This year, with us re-doing our bathroom, I am not doing much decorating, but I thought I'd share the little decorating I did do. I was at home depot (picking out stuff for our bathroom) and just grabbed one pie pumpkin and a bag of gourds totaling 8-9 dollars.
I have a very large candle vase that I either decorate with a large candle or these little brown pine cone-like balls that I got from Marshall's one year. So for fall this year, I just placed some of the small gourds in the vase with the brown pine cone balls.
I also had a hay bale left over from last year (home depot), so I placed the pie pumpkin on the hay. And I had an old basket that came with mums that I bought last year, so I placed some cardboard in the basket to make it appear more full and filled up the basket with the rest of the gourds.
Not too bad for not going all out this season :). Now all I need is a cup of hot apple cider and to sit by the fire!