Sassy September!

Well, today officially starts my favorite season of the year...fall! I hate that summer is over, because now I can't wear my white jeans as often, I have to pack away my bathing suit, and I won't be able to spend as many glorious, sunny days basking on Edgewater Beach. BUT! The real reason I'm sad that summer is over is because I look forward to fall all year long and as soon as it starts it seems to go so quickly. September marks the start of the shopping season, starting with the annual publication of the fashion manifesto known as the September Issue of Vogue magazine (and all the other fashion mags are just as glorious!). There are few things I look forward to more than a cool September evening curled up in my favorite paisley Ralph Lauren jammies on the chaise lounge, sipping a fruity herbal tea (or late harvest Reisling), and pouring each detail of the September issues with a pumpkin spice candle blazing away in the background. Ah, fall! This year, I'm even more immersed in the shopping season since I work blissfully at the couture headquarters of Northeast Ohio known as Saks Fifth Avenue (at Beachwood Mall). Fall has been underway for weeks here, as the fall merchandise has been rolling in steadily since the beginning of August. My favorite part of the morning is coming into work and riding to the top of the escalator where I am greeted by the breathtaking splendor of the dress department. Oh, the green and gold lace! The beading! The taffeta! My heart, be still! If I could afford any of them, I would by the poofiest ball gown and whirl around in it all day long at work. Heck, I'd even wear it to Swiffer my hardwood floors or wash the dishes. But for now, just being able to see them all the time and feel the gorgeous fabrics is good enough for me. Just knowing I'm surrounded by such unparalleled elegance is enough for me! After a lifetime of salivating over each and every page of the high end couture fashions in Vogue and Elle and the rest, being surrounded by the pieces all day every day is sheer bliss. To make it even better, I love this season's emphasis on super bold patterns and colors, and the fact that yellow gold has returned in a big way. Alexis Bittar went nuts with black metals and rhinestones and huge-scale rings and bracelets. I want them all, because I could wear them with my boring old-lady black dresses and suit tops so I look less boring.