes with the october territory. along with scary movies that are so bad they're good. i watched a few of those after my pumpkin coma last night and they were glorious. october is simply one of the greatest months around. someone needs to make it last two months already.

{canned pumpkin: the culprit for my pumpkin infused weekend. and then there's that really bad quality photo of me with awkward hands on my pumpkin babe. thanks, mom.}

sing-a-long saturday.

 {edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros-home}

the past week kind of kicked my butt. it was one of those weeks that makes you question how much stress a person can take and wonder how people twice your age are still sane. yeah, one of those. i don't know if i've ever looked forward to a weekend so much in my life. anyway, i listened to edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros all week long and it helped a little...ok, it helped a lot. i don't know if it's possible to listen to them and be bummed. 'home' has to be one of my favorite songs of theirs, because who doesn't like songs that mention chocolate candy and pumpkin pie? this little oldie will be on repeat for awhile.

fall came with red hair.

it's finally cold down yonder! well, it's cooler. but cold by any texan standard. fall is hands down my favorite season. what isn't to love about wearing flannel and indulging in pumpkin flavored everything? i can't get enough of this weather. ok, except for at this very moment because it's sorta freezing in my bedroom. after living in this house for three months, i've learned that my bedroom seems to directly reflect the temperature outside. it was a sauna in august, and now i can feel my hair slowly turning into icicles. i just can't wait until december! on a lighter {or should i say redder} note, i went ahead and changed my hair color. i've been dreaming about having red hair for at least a year now, so i figured it was about time to ditch my brunette locks. i feel a little like a different person with this hair. hopefully tonight i'll feel like a person who knows how to handle a bedroom that is 55 degrees.

 {this thing has an instagram filter on it, i know. but it's red, really.}