New Month New Outlook

Today marks the beginning of one of my favourite months of the year, February. It receives this honour primarily because I was born in it, which means that some sort of birthday festivities will take place around the 9th. If you put aside the whole aging process, I really enjoy celebrating my birthday each year and trying to do something fun to mark the occasion. I have already received two envelopes in the post that I am patiently waiting to open. However, my birthday plans are still to be determined because things are quite disorganised at the moment and as a gal who is very much pro-organization this isn't sitting so well with me. I even went to the grocery store tonight without a list or reusable bags and I rarely go there without a list because then I end up making random purchases or forgetting something I need. Yep I did both of these things tonight, forgetting butter and buying a butternut squash. Although as I reached for the butternut squash I was envisioning how delicious it would taste either roasted or made into soup, stay tuned! At least I didn't make the other common mistake when grocery shopping, that of doing it on an empty stomach and therefore letting hunger dictate what is purchased. This might not seem like such a big deal but if you throw in the fact that I have unread books and magazines, unwatched DVDs and a serious lack of motivation to cook for myself then you begin to realise that I need to sort myself out and get back on track with not only these things, but also my ever-growing to do list. I mean something must be wrong if I still have a significant amount of my Aussie goodies left to eat...lol. So it seems moving forward I should adopt a new mantra - new month, new outlook, which is what I am going to do to get back on track. No more pity parties for one, instead I am going to carpe diem. Maybe it might help if I plan some exciting excursions, not only local but mini weekend getaways as well because there is still so many places I want to visit. This is starting to sound like quite the plan, best get onto it and no more negativity!

Image captured in Liverpool, UK (June 2011)