Oh it is Autumn! I want to just bathe in the golds and reds that are all around this year. I'm not entirely sure what it is, but this year the colors are more vibrant and transcendent than any other Utah Fall I've experienced. The mountains are so festive and lovely and I have the distinct urge to go hiking (which might fade into the desire to go for a long country walk, of a more 19th century persuasion) and to buy real wood pencils, lined paper and sit in front of a fire scribbling away at a theme or vocabulary word chart. And then there's the fashion. Can we just talk about my latest obsession: textured/patterned tights. Oh for the dear sweet love! I've always been a hosiery girl myself, but I didn't understand real tights-love until I bought a pair of JCrew green lace-esque tights. They're so British Isles as to make me want to die and the color is delectable. But it doesn't stop there, what about the blue paisley pair or my red plaid tights?! I tell you what, you can change your day with a pair of fantastic tights and don't be bothered by the up and down stares you get on campus (they're just jealous in their hiking boots. Right? Right!) Plus, legs look good in tights, there is no better way to just appreciate the nice lines of a leg than to see those lines highlighted by tights. I'm just saying is all . . .go get a pair and prepare for your Autumnal transformation.