How many times in the past week have you heard someone say “wow, can you believe it’s February already??” So I won’t say it again 🙂

But WOW.

January is usually my month to hibernate, to refuel and recharge, to get the house a little organized, to REST. To be alone. I would come home from work at 4:30, put on my nightgown and curl up on the sofa and binge watch one series after another. Go to bed early. Take a break from the world.

NO BREAK THIS JANUARY! Ha.

And we’re already a week into February, the days are a little longer, and I have a ton of things to do in the new apartment. At least week after next I’m off work for a week, thank goodness cuz I really need it. I’ll try and do a mini-recharge, but…it’s not the same.

Anyway, I feel like I barely kept up with the blog in January…I have a faint memory of having a couple of 4-post weeks (my new schedule for 2019) and then BAM, life got in the way.

So to recap what did go on in January…

My highest viewed post was “Dreaming About Change” about my crazy dream of Janey getting stuck in the walls of the new apartment! I wore this floral top from Seven7 jeans that I just adored! It was a rental from Gwynnie Bee and I held onto it for quite a long time waiting for the price to go down but…in the end, cooler heads prevailed and I sent it back. But I have it in my Shoptagr now and maybe the price will drop before it sells out!

Next was “Ch-Ch-Changes” when I revealed that I was going to be moving…I just didn’t know yet how soon! I combined my new favorite leopard cardigan with a denim blouse and black skinny jeans and loved it!

And the third most viewed post from January was “Week in Review: Week 150,” which surprised me.

I ended up on an unplanned clothing shopping freeze due to moving work and expenses. So I have nothing new to show, but that’s okay. I spent barely any time browsing online or reading other blogs so I have no favorite outfits to share. I bought packing items but I think I’m going to write a blog post about surviving a move and how to pack in an organized fashion (ha ha, yeah, me) so I’ll share my tips and tools of the trade then.

I only read one book and I only managed that because it was an audio book. Have I told you guys how much I love Audible (#NotSponsored) and listening to audio books while I’m driving?? LOVE. If you haven’t tried it, you should. If you’re one of those people who says “I prefer holding a book in my hands,” yeah yeah yeah, me too, try it anyway. I know you can do a one-month free trial. Just try it.

Anyway, in January I listened to The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai. It won a bunch of awards, so someone liked it a bunch. I’m not exactly sure how I felt about it. It did take me a long time to warm up to it. A long time. If it had not been an audio book I probably never would have gotten through it. The story was good, it just didn’t grab me. But here’s a thing I’ve realized about myself in the past few years – I rarely enjoy stories about men as much as I do stories about women. Is that a thing? Or is that just me?

Yeah, so while January was a hectic month, it was actually a pretty boring month. I really just looked at apartments online and in person, threw stuff out and packed. Sorry. But that’s life. And that was January. Fingers crossed that February is a little more entertaining!