The temperature is starting to cool in The South, so it’ s hard not to have fall on the brain! Of course, we’re forced to re-imagine the ways we celebrate this season change– but there’s still plenty to do!

Below you’ll find my list of social distancing activities that I’m making a point to get to this fall! Use it a a guide to help you make the most out of these next few months!

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This morning we noticed that a mini pumpkin had grown on our pumpkin vine in the backyard. Though is was adorable, it wasn’t going to do much for decorating the house, so we took advantage of the gorgeous, chilly fall weather and decided to go in search of a few pumpkins for the season.

After a quick Google search I found that Eudora Farms, a family-owned farm in Salley, SC, had recently opened their doors to the public after three decades of private use and were holding a fall festival each weekend in October.

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You can expect one thing from Halloweekend every year…the Columbia City Ballet will perform their hit original ballet, Dracula!

This year, following the Friday night performance at the Koger Center, the company hosted a fundraising black-tie gala next door at the newly built Darla Moore School of Business.

Guests left the performance and walked straight into Dracula’s castle where they were greeted by dead corpses, giant spider webs, haunted forest animals, and a long dining room table set for a feast.

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I absolutely love Halloween!! I live for excuses to get dressed up and be around people that are obsessing over their outfit as much as I am. Halloween is that night, except on steroids because it allows –no encourages– everyone to go as over the top as they possibly can!

Every year I tell myself I’m going to plan my costume weeks in advance to ensure that I’ll have the best costume ever…but every year I end up figuring out my costume details the week of.

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October is by far my most favorite month of the year!

I love everything about it: watching the leaves change color, rediscovering my fashion favorites that have been buried in a box for the past 6 months, and everyone’s insatiable need to be outdoors since they know that in a few weeks it will be cold. Coincidentally, I even love people that are born this month. (I celebrate more birthdays in October than I do all year)

One of my favorite things to do all month is visit Asheville, North Carolina.

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October is my absolute favorite month of the year! Yes, over both December and my birth month of June. It always has been and I’m pretty sure it always will be the month that gets me so excited. In October, the leaves change, the temperature begins to fall, I celebrate like 12 birthdays, everything is flavored pumpkin or cinnamon, football season is going strong, Halloween concludes the month, its the calm before the (Holiday) storm, and you can always count of one thing coming to town… The Fair!!!!

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