It’s Official….

I have the Winter Blues. I am a sad sack. Ho-Hum-Hum-Drum. It usually happens around this time. The Holidays are over. The crappy weather has set in. No Spring in sight. The realization that the next Holiday isn’t until Memorial Day, in May, a long 5 months away. Nary a flea market to be found. You know it’s bad when even the fleas pack it in. No trips to Europe on the horizon because we are recovering from Holiday spending….and the dollar remains lower than Barry White’s voice. And my creative juices have escaped, took a long vacation, set sail to the Caribbean, without me I might add. Inspiration, a dirty word. Passion-shmashen. Like Austin Powers, I feel like I lost my Mojo, baby.

So what is a girl to do? How is one supposed to survive? How do you make it through to Spring, sane and smiling?

Some of the things I try to keep me going…

Scour Ebay for flea market deals
Drink more wine
Watch reruns of Frasier and Seinfeld
Redecorate the house (again)
Depending on how massive the redecorating is, I come up with a honey-do list for Chris (he’s thrilled at the notion)
Drink more wine
Enjoy a nightly hot chocolate, with a little nip perhaps
Try new recipes…and then eat them
Drink good wine
Work on a new blog design
Go skiing (just kidding, and you thought you really knew me)
Dine out with my girlfriends
Wine more drink, hiccup, I mean Drink more wine

Oh yeah, almost forgot, I also ogle over Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd. There is nothing that man can’t do. Maybe he’d like to join me for a glass of good wine?

So, do you get the Winter Blues? How do you cope? Share some of your secrets…you may be able to help me from pulling my hair out. And from becoming an alcoholic. Seems like alot of wine drinking going on.

Lulu
January 9th, 2008
Um, I say drink more wine.
And watch lots and lots of movies. Perhaps foreign films so that you can at least feel like you are in Europe. Amelie is one that I can watch over and over and over again…

My Melange
January 9th, 2008
Lulu~ Funny you should say that. Amelie is one of my favorites of all time….and I own it. I will take your advice about that…and the wine

Kathy
January 10th, 2008
I’m no help…I’m sitting here with a glass of wine!

My Melange
January 10th, 2008
Kathy~ What’s that saying. Misery loves company Sheesh, you guys are gonna have me falling down drunk!! LOL!!

Melinda
January 10th, 2008
OK – here I am on the other side of the world sitting through temps of 41c! I cannot do a thing and they say tomorrow is going to be the same! Hot.
I am in Australia and we are going through a bad drought so when we do get a cool change (?) it will have no or very little rain.
Want to swap? LOL

My Melange
January 10th, 2008
Melinda~ Hmm, maybe for a day. Than we can see how the other half lives I hope you get some water …soon!!

le petit cabinet de curiosites
January 10th, 2008
Lulu is right . Drink more wine and dream about macarons …everyhting will be fine, my friend .
We love spring because it comes after winter

Maryann
January 10th, 2008
Or you could drink more wine..haha
Johnny Depp is excellent! What a hunk!
Hey! But it’s like 60 degrees here, Robin. You could start planning your little garden or if you don’t have the space, container gardening filled with nice herbs for cooking.
Hang in there girly..Spring is right around the corner. BTW, I ate all the piadine! Sorry, you will have to put in your order earlier and come pick them up

Laume
January 10th, 2008
Winter blues can a problem around here. With all the storms we’ve been having, I’m feeling really town bound. It’s just not reasonable to drive 100 miles of treacherous mountain road to escape the snow. But at least in these parts, when the weather clears up, I have that option. Spring (and green, lovely green) always arrives earlier in the California valleys than up here in the mountains and high chapparal. So, I hold on to the thought that if the roads are dry, I can always drive “forward in time” for a day.
Redecorating is good. Watching lots of movies. Hiding online. Making lots of hot soup and using all the fancy teas and coffees I’ve purchased or been gifted with over the last year.
And you’re not being creative enough if you think the next holiday is Memorial Day. There’s Valentines Day. Groundhogs Day/Imbolc. St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, the vernal equinox, Cinco de Mayo. And if you dig a little for the customs in other countries, I’m sure you can find other holidays and make them your own.

Anne
January 10th, 2008
When I get the winter blues, I read lots of magazines to take my mind far away. Go out with my friends into Oxford and find a really cosy cafe…hot chocolate and chatting. De-clutter a room, much to my husbands horror, he can;t stand it..Tough I say it makes me feel better.

My Melange
January 10th, 2008
Melanie~ Ok, I’ll drink even MORE wine Hmmm, macarons. I loved em in Paris. Maybe a macaron post is in order. I do have some pictures….
Maryann~ It is warm here, but it’s the grey drearyness that gets me down. But even reading the words Johnny Depp…makes me smile. Thanks for the good ideas. Maybe growing an herb garden on my windowsill will perk me up!!! And next time you make those flatbread..let me know…I will pick ‘em up! You got a date
Laume~ So you feel my pain. Thanks for the great idea’s…and shame on my for forgetting Valentines Day and St. Patty’s day!! I am Irish for cryin’ out loud!! I can look forwards to chocolate, romance, corned beef and cabbage and guiness. My spirits are lifting already
What caring, thoughtful, helpful readers I have!! You guys are all great in my book!!!!!

My Melange
January 10th, 2008
Anne~ Yes, yes..magazines!! How could I forget? I’d love to join you and your friends at a cafe for Hot Chocolate

Kimberly Ann
January 11th, 2008
I just had a bad case of the blues last week. I sulked on the sofa for a couple of days, watching old movies, eating guacamole and generally living in my pjs. I finally snapped out of it by focusing on cleaning up the house. This too shall pass. Spring is on its way!

rochambeau
January 11th, 2008
Dear Robin,
Hope your blues are betta by now.
I was in a bit of a blue~funk, but I’m just beginning to dig my way out into the light. What about you??

My Melange
January 12th, 2008
Kimberely Ann~ Hey, thanks for feeling my pain. I am totally on booard with hanging out on the couch in my pj’s watching movies
Constance~ I am slowly snappin out of it!! It helps to have the greatest blogging friends to cheer me up