Fall Decor-ish

A couple of weeks ago on one of my Wednesday drives into work, I decided I'd use my lunch break to do some Fall decor shopping. I was pumped to make my way to Target and Marshall's and maybe even Hobby Lobby or Michael's to find the goods.

First thing's first...check out the stowaway in my laptop bag:

I started off at Target and was overwhelmed with cute candles. I'm so boring. I was thinking about doing hurricane vases with candy corn as filler and nice pillar candles. Maybe finding a cute wreath for the front door...

I kept over thinking everything...we are about to move....why should I spend $X on candles and vases...etc.

Then I went to Marshall's. One of my favorite places to find inexpensive things for the home. It's like a Homegoods knockoff...and we'll take what we can get around here. Anyways, I went to Marshall's and saw the most gorgeous Fall plates:

I know, not decor.

First, check out our "everyday" dinnerware.

They are White Pearl by Crate and Barrel and one of the main reasons we I decided on them, was because they are so plain and versatile. I figured that I could have fun table linens and accent plates for different occasions and it would all match.

So long story short, the fall plates came home with me. Along with a couple new hurricanes and some wine cork vase filler...'cause I swear all of those are not from me. I tried to "make my own" using corks from bottles of my wine and apparently I don't indulge enough, cause I was up to about 5 corks since late June...

The new plates are white with different gold tones of leaves and I am in love with them. I got 4 each of mugs, bowls, salad plates (the one over the large plate), appetizer/dessert plates, and one oval shaped platter (not pictured). Each piece was about $3...so I spent less than $100 and have a whole new look for our table!

Necessary? No. But I guess I'll have to work on the decor factor next year when (fingers crossed!) we should be in a more long term home situation. For now I'm making far too many batches of Pumpkin Spice Cookies and other baked goods to serve on my cute little plates. D pretends to mind, but I think he secretly enjoys it...

xo,
H