Snow Days Diet?

Here in Durham we have had four “snow days.” Everything has been canceled. No Church on Sunday, no school the last two days, even doctors offices were closed. But this was not “the power’s out” kind of snow days. They were the “stuck in your warm house with your family” kind.  
As I talked or texted with my friends I heard a familiar theme. “I am stuck at home so I am cooking.” When asked what they were cooking it was comfort food like chili, mac ‘n cheese, spaghetti or brownies. No one said they were making a yummy fruit salad or vegetable tray. What is it about snow days that makes us change normally healthy eating to carb, sugar or fat feasts? Is there some connection between eating melted cheese and getting snow to melt?
The same poor eating habits happened at our house to a degree. I did make tortilla soup which is fairly healthy as long as you are judicious on the amount of fried corn tortillas you add. I don’t know why I can’t make myself eat an arugula salad on a snow day. There was no difference to the temperature inside my house yesterday than two months ago.  
I also don’t have the excuse that I was out shoveling snow and burned up a lot of calories. The “snow” outside my house is hard packed “snice,” that is ice on the bottom with a little snow on top. There is no chopping through that crust. Instead we stayed inside and watched the sunshine on it waiting for it to melt.
It will be in the forties tomorrow and school is only delayed two hours so hopefully life will get back to normal and eating will get under control. I wonder how many people stuck to their resolutions during the snow days? Aren’t these days just a big excuse to do everything bad?