Monday, November 3, 2008

Life....

This might be depressing, it should be happy, but it's not.

Life...well, life is life right? My shoe store opened on Friday and it is doing sooo well. I'm so grateful (and I promise I will post some pics), but then monday rolled around, thats today, and I had about 2,000,000 million things to do. I thought (silly me) that the hard part was over...ON NO WAY HOSE!! the hard part is just beginning. Lets just list this out

1. We still don't have our real sign! LAMO sign company is taking there sweet time, meanwhile I have to buy a temp sign that doesn't look as good.
2. I still haven't got our employee work organization up! i can't find there W2 stuff and I have to write them check tomorrow
3. They don't have badges
4. I can't get all the price tags off the computer and malc went back to work this week
5. I can't figure out how to put my filing cabinet together!
6. We were so busy that I have to reorder shoes, but my four suppliers all work on their own schedule
7. We have to borrow more money because we have to order like 20,000 more dollars of shoes...how do I find 10,000 more dollars? any suggestions?
8. I don't have enough seating, So i have to find the time to drive to Ikea and return/exchange, drive back to provo set it up...all with Mckay
9. I have to order gift cards, set up a gift card machine, or make an executive decision on gift cards in general
10. I still don't have cute bags with our names..because I don't have enough to time to design and order them..seriously
11. I have to buy more display shoes thingy things
12. I have to get the keys copied
13. I have to get our advertisement contract set up with the mall, then order and design our displays, then buy them...the money factor here, then set them up, then monitor them
14. I need business cards
15. our phone still isn't set up...
16. that means our Internet isn't set up.....
17. I have to process our credit cards the ghetto way..its not so bad, but time consuming
18. I have to buy our store music...its expensive
19. I have to make these price things for our picture frames in our window displays
20. I have to get our window display up for christmas
21. I have to manage all employees and andrew and malcolm..etc
22. I have to answer the phone ever 5 mins because I have so many people y calling me
23. MOST IMPORTANTLY BE A MOTHER!!


ok, thats a short list of things I was supposed to do today! I WANT TO DIE!!! I THINK I'M CRAZY AND I WANT TO DIE!

I hope this pays off, but for those who are thinking about starting a business..beware, you eat dirt for a VERY LONG TIME! I should be sleeping, but I can't because my brain is going to explode because I'm thinking about one million things and trying to figure out how exactly this is all going to come together.

well, I'm so grateful for every ones support, and I really need some prayers...please...

wish me luck, my dreams are all going to come true at some point

3 comments:

K. Bitton said...

They will come true! We went through this two years ago when jeff started his business. It WILL get better! Good luck! (I can't wait to see your store)

Mission Moments said...

Congratulations! We wish you well. GG Buck

Derek and Kimmie Walker said...

aww laura! i love you....and u are so great! dont worry to much about it, it will all come together!
P.S u are a wonderful Mommy!!!!
lots of love, kimmie!