Pumpkins Pumpkins Pumpkins!!!

The Holiday season is officially on us, and somewhere between the discount Halloween candy and the Christmas decorations is a much discounted seasonal perk. See, I'm usually a "lets just move straight onto Christmas" person the minute the costumes are put away and the stomach ache begins to subside. However, there is something about the month of November aka Thanksgiving season which makes it worth sticking out. And that is Pumpkin. Now I don't mean carved pumpkins with candles in them, or even pretty whole pumpkins that you set out on your porch to give a half-hearted attempt at spreading Thanksgiving cheer (whatever the heck that is.) I mean, pumpkin flavored FOODS: pumpkin breads, pumpkin cookies (with chocolate chips), pumpkin pie, pumpkin muffins, the always appropriate pumpkin pie, pumpkin pancakes, even pumpkin seeds. So when my future sister-in-law came over with a recipe for pumpkin cinnamon buns she stole from a magazine at the mechanics, I was pretty excited. Since we're driving to Anchorage on Saturday for girl's shopping day, we decided that we would make them Friday night and then eat them for breakfast on the way up. Needless to say I am very excited about tomorrow, about our first attempt at baking pumpkin buns, and about eating them on the way to ANCHORAGE!!!!!!!! I'll let you know how they turn out. I may even post the recipe if they turn out to be fantastically amazing. Here's to the holiday season and the sweet pumpkiney goodness it brings. Next stop... CHRISTMAS!!!