If you find yourself spending spring break at home you may be feeling one of two ways: excited to relax or utterly annoyed at the fact that you're not spending this week long break somewhere on a warm Caribbean island. I find myself feeling that later of the two. I'm from a small town in Pennsylvania where the weather is often very cold and there is not much to do. On my travel home this weekend I contemplated driving straight until I ended up somewhere in South Carolina, but not wanting to disappoint the fam, I chose to go home. Then I found myself thinking about how bored, tired, lonely, and cold I'm about to be for the next week. But being the optimistic (sometimes) person that I am I thought no. I'm not going to spend this week throwing myself a pity party because my plans for Mexico fell through and you shouldn't either. Here are seven ways to amp up your spring vacay at home:

1. Have a spa day.

Go get yourself that mani-pedi you've been dying for and throw in a massage or facial while you're at it! Feel guilty spending money on this? Think of it this way: you would be spending upwards of $1,000 more if you went on that out of country vacation. In the long run, you're saving money!

2. Revive your spring wardrobe.

Pick a day to head into the nearest city or shopping outlet and do some damage to your closet. If you're not getting the chance to feel good on vacation you might as well step it up and look good! Retail therapy does wonders.

3. Take a mini road trip.

Day-long road trips are sometimes the most fun mini-vacations you can take. Something always goes wrong, someone loses something, but you end up with the best memories. Plan a mini road trip or two to an interesting city or town nearby.

4. Get outside.

While the weather may not be 75 and sunny, getting fresh air outdoors is important. As long as there isn't a blizzard or the temperature is negative ten, get outside. Go for a walk or run, go hiking, ride your bike, anything to keep you from going stir crazy indoors.

5. Read a book.

I love reading, but between school, work, and friends I find it hard to commit myself to a new book. Pick up that new book you've been wanting to read for months and relax.

6. Try out your pins.

We're all guilty of pinning a million recipes, DIY projects, and workouts on Pinterest that we never seem to get to. Use your time off to try some of them out, even if they fail. Which let's face it half of the time they do!

7. Catch up on sleep.

Again, between studying, going out, getting up for class, etc. As college students were all guilty of cutting our sleep short. Don't spend your whole break sleeping, but definitely try and catch up on some of those zzz's you've been missing out on for months!