I'm not crossing my fingers, but I a am hopeful after holiday sticker shock and new years guilt wears off, good things happen.
I've had a steady increase in return traffic over the last week on a brand new site, and traffic from yesterday (the 2nd) was over double what it was on the 1st with tons of SE. So far 55 minutes into the new day it looks like yesterday is going to pale when the clock strikes 12. It's not much of a stretch to think in a month or two it'll be the most productive page I've ever run, traffic-wise.... though traffic isn't shit if it's not making money.
So here's to a great new year, and traffic that converts. May we all experience both of them.