Thursday, October 23, 2014

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

I apologize for my long absence.  It has been difficult for me to muster up the enthusiasm for a post.  I am at that terrible point that I need to decide if I should keep putting money into my shop.  It seems like many signs point towards my ending it.  After a long deliberation I am going to go all out with some new ideas the next few months.  Doing a big advertising push. Cross my fingers, pray, and hope for good things/great things!!!
My time has been filled with community events.  I keep hoping this pays off for the shop.  Today after getting some paperwork done, I spent the rest of the day working on community events.  I am currently helping to plan the Christmas Parade, Santa's Breakfast, Christmas Tree Village, Santa's House, and Santa Visits.  Those are my immediate concerns.  In addition I was putting together a budget for Springfest, doing some preliminary work on Springfest, discussing the budget for Taste, getting an insurance quote, and helping with a town calendar.  I enjoy doing all these things.  If it was a paid job, it would be amazing!!!
For my shop I need to make Christmas plans too.  I am going to have Christmas Carolers before the parade.  I will offer specials during the Santa Visits.  Santa's (new) House is right across the street from my shop.  (It does help to plan.)  I am going to offer baskets for gifts for businesses and general population.
More good news for the shop is I finally found a debit/credit card company I feel comfortable using.  Soon I will not be a cash only store.  That should make sales higher.  That is what I have been told many times.  The machine should be here soon.  Then I need to figure out how to use it!!
I am trying to stay optimistic.  The boredom gets to be too much.  Even I get tired of reading books.  It is too much sitting around.  That said, I still enjoy the people.  I can start a conversation with just about anyone!  Except my extreme introverted husband.  My ability to talk to anyone I see can be very annoying to him!  I consider it a gift.  Most of my friends are the same way.
Time to close the shop.  Hope you enjoy finally finding something new on this blog.

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