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Grace's avatar

I display a collection of old Goosebumps books and some tiny pumpkins and call it a day. (The Slappy books still frighten me at 34.) Anything with that cursive font is a no for me.

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Leonora Epstein's avatar

The goosebumps books: genius

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Jaime Derringer's avatar

Omg I actually laughed out loud when you said a Jewish Joanna Gaines 😂😂😂😂

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Leonora Epstein's avatar

Imagine how different the world would be...

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Jaime Derringer's avatar

Live Laugh L’chaim

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Kelley's avatar

Sexy sukkot season!! Also that alternate universe “home” sign — I cannot unsee it!

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Gemma Lacey's avatar

This post simultaneously made visible all my thoughts ( judgements) on Fall Decor and made me LOL. Amazing!

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Gemma Lacey's avatar

I will be buying the John Derian cabbageware butter dish but cabbageware is not just for fall it’s for life

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Leonora Epstein's avatar

great tip

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Arriane's avatar

I have that quilt and can attest to the heirloom quality - so well made. That Otherland candle is verrrrrrry tempting

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Leonora Epstein's avatar

Otherland does have a generous "if you don't like" return policy so just do it!

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Christene Barberich's avatar

I am straight up buying that Fall Leaves hand soap...as always, your captions give me all the FEELs.

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Leonora Epstein's avatar

I want that soap in a lotion and shampoo

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debo's avatar

WHAT a great piece!!! Had to read it because “fuck decorating for fall” ~ when my boys were small & I was a single mom in med school.. Halloween was my BIG time because I could strew all the cobwebs all over whatever weird little house or apt we were renting at the time & buy all the paper junky decorations w alacrity..

it was such a fab low rent rendezvous

(bTW happened to b outside Boston

Hence, my youngest, now fully a grown well-employed young man.. Goes ALL out on the spooky

decor in his apt in NYC. It is so quirky & hilarious

Anyway.. I, too, am in the fiery hot 🥵 east side of LA completely

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Leonora Epstein's avatar

stay cool, my fellow mom

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debo's avatar

U 2 xo

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Kylie's avatar

Yeah, fuck it!- although I live in Australia so that's easy for me to say, but we certainly don't bedeck our homes in pumpkin paraphernalia when it's Autumn here! I struggle enough decorating for Christmas! It's just not my aesthetic. I hate fake, cheap (I'm not necessarily referring to price), tacky junk so why would it fill my house with it just because it's Christmas and I'm expected to?! I keep it very low-key at our place. Btw, my children have survived that particular "deprivation" Ho-ho-ho!

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Leonora Epstein's avatar

amen

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Christina Nyquist's avatar

I can only hear “Sweater Weather” in SNL voice. But I don’t think the person buying that word cloud sees it that way…

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Leonora Epstein's avatar

HEHEHE

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Rebecca's avatar

Perfectly written

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Leonora Epstein's avatar

<3

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Julia's avatar

That bed blanket quilt throw thing is sooo beautiful... Alas it's 249 dollars.... Probably not sold in France anyway... But I'm smitten

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Leonora Epstein's avatar

wait for a sale! probably after christmas

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Julia's avatar

VERY smart!!

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Janet's avatar

my first job after I moved to the U.S. was at Pier 1, where i manned the diffuser section and had to sweep up fallen (fake) leaves from the "fall wreaths"

anyway, i bought one of those schoolhouse quilts and i love it! is on my daughter's bed, a winner

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Leonora Epstein's avatar

I also have the schoolhouse quilt - it’s the best

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Nicole Garelick's avatar

If I put a pumpkin on my bubbie's table...

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Leonora Epstein's avatar

Out of the will

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JP Clark's avatar

I feel seen! 🍁 Fab post. You may like my free read today! 🤣

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Chris's avatar

😂… loved this….

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Leonora Epstein's avatar

better days...

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