Blue Monday: True Blue Confessions Of The Blue Plate Special Variety

Today is Blue Monday at Smiling Sally's blog, and today I decided it was time to fess up. I'm talking about a little problem I have when it comes to reading some of your blogs which shall remain nameless (or at least, sorta-kinda). It all started with this seemingly harmless blue plate...



Yep, that one! Notice how this little blue plate was empty when I logged onto my blog last month. Note, too, how it is a salad plate because true to my New Years Resolutions, I was going to try and eat smaller portions. It's a psychological game, true, but supposedly it works for the French. I asked my hair stylist (who happens to be French), and she said it does.

After putting it to the test, however, I have decided that what's sauce for the French is not necessarily sauce for the American. It seems that after reading several of your blogs (and the following were by no means all), I found that little blue plate filling itself over and over again. Temptation, thy name is____ And if you recognize your blog, you fill in the blank because this means you! ;-) In the mean time, let's go through a typical day in Bloglandia...



Nice looking blue on that blog. And, YUM, look at those nachos! I believe I'm hungry. Let's see, I have some spinach/feta/pastry thingies in the freezer. Maybe I'll just pop some in the oven for a treat...



Seven of them make a nice presentation on a salad plate, don't they? Even Darlene's Valentine bird approves. And they're looking pretty tasty, but they have to cool a bit. So let's see what's going on over here...



Oh, look! Dot's cooking something delicious and even serving it on blue plates! My mouth is starting to water...



Danger, Will Robinson, DANGER...



Well, one little plate can't be all THAT many calories, now can it??? Moving right along over to this cute blue blog...



A few eggs never hurt anyone except maybe the chicken who laid them. Right, Jemm?...



And yes, I know my fork belongs up there above my omelet, but I wasn't finished with it, yet (and I'm claiming photographic liberty as it looks cuter where it is in the shot). Oh, and check out Tara's cookies with their blue background...



Look how nicely my frozen mini cheesecakes compliment those cookies. Boy they look good, and so does Terrie's cake on this next one with that snazzy daisy on the sidebar and its blue background...



Wait, hold the phone! Where did those cheesecakes go??? Well, after all, they were rather smallish and since there were only three, maybe I'll just help myself to some more. In the mean time, let's check out the blue lady on Judi's sidebar...



Forget the blue lady, and check out that chocolate cake! Something like that should be illegal! Be still my beating magpie heart! Talk about shiny objects! Better head home for a bit, just to resist temptation...



Well, they would have melted on my keyboard if I'd waited! ;-)

I'll just remove that plate and go visiting without it. I believe I'll go over here and visit my friend Laura. She loves to laugh...



hehehehe... the title reads, "The Spastic Baker"...this is a hoot...



Okay, they crumbled a little, but they still look pretty tasty. I'd be happy to volunteer to eat every last one and the organic sorbet, too, Laura...



Looks like she pulls it out, though, WOW! Better keep moving, lest I be sorely tempted. Let's see what Pat is up to over here...



Same thing Laura was doing, a baking challenge. Let's see what happens here...



Oh, she's killing me here with that chocolate and that nifty dish with the pop of blue...



And look she left one little "shiny" tuile and a whole bowl of chocolate just for me. Gee thanks, Pat...



While I love your blue and white cup and saucer, I better not join you for that cuppa lest I fall prey to the lurking chocolate. Thanks anyway, Pat. I'll just mosey on over to here to visit Rachael's blue blog. Oh, look at that cute blue bundt pan...



But better yet, look what's IN and came OUT OF that cute blue bundt pan....



And look at that...



And...uh...uh...



Oops! Well, if you notice in that picture of the piece of cake, there's a mighty shiny spot right on it, and a magpie can only resist shiny objects just so long! And can anyone really blame me for not being able to resist that blue label that spells Ghiradelli's??? I think not. ;-)

Thanks for visiting me today! For more Blue Monday posts, please visit the participants at our gracious hostess Smiling Sally's blog by going here. They have lots of blueness to share with you today! :-)



Quintessentially,


Mrs. Magpie (Sheila)... card carrying member of GBnsA (Girdle Busters not so Anonymous)

Thought For The Day: "When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth." (Billy - age 7)