Satisfactory

I was very happy with my Saturday morning in the shop.

Sales were very good.

I wrapped my prize pack in clear cellophane with Christmas ribbon, stapled the prize list and a Roz’s Happy Place postcard to it.

I designed a sign for the promotion and a sheet explaining how to qualify.

I created the information slips to complete and put in the box.

I’ll have to find a box on Tuesday.

I rearranged some displays so that I could display the prize pack.

Tidied my desk.

Served a lot of customers.

Adoring Husband ordered grilled fish from the local cafe for lunch, which we ate at the shop before we came home.

This afternoon we binge watched the remaining episodes of Virgin River on Netflix.

It was a nice relaxing way to spend a Saturday afternoon.

I’m done for the day and it’s time to sleep.

Nite all.

Coupla Days

It’s been a big coupla days.

On Thursday, The Motivator spent the day christening the treatment room.

Sales were sadly very low but I spent my time chatting with Aggie, unpacking stock and setting up my iMac desktop computer which I hadn’t turned on for more than two years! I deleted over 10,000 emails and about 150 old photos.

I reminisced over 7 years worth of photography which took me for a walk down memory lane.

I put together a $250 gift pack which I will offer as a prize. Anyone who spends $50 or more will fill out a form to go into the draw - the draw will take place on Friday 18th December (a week before Christmas).

Off the top of my head, there is a large photo frame, my calendar, a bamboo travel mug, a leather snap necklace with 3 snap buttons, an Intrinsic gratitude journal, a small crossbody bag, a child’s bracelet, a travel shoe polishing kit, and one more item that I can’t remember.

Adoring Husband spent the entire day waiting for the plumber that never arrived, so I closed the shop on my own.

I’ve ridden my trike every day this week which I have really enjoyed - the fresh air, the sunshine, the exercise and the downtime, even though it’s only ten minutes each way is great for clearing the mind of all the work stuff.

Today, sales certainly made up for yesterday and I broke my sales record! It was an amazing day which started with me writing in my gratitude journal that I trusted the universe to take care of me and provide all the financial assistance to get me through what is traditionally a ‘dead’ month for sales.

The universe certainly responded in big way!

AH was again waiting for the plumber who actually turned up this time, so it was up to me to put together my new hat stand for the Cancer Council hats.

It looks great right inside the front door. If it wasn’t so windy, I’d park it outside the front door to attract customers, but the gale force conditions would have the hats flying all over town like a scene from Mary Poppins!

There wasn’t time to do anything else because there was a constant stream of customers. I didn’t even have time to post the four parcels that are sitting on my desk, two of which are for customers, so that task has to wait until Monday.

I had a visit from The Brains Trust - it was short and sweet and included two warm hugs.

The Motivator popped in to show me her beautiful new hairstyle and colour. Stunning!

I didn’t leave the shop until after 3pm and pedalled straight to Bombshell’s house where I was meeting up with Aggie, Maid Marian and Reality TV Queen for happy hour with Bombshell. I really enjoyed my time with the girls and the two glasses of Riccadonna that took two hours to drink.

By the time I arrived home, AH already had dinner in the oven.

I was feeling pretty exhausted and put my feet up.

We both came to bed at 8pm and I played my BBC2 pop trivia at 8.30pm before writing this.

Suddenly, it’s approaching 10pm, AH is snoring softly beside me and I’m ready for sleep.

I’m hoping for a superabundant Saturday ... perhaps the people will come to me after the Howard markets!

Nite all.

At Last!!!

My deliveries finally arrived today!

Sassy Duck bags, Glass on the Grass and a big shipment of hats from the Cancer Council.

I rode my trike again this morning and left home at 7.40am to arrive at 7.48am because I had a few things to do before meditation.

The class was great and a few ladies stayed behind afterwards for coffee. I sat with them a while.

I seemed to get a lot of jobs started today but very few finished.

I unpacked the hats.

I cleared off the white table behind the counter to accommodate my iMac which I will only use occasionally - but I haven't used it for almost 3 years so I need to remember the password to log in!

I began to clear out the treatment room in preparation for The Motivator to set it up for her appointments.

Because I needed a space to store some stuff from the treatment room, I began to clear some old boxes and ‘stuff’ from the end storage cupboard. 

So tomorrow, I still need to finish clearing both the treatment room and the cupboard. I need to price and display two boxes of stock. I hope the final piece of my hat stand will arrive so that I can display the new shipment of hats (of which there are many!)

I need to make a space for this giant hat stand!

We had to wait at the shop until the deliveries arrived, which was just after 2.30pm so Adoring Husband helped me check off the hat invoice while we waited.

I rode home and decided to take some quiet “me” time in the pool. The water was perfect so put on some 60s music, swam a few laps, floated and did some stretches, then sat under the Bali hut for half an hour.

It was the perfect way to end my work day.

AH cooked our lamb on the barbecue and I threw together a salad.

We settled in for State of Origin but I realised I had to find my Queensland charm necklace because I promised my little sis that I’d wear it.

I spent a long time searching through my extensive jewellery collection to no avail but at least I unpacked a lot of jewellery that I haven’t seen for a year, so I have so much more to choose from now!

NSW was winning 10 nil at half time in the State of Origin so I decided that QLD needed my undivided attention for the second half and it worked!! Winner winner chicken dinner to QLD!!

Time now to sleep. It’s been a full productive day and I need to rest this old body.

Nite all.

Dressy Affair

I wore a dress!

Today, I hosted an intimate Melbourne Cup gathering of friends and acquaintances at Roz’s Happy Place.

It was a really nice day.

There were 8 of us including Adoring Husband and I.

Because there is no aerial or antenna on our building, Adoring Husband had to put in quite an effort to get our big screen TV working.

He was my champion for the day and I don’t know what I would have done (apart from hand out a handful of iPads so that we could watch the race on small screens!) without his determination to make my day successful.

My guests all brought yummy nibbles for the table and I provided a variety of alcoholic beverages from a Sauvignon Blanc to Pink Moscato to Riccadonna to Champagne to Chardonnay and also a non alcoholic punch and tea/coffee.

Sunflowers on the tables 🌻🌻🌻

Sweeps for me to lose money on.

The last of my guests didn’t leave until well after 4pm. 

AH and I had to clear the room and set it up for meditation tomorrow morning, so it was after 5pm by the time we got home. We unpacked the car and brought the big screen telly inside.

Of course it was then time to prepare dinner so I cooked a couple of duck breasts and served them with salad.

We are both exhausted and I have to be at the shop at 7am for meditation so I need to sleep right now.

Nite all.

Annoyed

I had MUCH to do today.

The training room had to be cleared of the art, art gear and the tables and the floor vacuumed so that I could set up for Melbourne Cup tomorrow.

We had to be at the shop at 10.30am and 12.30pm for deliveries that, once again, did not appear. Three  weeks in a row now and I’ve contacted the original couriers twice and they’ve guaranteed me the parcels were on the truck!

I’m annoyed.

I’m going to get the courier’s addresses and send Adoring Husband to pick up the parcels. This is ridiculous and I’ve never had a problem with deliveries before, but I have a customer urgently waiting on one of these packages.

So we were at the shop for three hours for no apparent reason.

I conceded defeat at 12.50pm and we hustled into The Bay with a list a mile long of things to do.

Three hours later, after visiting Nana’s Pantry, Dan Murphy’s, three different art supply shops, Bunnings, Coles, Woollies, Harvey Norman’s and Su Jus cafe bar, we hustled back home.

We unpacked the car, fed the dog and repacked the car with a punch bowl, Riccadonna, stemless wine glasses, table cloths, esky, TV, flowers and vases and drove to the shop to finish setting up for MC.

We are still not ready and left the shop at 6.20pm.

There is still just a little to do tomorrow morning and I know what I’m wearing so it should be a smooth start to the day.

I think we have both gone above and beyond today and we are well and truly worn out.

Sleep time for me.

Nite all.

Body and Brain

I exercised both my body and my brain today.

My morning was spent in bed creating my monthly newsletter. It took about three hours.

Adoring Husband was hungry so I made two bacon and egg rolls for his lunch. For myself I did bacon, banana and maple syrup - yummy!

We watched a couple of episodes of a netflix series (the name of which I forget right at this moment but I’ve mentioned it here before) until I decided to make use of the pool.

The water was absolutely perfect so I turned on some relaxing music and I swam, stretched, exercised and floated for about an hour, wrapped myself in a towel and sat under the Bali hut for another 30 minutes. The weather was glorious and by the time I came inside, I was feeling pretty chilled.

For AH, I prepared chicken, mushroom and vegetables for dinner. I ate 2 mangos and they were delicious!

After dinner we watched the new “Chasers” show which I quite enjoyed.

This evening, I began designing my vision board workshop, the first of which will be held on 12th November. I’m really looking forward to it because it’ll be more fun doing my 2021 vision board with friends. I have 4 names so far.

Right now I’m in bed listening to AH snore like a steam train. It’s so bad, I’ve recorded him! 

Anyway, until the snoring, I’ve had a most enjoyable Sunday. Monday is going to be full on busy so it’s sleep time for me.

Nite all