I travel to New York a few times a year for work.  Whenever I have a moment or a day off I go with my {work} mother on little ventures around SOHO, Brooklyn, 3rd Ave, Manhattan, etc.  She showed me a store two years ago called & Other Stories.  It's the same family as H&M, but more up'd in price very similiar to Urban to Anthro.  The first thing I was attracted to was their shoes and accessories.  Little did I know, they had a beauty section in their shop that I fell head over heels with !

I bought their punk bouquet as my signature daily scent. If you can't make it to New York and have no plans this weekend, I highly recommend visiting their new Beverly Hills location that just opened two weeks ago.  They'll be opening another location in South Coast Plaza, it's the perfect place for Christmas Shopping.  Have you started yet?

It's officially Holiday mode, and don't worry i'm focused on Thanksgiving as well ;).  I love that Halloween decor can easily be moved over until the end of this month.  I'm keeping out my owls to keep it fall-festive, but I must admit, I started on Christmas shopping already..  Since Holidays go by so quickly and get so busy I want to make sure I have everything covered.  But what's fall without a visit to the pumpkin patch?   Unfortunately the So. Cal weather kept it's heat.  I went to the same pumpkin patch close to the beach.  Although, I was close to the ocean it was about 85 degrees that day.  So much, for wearing boots and a flannel, I needed to be in an Autumn sun dress!






I loved how the tented area reminded me of a Fall Farmers Market.  I wanted to buy all the small ones and learn how to make pumpkin soup or just draw faces on them :).  This month will be light traveling as I'll only be going to Texas this month with M to spend time with his family for Thanksgiving and celebrate our yearly anniversary.  What do you have planned this month?

See my pumpkin patch visits from 2013, and last year.