Hey there friends! Umm, it's October? Can someone please explain to me how that happened?

Honestly feeling pretty jealous of you all who are already getting fall leaves and cold weather. The coldest weather I've experienced so far in southern Georgia has been around 72 degrees *cries and crawls under blanket to sniff fall-scented candles in peace*.

            1. My Disdain For Pumpkin Flavored/Scented Things

It's true. I just never developed a taste for (some) pumpkin flavored and (all) scented stuff when I was little. To this day, I wrinkle my nose whenever my mom makes me sniff a pumpkin scented candle at Bath & Body Works. Psst, if you ever want to buy me a candle, I love any variation of a chai scented candle (as long as there's NO pumpkin nastiness mixed in. Just throwing that out there *smiles mischievously*).  Let's see, besides candles.......Oh! I can't stand pumpkin flavored lattes from Starbucks, just blek! I can eat pumpkin pie, but lattes, especially with coffee in them, I can't drink it. I'm sorry. (Please don't unfriend me for this XD)

                                       2. Blog Goals For The Month

 Ok, so the last topic wasn't very serious. This one is! As for posting, I hope to publish more posts this month than I did last month (doesn't every blogger want this though???). I would like to do an ootd (outfit of the day) post or a post of some of my favorite fall outfits. We'll see if this humid Georgia weather permits :((((((. I'm going to be doing NaNo next month, so maybe some character interviews and other fun, bookish related things???? I noticed that last month I set some high goals for myself that I wasn't able to fulfill (like that collab post, I'll explain that later). This month I will try to keep my goals simple and within reason so I don't leave you guys hanging again.

                                                        3. NaNoWriMo 

 I am going to attempt NaNo this year. The name of my novel will be Taylor Knight. It's a sci-fi story about a young, female bounty hunter named Taylor Knight (big surprise lol :). I can't reveal much besides that for now, there will definitely be more posts on the novel in the future though! I don't think I'll be able to do 50,000 words, I will probably end up making a smaller goal for myself. Now, don't get me wrong, I'd love to spend the majority of my month writing, but I am also in my senior year and I have a LOT of school to do. So, I'll have to keep my word count goal reasonable and  according to my schedule.

                     4. Why I Haven't Posted That Blog Collab Yet...

Yes. I know what you're thinking. Sarah, where's that collab you promised us???? Well, I can explain. So, towards the end-ish of September, I had contacted another blogger and we started working on a character "interview" post. Sadly, (like many students) we both got suuuuuuupppppeeeeerrrrrr busy with schoolwork and weren't able to continue it. With her and I both so busy, it kinda drifted away. So  sadly, that's why you didn't get that post in September. I'm going to try and see if our schedules will be able to work again sometime this year, and you just might get that post by the end of the year :)

What about you? Have you made some goals for October? Any secret pet peeves about autumn? Are you going to do NaNoWriMo this year? Let me know in the comments below! I love to hear from y'all! 

shalom, Sarah <3