Merry X-Mas, all!

Well, I hope everyone got everything they wanted. I am just happy for 2 days off in a row.

Business at the store has been absolutely amazing. I don't know if I am making money yet, but I am far exceeding my sales estimates. But on the flip side, the Diamond bills have been huge as well.

So, things had calmed down yesterday, my son was sleeping and my daughter deeply ingrossed in something she had gotten. So I pulled out the new Wizard. And got very depressed. Apparently Joe Quesada has decided that he can draw 4 issues in one month. After taking over 2 years to complete the last issues of Daredevil: Father. Well, at least it's going to be another mini-series, right? Nope, he is going to take over all three Spider-Man titles for the grand JMS finale. So if he starts now, he should be done around August, 2008.

Why do they play with us so?

On a side note, I hope to have a new blog up and running and a new website all my own very very soon.

See ya!

Oh Dear!

Crap! Sales have been great. The weekend was good. But I just got my Diamond invoice for next week and it is almost $2000 and I am now having panic attacks. Plus it just turned really cold and snowy. Oh, please let the rest of the month be good.

The reason for my concern is that I do not see the credit card money until the middle of the following month. So I will not see the money for 60% of my sales until the middle of January. Unfortunately the credit card stuff is beyond my control, so I guess I will have to find a way around this.

Hmmmm

What a business!!!

Every single day amazes me. The store is doing above and beyond my wildest dreams. And the best part is that I do not think that it is due to Christmas. Yes, many of my sales are presents, but I do not think that the majority are. Friday here in Pittsburgh was a bizzarre combination of plummetting temperatures and extraordinarily high winds. Some of the siding blew off my my house. But I still did 50% better than I had hoped for an average day on my Busness Plan. Now, true, those numbers were pretty much made up, but I did not forsee the solid increase in sales I have been seeing. And this is with 0 (zero) advertising. Just a sign.

This weekend is the big Christmas Toy Show. I had to leave early (but I had someone covering my tables). It was going wonderfully. I should have the rent covered this weekend. I was always worried about making the rent. Last month I had it in by the 5th and this month it will probably be in by the 3rd. Unbelievable. My brother-in-law Dan is wathcing the store and had a huge day today. Hopefully tomorrow will be the same.

I'll update later when the weekend is done with some final thoughts.