A Tree Obsession, No Trick or Treaters, and a Mini Recap

 So lately I've been busy.

So busy, in fact, that I haven't kept up with "scheduled" posts...actually, you saw my last scheduled post (before Christmas posts start) this past Tuesday.  This post isn't anything special, but just a little glimpse into our lives lately!

First of all, is my obsession with this tree in my apartment complex.  

 I literally have taken pictures of the tree nearly every time I walk to check the mail.  Sometimes I make special trips outside to take its picture (I can see it from my window, so I see how the leaves change every day).  

 I am so obsessed with this tree, that I make my husband take pictures by the tree when I force him to walk with me to the mailbox.

And then I force him to take a picture of me with the tree.

 And then the next day, when I walk by the tree again on the way to the mail box...or make a special trip...I take some more pictures.

It is seriously the most gorgeous tree I've seen this season...and it lives within 50 feet of my front door.

Some of the red leaves are so vibrant that they're a mixture between red, purple, and black.  I'm not sure I've ever had a tree I was obsessed with more.  It makes my instagram feed at least once a week.  It has been really amazing to see the process of the changing colors.  The tree was beautiful since it started to change colors, but I'm amazed every new day when I look out the window about how much prettier it is.  I'll probably go through a little stint of depression when all the leaves fall off. haha

 Yesterday was Halloween.  It was also the weekly TV night that we have with our friend every Thursday.  First we watched all of LOST, and now we're at the end of season 3 of Breaking Bad.  [NO SPOILERS!!!]  Please! :)  

But since it was Halloween, and since we live in an apartment complex, I made this cute little sign to encourage the complex kids to trick or treat at our door, but unfortunately no one came. Well...some kids almost got to our door, then their parents made them leave before we could open it.  :(  

Well, since we had no trick or treaters, we ate the butterfingers ourselves.

In other Fall festivities this week, I picked up these cute little gourds and pumpkin at the grocery store.  And we picked up some leaves from around the complex today.

Another cool thing was I saw these pumpkins made by the freshman Interior Design class this year for one of their projects.  (Seriously, why didn't the professors let us do a pumpkin contest when I was a freshman interior design student??!! That's way more fun than doing the same elements of design project two semesters in a row...)
Anyway, some of them were just too cute, so I snapped a few quick pictures!  These pumpkins were not created by me, nor do I know who created them (besides that they are an interior design student at OU).
I'm just posting for your enjoyment!

My favorite was the tree one!

How was your Halloween?  Any trick or treaters?  How are the trees in your area?