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8 Etsy Items to Show Pumpkin Spice Latte Love

It's fall, and if you're anything like me, it means that the phrase "Can you get me coffee on the way back?" is getting uttered in your house a lot more. It's not coffee, though. Not JUST coffee. It's time for Pumpkin Spice Lattes, the McRib of overpriced caffeinated beverages. Starbucks's annual fall flavor sparks the sort of wild-eyed zeal usually seen only among Whovians and evangelicals with radio shows you can only seem to pick up while driving past cow pastures.

The PSL even made national news this year when the Food Babe claimed that it was basically 16 ounces of chemtrails and seemed confused over the difference between "pumpkin spice" and "pumpkin juice." Fans were appropriately whipped into a frothy frenzy to defend the drink, and somewhere along the line I'm sure the Food Babe got someone to spend $30 on 12 ounces of magic beans chocolate.

People love the PSL, some so much so that simply drinking them is not enough. They need to celebrate with clothes and crafts, and thanks to Etsy, you can do just that.

Is your idea of decadence curling up with a hot drink in some warm slippers and reading Jane Austen all day? Well, that's sort of a lame sense of decadence from a species that invented vomitoriums and an $80 hot dog. Still, if that's what you like, then City Knitter of Toronto has you covered at a pretty reasonable price. These are PSL-inspired, hand-knitted slippers that will keep your toesies toasty and warm. Machine washable, too.

And for almost the same price as a pair of those knitted slippers Kristie Henley will send you a knitted sleeve to keep your PSL warm. It's like a hug for your drink. I'm not even sure I'm being sarcastic on that one.

I want to start off by saying this is an excellent fashion print by artist Katie Ryan, who is clearly talented and a deft hand with the colored pencils. That said, I'm not sure there's a better way to scream, "I wish my life were like Sex and the City" than owning this and openly displaying it in your home. It just feels like it should come with a poem about blackbirds or something.

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Jef Rouner (not cis, he/him) is a contributing writer who covers politics, pop culture, social justice, video games, and online behavior. He is often a professional annoyance to the ignorant and hurtful.
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