Monday, January 11, 2010

Overcoming the Winter Blues

Stuck inside for days, watching the snow pile higher and higher? If so, you may be looking for new ways to brighten up your day and overcome the winter blues.

Here are a few tips to either keep your kids active or cheap date ideas for you and your special someone. Enjoy!

  1. Have a Bahama vacation - in your living room! Require everyone to wear summer clothing and to sit on beach blankets on the floor. Play limbo and serve hawaiian chicken

  2. Embrace the snow - build an Igloo! Gather your snow shovels and gardening tools and hit the outdoors. Pile the snow and create a new hangout. Complete the deal with blankets and pillows.

  3. Take a trip - a coin flip trip! Get in the car and hit the road. All you need is a coin and a road map. The instructions are easy: each time you come to a stop, flip a coin to decide which way to turn. Heads you turn left, tails you turn right. Use the map to help you get home!

  4. Dress to impress - at Salvation Army! Give each person $5 to use to buy one article of clothing for another secret person in the party. Shop until you find the most hideous outfits you can find. When you arrive home, present the outfit to the secret person. Then make everyone wear their new look to dinner and enjoy the laughs!

  5. Eat around the world - in your hometown! Make a goal to each at a new restaurant from a different culture each month. From Indian, to Japanese, to Middle Eastern, there are plenty of new tastes to try.

Once you try one or two from the list, let us know how it goes. Leave us a comment!

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