Thou Shalt Not Covet Your Neighbors Blog

Ok, so I will admit that part of my lack of blogging is feeling that my blog looks blah. I go to all of mt friends' blogs and covet their cuteness & curse myself for not being able to have nearly as cute a blog. I mean, I am pretty sure that I am the only person around that still has a blogger issued background template.
So, what does one do when in such a dilemma? I have tried to figure out how to change things up. But, alas, I have had no fortune in this endeavor. It is frustrating to me because I am usually capable of figuring things out when I set my mind to it. Anyway, that is my confession. I go onto other peoples blogs and covet the cutesy backgrounds & fancy headers & them got back to mine and feel lame, lame, lame.