Monday Monday

I am up early this morning to tend to shop business, paperwork and filing. It has become impossible to do this type of work at the shop so I try to get it all done on my day off. Joe is home sick with the current bug that is going around! I'm glad to have his company and help. We discuss every aspect of iPurl business.

Called a Supplier early to make sure a recent large order is ready to ship, supplied credit card information and checked to see if everything was in stock and nothing had gone onto back order. We should be receiving UPS shipping confirmations this afternoon. That is good news!

There is a small delivery arriving today - UPS usually leaves it next door with Chocolate Punch! That shop smells absolutely wonderful! The frozen hot chocolate is delicious!


Called another Supplier to check on two separate large orders from APRIL to see what has not shipped, when I might expect those orders to be shipped and any balances needing to be paid. Supplier is emailing lists to me so I can decide if there is anything I want to cancel at this point. I have found I do not like to order yarn and wait nearly 6 months for it to be delivered. As a new shop, trying to fill shelves, this really hit us hard, delaying our opening. Lesson learned.

Checking on business credit cards to make sure payments were posted, checking business banking account, transferring funds as needed to different places.

Checking shop email to see replies to two emails that went out regarding upcoming classes in the shop. Class registrations are processed in the order they come in. Email posts delivery arrival times making that process easy for us.

Time spent working on shop business - 3.5 hrs.

I have been working on a new e-commerce site that is linked to our current software system we use in the shop making inventory management easier. (the reason for the new computer - leaving the MacBook Pro for website use). I am hoping to be able to switch to the new site soon. If you see Cindy and I taking photos of yarn, that is what we are doing!

Our classes are finally getting underway starting with the basic Beginner Classes. Now, we are adding some fun Project Classes. Class info emails are going out one at a time. We hope to see you in a class or two soon!

The little red Wallaby I have been working on amid knitting shop displays, is coming along well. I have worked on it this weekend getting the sleeves knit late last night while watching a replay of the MTV music/video awards show.

As some of you may know, Joe and I have decided to sell our house and move into The Woodlands. It is where we are most of the time SO we decided to JUST DO IT NOW. This afternoon, I am going to clean out a couple of closets along with some housework.

The FUN stuff - We will be going into full Halloween decoration in the shop this week! Everyone seems to be enjoying our Fall/Halloween window display! The week of Halloween, we are planning hot apple cider and a few munches!

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