Mantel Purgatory

It was a fun and busy October, and at the quick rate everything is happening, I wonder what the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas will be like!

It even seems weird that Halloween was just a few days ago. Oldest daughter's principal's wife (follow that?) is one of her Sunday School teachers at church, and they had a get-together at their house... so we took her over there to visit for a few hours. Hubs and I, along with youngest daughter and her friend, went over to friends' house to grill out while the kids went trick-or-treating.  

This is oldest daughter and Hubs as we are getting ready to leave. {I *partially* kid that he should wear that outfit when the boys come to take her out on a date.}

The tall one in the volleyball t-shirt is mine in case you can't tell. 

We had a great time, but it was c-c-c-c-old! Our friend, Jamie, is a master at the grill, and he fixed a burgers and a iron skillet of beans that were out of this world. (If I can ever duplicate the beans recipe, I will share! He kind of just threw stuff together!)

**Did you notice Thing 1 in the background?

Now that Halloween has come and gone, I'm working on changing out my Halloween decor for fall/Thanksgiving decor. I don't decorate for Christmas until after Thanksgiving (and I take Christmas decorations down the day after Christmas!)

I took down my Dollar Tree Halloween wreath and replaced it with this one. It's simply a $5.00 wreath I found at Wal-Mart to which I added 2 fall sprays. Originally, the wreath only had those yellow flowers on it, so I took them off the bottom part of the wreath and attached 2 fall sprays at the bottom. Then, I put the yellow leaves back on in places to fill out the leaves. I like the way it turned out, and since it's on my door only for about 3 weeks, I like that it was pretty inexpensive.

However, I can't figure out what to do with my mantel! Remember my Halloween mantel? 

Here's what my mantel looks like right now... 

And even though I've been searching all over Pinterest for inspiration, I can't decide what to do...I feel like I'm in mantel purgatory! 

And as busy as the days have been, I know I need to get something up there today because I will run out of time otherwise.

Tomorrow I'll be sharing a recipe review with you, and hopefully I'll have pictures of a new fall mantel to share with you!

Until then...