Happy Thursday friends!
Today I wanted to be festive and show you
more Christmas at our gift shop.
Once again I am warning you there
are many many pics.
Hope you enjoy.
When I set this all up back in mid October,
I never thought that many items would
sell out in a two week time... but they did.
Unfortunately I am unable to place more orders.
My orders have to be in by the end of January.
It really is a guessing game.
I do subscribe to a gift shop magazine
which tells me the trends and colors of the season,
however I still need to pick out my themes
before ordering as I have several wholesale
companies I deal with.
It can be daunting at times.
I do have my main them in mind at least for
next year and am hoping my wholesalers
will have what I am thinking about.
Otherwise back to the drawing board.
The new catalogs dont come out until
a few weeks, so not much time.
Just a little back story on being a shopkeeper.
In other news,
Starting today I will be posting every other day
until almost Christmas.
Tomorrow Bob has a doctors appt.
I took the day off from work to take him.
Although he is improving,
he still gets tired in the afternoon.
Once we are done with that,
we plan on doing some Christmas shopping
and trying out a new Mexican restaurant.
It is also my birthday, so I decided I am not cooking
at all tomorrow. LOL
We will go to one of our burger joints for dinner.
Look forward to some chili and a hamburger.
I will be 64 years young.
Well off to eat dinner.
I made baked Mostaccioli tonight
with garlic bread.
Then watch some tv and crochet.
Hope everyone enjoys their evening!
Getting Festive Blessings To All!
Janice
Well lucky you to have sold out in October. Maybe you don't have much inventory for Christmas now but at least you won't have a lot of inventory to carry over into next year.
ReplyDeletePraying for a good report on Bob tomorrow. OMG, I love all things Italian food!!!!!!
Hi Janice. I really hope your hubby gets a good report from the doc. Why do we have to go through all this junk? Looks like you have a great supply of pretties in the shop and I would imagine they would have gone quickly..That is a good sign but then you have to worry about replacing things..Happy Holidays..xxoJudy P.S. Happy Birthday!!
ReplyDeleteWOW, YOUR SHOP IS LOOKING WONDERFUL. I LOVE A LOT OF YOUR CHRISTMAS DECORS. IT KEEPS LOOKING BETTER EVERY TIME.
ReplyDeleteHAPPY BIRTHDAY JANICE. I JUST CELEBRATED MY 76TH BIRTHDAY A FEW DAYS AGO. SPEEDY RECOVERY TO BOB AND HAPPY SALES. Oops, I'm so tired, I never noticed I was on Capital Lock.
Take care, Hugs,
Julia
The shop does look wonderful. I certainly look forward to your more frequent posts leading up to Christmas. Happy birthday. A day off from cooking is always fun for me.
ReplyDeleteI've said it before and will again -- I wish you were closer to me! And good luck with Bob's check-up. And as for you, Ms. Janice -- HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Yes, do not cook! Enjoy and celebrate!
ReplyDeleteOh HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
ReplyDeleteI hope you had a good visit with the doctor and a wonderful dinner - nothing beats a great, hometown burger joint!
The shop looks wonderful. How do you not want to keep one of everything?
ReplyDeleteGood luck to Bob tomorrow.
Happy, happy birthday, you young 'un!
It's a good thing we don't live close to each other because I would be in your shop daily! I love all the decor, especially the pine tree decorations. They would go perfect with my pine tree lined home! I hope Bob's appointment goes well and Happy Happy Birthday to you! Hugs from Ohio!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! Everything looks so Christmassy (spelling? ahaha) You sure do have to be one step ahead of it "all" you do it all so well!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday my blog friend. :-)
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