February Blues?



{Adding to my warm weather anticipation? Anthropologie's new spring scarf campaign. Loving the rosy, floral-y pop of color!}

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It’s officially the first day of February, which any Kansas native knows to be the worst month of the year. Sure, you get to celebrate happy times, such as Groundhog’s Day (what a holiday!) and the (ever-so-rapidly approaching) holiday of love that sappy romantics toast and singles try to ignore. Now, I don’t hate Cupid’s holiday. Anything that features curlicue hearts in shades of blush can’t be bad in my book. But more on that later…

So, back to why February is, for the most part, the least-liked month of the year. The weather…oh, the awful, awful weather. Typically, this secondary month finds me snuggled on the couch with warm, fuzzy socks, tucked in a blanket with steaming mugs of hot chocolate. Typically, the weather outside is oh-so-frightful, with snow, sleet, and slush covering the ground. Typically, by the time February finally rolls around, we Midwesterners have had to shovel our sidewalks and break out the snow boots many, many times. However…on this February 1, the sun is shining, the high today is 63 degrees, and (the kicker!) the weather has been beautiful ALL WEEK! What a great way to start out my least favorite time of year. Let’s all keep our fingers crossed and say our prayers to the weather gods that February passes quickly with more sun than snow, that our "Winter Blues" are replaced with smiles and 60-degree days, and Spring has an easy arrival.