"Morning Pick-me-up" in progress - part 3

I picked up the "Morning Pick-me-up" piece again.  I got discouraged for a while because it just wasn't going in the direction I wanted and after fighting with it on and off, I think it's finally back on track, or at least headed in a much better direction.

I changed up the color palette: made the background warmer to create a cozy feeling, changed the colors of the girl's clothes to be more vivid and lively.  Then I redid the line work on the guy and the cat.  Yeah, the cat looks less like a mermaid cat now.

This feels a lot better to me.  For comparison, here's the last version of it.

Ugh... so much better.  Just looking at the previous one makes me cringe.