Shadowing Practice: PREPARING FOR FALL 🍂 fall shopping, haul & decorating my bedroom! | EP. 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hey hello you guys welcome back to my channel and welcome to the first official fall vlog of the season.

This is gonna be episode 1.

If you haven't been watching my vlogs for a

while you already know what we're doing today but if you're new here hi my name is Alexia welcome to the channel.

I am a fall girl to the core.

I love pumpkin spice coffee, I love cinnamon rolls, I love fall baking, I love fall fashion, the vampire diaries,

Gilmore Girls, Gossip Girl, everything made with apple, rainy days.

So if this is also your vibe you came to the right place.

So every single year I cross the borders to the us to go see all the fall decor Let's go.

I'm running front of duncan to get my first pumpkin spice coffee of the season

I am going to be drinking a lot of pumpkin spice coffee this season for sure

If you're not subscribed to the channel yet Make sure you do

because if you don't you're going to miss all the cozy vlogs and all the fall vlogs at this season

So you don't want to miss that.

Let's go get the first pumpkin spice coffee of the season So exciting

the pumpkin cloud donkey latte a medium do you guys have the pumpkin donuts right thank you

i can't believe

that today is the day like today is the day just

a girl who's waiting for her first pumpkin spice coffee at the season i am impatient i can't wait

yes please thank you have a good day

wow this is amazing life is great again time for a little taste test

so i got the pumpkin patch cloud latte

or the pumpkin cloud dunkel latte i'm not sure about the name

but this sounds so good

and again i truly can't wait to take my first sip of this pumpkin spice coffee

it is a really important and wonderful day

because it is the first pumpkin spice coffee of the season

this is truly special now i also got these pumpkin donuts

which i really hope they're going to be better than last year

because i remember last year i preferred the mushkins over these ones

but i still got them i also wanted to take a little picture for the thumbnail

and also for instagram i saw this on tiktok and i thought

that this was just so cute you put the donuts on top of the drink

and it's just the cutest thing ever

so yeah i'm gonna do this before we do the little taste test

so you put the straw like this i'm gonna put the donut like this and then the second one

isn't this the cutest thing ever like i'm so crazy way better than last year oh my god

the first place that we are going to go to is hobby lobby

because i know they have a lot of sales

so i want to go there first then i think i want to go to target

and then i think at the end i'm gonna keep home goods

and tg maxx for the end

and then i also need to get myself some lunch

but that's gonna be for later

because i i'm already full with this pumpkin spice coffee

and the donut so yeah let's get going the first store let's go to hobby lobby

lots of pumpkins over here

and everything is 40 % off yes that's what I like they have

so much stuff to bake we are definitely baking this fall

and yeah we'll see if I bring some of the things here

so I'm gonna grab one of these to put on some little desserts for fall

I also got these to put my coffee in it whenever

I need to just grab my coffee to go these are so cute

If you love to bake, you should definitely come to Hobby Lobby.

They have so much.

It's crazy.

I'm going to grab those sprinkles

that I'm going to be using for some desserts for the fall or even for my coffee in the morning,

like on top of the cold foam.

okay no this is way too cute to put your sponge i think i want to get it

because it is really similar to this set

that i have at home adding something else in the car a pumpkin cutting board i love this

and you can also use it on the other side how gorgeous are these

this is exactly what i was looking for i'm not sure

if i want to get the pasta bowl

but i really want to get the regular bowls just

because i know we're going to be using them a lot for some breakfast in the morning

or even some soups and also the smaller plates for desserts

and maybe even the bigger plates

if we host i'm actually going to ask my mom

if she wants them but this is

so gorgeous i am definitely going to bring this home they also have the placed mat

but i don't think these are really the best ones

because i think it's going to be too easy to stay in them

I really love those bowls as well I can get both but these are also really pretty

So I have the plates for these ones

Wow, this is so cute to put the napkins if you're hosting

Wow, they really have everything here, it's crazy I really love this glass pumpkin to put some candies

i have a feeling that this year they really went with a vintage fall

which i absolutely love this is the aesthetic

that i'm going for this year

but i feel like i love everything maybe

it's my excitement for fall sweater weather you're the pumpkin to my pie this is so cute love this blanket

They also have lots of candles and so many different scents, but these are definitely my favorites.

Buttery pumpkin.

I thought that this was actually the design, but it's actually a paper, which is kind of boring and it doesn't really smell like coffee.

I think I want to get one and this is farmhouse cider.

It smells so good and also it's burgundy and I feel like I really love this color for fall.

As you guys can tell from my shirts.

This is way too cute.

I am definitely getting this.

Wow, this would be perfect for my room.

I think I'm gonna go for the orange ones, like a warm ambience.

I have these spoons at home.

They're so cute.

And they also have these with the bows.

They also have puzzles.

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And this is the perfect type of activity for a rainy day.

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And also the fall and just a cozy season is the perfect time to get back into your hobbies.

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The Snoopy one is way too cute.

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I'm gonna see if they are actually 40 % off.

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i love to see all the fall colors welcome to my world welcome to my type of vibe

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so we're now at the target and i am at the dollar section

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and i found these really cute tree hut mini they have pumpkin roll

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and espresso martini like how cute are these i'm gonna see

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if they have it in a bigger size because this is a brand

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that i really love to use in the shower i'm gonna see

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if they have anything else at the dollar section

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which is not really dollar section anymore it's way more expensive than

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that i mean instead of one dollar it's like one to five dollars

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so i feel like i see sneaky literally everywhere right

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now since it's fall it's really gorgeous fall bag i feel like the lighting in the stores are always

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so ugly how cute is this bag little gilmore girls

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they have this stars hallow t -shirt sip coffee read books

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gilmore girls like this is my entire personality the friendly ghost casper

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i found this brown tank top i love the clothes at target i'm

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so mad that we don't have this because i would be shopping here every single day

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i'm so disappointed i don't see a lot of fall decor i don't know

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if it's not out yet or i think just people went crazy

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and they already bought everything because i don't see much

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but i'm still here so i'm going to show you guys what i see

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but yeah last year

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when i came they actually had a lot more main reason why i wanted to come to target it's

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because i want to get the chobani creamer the pumpkin one i hope i'm going to be able to find that

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They have Yankee candles.

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This is so nostalgic.

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If you know, you know.

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And I love the scents.

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Like the scents are just...

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They're just so different.

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This is Spiced Pumpkin.

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Yeah, no, not this one.

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Definitely not.

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Cinnamon Apple.

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Yeah, I love everything apple during the fall.

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So I love this scent as well.

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I think my favorite is Autumn Leaf.

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But I don't know if I should get it.

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Because I also want to go to TJ Maxx and HomeGoods.

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But at the same time, a Yankee Kindle is just.. the classic candle so i think that's gonna be a yes

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i love him he's so cute i also love the pumpkin bear

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which i think i'm gonna be getting i'm not sure how much is this

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but i think this is way too cute let's put him in the cart just right

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there this old radio frankie and his girlfriend they're so cute i also love this little pumpkin man

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this kitchenware is so whimsical i am obsessed you guys it is way too cute like the mugs the plates,

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bowls, like wow this is so cute.

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I want everything.

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This is so sick.

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I think I want to get a frame for the coffee bar

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so maybe that would be an option but we are going to see if they do have other ones.

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Wow this pumpkin is so nice.

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I feel like they have a lot for Halloween this year.

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Oh my god I love him.

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This candle, are you kidding?

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This is like the most gorgeous candle I've ever seen.

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So time to smell more candles.

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Some king spice one.

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Wow, this one smells amazingly good.

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This apple honey butter.

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I'm curious.

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Smells also really, really good.

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The harvest leaves.

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This one smells good.

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Sun and fog cozy cabin, one of my favorite brands when it comes to candles.

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and over here we have sparkling cider the candles are so good

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the last store is tg maxx last stop before we go

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i'm actually looking for a new blanket for my bed i really love this one

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and this one over here i also love cheetah for fall

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but this one is really cute and it's also so soft now we have more cheetah over here

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this pillow is so cool i love it

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but i don't need another pillow because you guys saw i already bought myself one

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but this is really nice i love these glasses these are the dupe from anthropology

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so i think i'll be getting the boo one i think it's

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so chic i feel like i'm staying in the same vibes over here i love this design

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so much decided to get both instead because i really love

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that one too and i just feel like they go really well together that's enough shopping for today

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because i need to go home now i am one hour away from home

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so let's get going

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and i'll be showing you guys everything once i get home it's decorating day i'm gonna start with my room

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because i really can't wait for my room to look all cozy

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and just ready for fall and it's something

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that would maybe last me longer than just fall

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so again super elegant super feminine

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but also adding those kind of like 2000 fall movie tv show character

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if that makes sense can get super cozy and nostalgic

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You guys know how much I love to be nostalgic

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when it comes to the holidays for fall for Christmas

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So that's the vibe that i'm going for again last year I went with something like a little bit brighter.

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I was more into a soft autumn

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But this year i'm going with something a little bit darker

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This is kind of like the color palette that I want to follow.

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We're going to see how this goes

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Honestly, I just want to have fun and just decorate my room

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First, I need to show you guys a haul.

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Last time when I went shopping, I was way too tired after.

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So we are doing it now before I start decorating.

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And maybe some of you guys are going to say, oh my god, it's overconception.

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You bought too much and stuff.

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I just want to say that I've been saving money just for this time of the year.

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Like this is my Olympic.

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I love to be kind of like crazy when it comes to this.

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It just makes me happy and decorate the entry, the dining room, the kitchen, the living room, and also my bedroom.

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The decor is kind of like going everywhere.

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So yeah, anyways, let's get into this haul.

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But first I need to wash my bedding

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because I got some new bedding for this season I got this chocolate brown duvet cover.

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This is from h &m home

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So i'm gonna wash it first before I put it on my bed

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And then I also got some new sheets gorgeous are these sheets and I felt like this with the chocolate brown

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Is going to be the most perfect combo for the fall season starting out strong with these tortoise shell lamp

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I got one for me one for my sister.

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They were so gorgeous.

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I think this one my favorite find

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Especially not for the fall.

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I really love this design and this is how it looks like

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when turn on the light i feel like it's not too intense

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which is perfect i feel like this is going to give like the perfect cozy ambience tonight

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i'm gonna put this on my nightstand

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so yeah this is the first thing next i got these two glasses

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so i got the one with the cats on it

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and also this one that says it blue on it this is something

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that you can collect i know that people are collecting the anthropology ones

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but i think they're just way too expensive like i got this one for $6 .99

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and yeah i just love when i can find a good dupe

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and these are going to be perfect for some pumpkin iced coffees

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or just for any cold drinks during the fall i got this highly fragrant potpourri this is something

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that you can put in a bowl

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and it is going to make your space it smells

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so good like this smells exactly like fall

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it also adds a little something to your decor at the same time next

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i got this really cute pumpkin man you guys saw

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i fell in love with him in the store like i could not leave him behind this is

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so whimsical i think it's going to add a little bit of magic in my room

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and i just need to find a good place for him maybe on my bookshop

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but yeah he is it's so but

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so cute here we have the kitchen set

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that i got from hobby lobby

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so we got the smaller plates also the small bowls

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and i also got the bigger plates this is so elegant

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and chic and this is also something

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that we can use during the entire cold season like not only for fall like this is so but

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so beautiful i truly love this type of style it reminds me of the 18th centuries like this is so but

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so beautiful i already can wait to start using

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this i got these three shirts from target the first one is the gilmo girls

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this is the cutest thing ever i'm definitely going to be watching gillmore girls

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while wearing this at the same time then i also got the casper one

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that you guys also saw i definitely need to do a rewatch for this movie during the spooky season

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and then i got this sweatshirt that says sleepy hollow on it

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which is another movie that i definitely need to watch

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but yeah this is going to be my type of wardrobe during the fall season

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when i'm going to be at home

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and just being cozy another friend over here i love to call them my friends

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because they really are we have this pumpkin bear over here

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and with his other pumpkin hat this is the cutest thing ever

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i love you already my little pumpkin bear baby now for candles i got this one

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which is the same design as my lamp

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so i'm definitely going to be using this for my room

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this is in the scent golden hour it doesn't really smell like fall

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but it smells exactly like the most chic hotel ever

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i'm going to be keeping the drawer after to kind of like organize my things

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because yeah this is just way too cute

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and then i also got this tiny one

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which is a pumpkin spice scent it's kind of like this a little pumpkin spice latte it is

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so cute and it's just a classic

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and it was only three dollars i got

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this from target also from target i got this autumn leaves yankee candle this is such a classic

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but i think this scent kind of like reminds me more of christmas than fall

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so i think i'm gonna keep this for kind of like the end of october

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so we're kind of like ready to make this i'll switch

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but yeah we are not allowed to talk about christmas yet

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because it's only fall so yeah i got this classic yankee candle this sun

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and fog cozy cabin i wish you guys could smell

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this right now it smells i think this is one of like the best candle i've ever found

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It smells so but so good.

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It has a little pumpkin here, but it doesn't really smell like pumpkin

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It smells exactly like a cozy cabin, which I don't even know if a cozy cabin has a scent

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But yeah, it smells like so perfect

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If you are ever going to go shopping for fall try to find cozy cabin by sand and fog

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You are not going to regret this like it smells so good.

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It's incredible.

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Wow I don't even want to use it

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because It's incredible now something else from target are these candles

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that I think want to use it for the living room

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or maybe the dining room i think so yeah these are also

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so gorgeous then we have this golden vanilla tree hut scrub

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that i can't wait to use in the shower

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i also can't wait to make the switch to all vanilla

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scent for the fall season actually needed to make an updated shower routine

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so maybe i'm gonna do this for the fall guys ready for the next thing

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that i'm going to be showing you guys i think these are the most incredible

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and wonderful and amazing mugs i've ever got in my life these harry potter mugs we have this one

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that says upwards on it it is so chic like i love them

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so much and this one it says

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that for my minor three quarters like my god like i'm

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gonna be having a full day of watching harry potter with these two mugs and i'm making myself a tease them coffee

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This one is kind of similar to the same type of design of the plates.

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But this one is in orange.

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Which is also kind of like vintage.

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I truly love this one as well.

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I have this full bag over here.

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So yeah, as I said, I went a little bit crazy when it comes to Hobby Lobby.

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Because everything was 40 % off.

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So I thought that everything was kind of like free for some reason.

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So yeah, we are going to try to be fast with these things.

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Because this bag is full of goodies.

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I've got these pillow covers for the living room.

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They are so cute and vintage.

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We are here for a nostalgic and old fall

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So I felt like these were really good in this

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We have these flameless candles that i'm gonna be placing all around my room for the perfect ambience at night

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And then I also got a bunch of things to bake this fall

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So I got these cupcake picks to put on some cupcakes

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that we're definitely going to be baking together I also got these autumn icing decorations.

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These are so beautiful and then I got these hot sprinkles as well

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and i got some napkins which are so cute

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and i also got this thing to kind of like do some crafting

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or some journaling that i've been so bad with it's not able to be consistent

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so yeah i just think

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that adding crafting into journaling is making the thing even more

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just exciting some plastic cups for some coffee to go at home

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or just to try new recipes i've been in my barista era

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so i love to try new coffee recipes i also got these little pumpkins to decorate the house

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or just my room i got this one

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which i think is also giving kind of like nostalgic fall i got this little tiny one over here

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and this orange one our candle decorations these little pumpkins

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which are so but so cute as well

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and then for last i also got these two -go cups

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but for some hot drinks during the fall as well

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now it's time for the decorating part i think my sheets

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and my new bedding is ready so let's put this up

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and then we're going to decorate my room

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i feel like this is the most exciting part of prepping for fall so let's do it so

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For more than 200 years, We Owens women have been blamed for everything that has ever gone wrong in this town.

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With your ancestor, Maria, she was a witch.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “PREPARING FOR FALL 🍂 fall shopping, haul & decorating my bedroom!”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: fall, pumpkin, cute, coffee, smell. This video has 336 sentences and 3804 words to shadow. The speech runs for 23:42. The speaker talks at a natural 161 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
pumpkin noun	/ˈpʌm(p).kɪn/	A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.
candle noun	/ˈkæn.dəl/	A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
spouse noun	/spaʊ̯s/	A person in a marriage or marital relationship.
scent noun	/sɛnt/	A distinctive smell.
gorgeous adjective	/ˈɡoɹd͡ʒəs/	Sumptuously dressed.
hobby noun	/ˈhɑ.bi/	An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.
bake verb	/beɪk/	To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).
cabin noun	/ˈkæbɪn/	A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those…
lobby noun	/ˈlɑ.bi/	An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
autumn noun	/ˈɔtəm/	Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves, and temperatures and daylight hours decrease; typically regarded as…
vibe noun	/vaɪb/	An atmosphere or aura felt to belong to a person, place or thing.
chic adjective	/ʃik/	Elegant, stylish.
decor noun	/deɪˈkoɹ/	The style of decoration of a room or building.
yankee noun	/ˈjæŋ.ki/	A headsail resembling a genoa or a jib but with a high-cut clew, normally used together with a staysail. A sailing boat is typically equipped with three yankee…
cloud noun	/ˈklaʊ̯d/	A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
start out verb	To emerge suddenly; to jump out.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	haven't been watching · I've been saving
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've ever seen · i've ever found · i've been
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	are not allowed · have been blamed
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	paper, which is · napkins which are

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 111 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: anthropology /ˌænθɹəˈpɑləd͡ʒi/, aesthetic /ɛsˈθɛ.tɪk/, thumbnail /ˈθʌm.neɪl/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: chic /ʃik/, sheet /ʃit/, decoration /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/, shell /ʃɛl/, impatient /ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/
Long words — get the stress right: decoration /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/, anthropology /ˌænθɹəˈpɑləd͡ʒi/, disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/, amazingly /əˈmeɪzɪŋli/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like pumpkin, candle, spouse.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?