Those Gourds are Gorgeous!

Finally fulfilling a longtime dream of mine, I bought some gourds today in honor of autumn's arrival.

Gourds, dudes. I got them. I did.

Adam and I had been joking about getting some gourds this season, because that seems to be what people who actually decorate their homes fall back on as a key purchase when Autumn comes along. Everywhere I look, at every store I step into, there are gourds to be had. Big ones, small ones, all in various colors and shapes and levels of pimply-ness. It can be overwhelming for people who are not used to purchasing fall decor, like ourselves.

Today at the Jewel, I spotted an orange net bag of small "polished gourds." And my, were they shiny. And pimply. And divine. It was my chance at last to be decorative for the Fall season. And I pounced. "One four dollar bag of gourds, please." Voila! Instant Autumnal decor!

Truth is, we came home and threw all 5 gourds into this small bucket decorated with pictures of gourds that someone had given us last year. Somehow now it seems like the real gourds and the artistic rendition of gourds sort of cancel each other out, leaving me with yet another lame attempt at decorating gone awry.

I did have a lot of fun running around the house exclaiming "My, those GOURDS are GORGEOUS!" So I guess that makes the whole thing totally worth it.